Twice as many wild chimpanzees exist in Sierra Leone as previously thought, according to preliminary findings of the first comprehensive national chimpanzee survey conducted by Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

http://pasa.createsend4.com/T/ViewEmail/r/32D1F4292F90A7DF/2DD84CFB73C2B9CE2540EF23F30FEDED 

02/06/2010
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Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licenses to cut down natural forests under the billion dollar deal climate deal signed with Norway last week, reports Reuters.

Agus Purnomo, head of the secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Council, told Sunanda Creagh of Reuters that part of the billion dollars pledged by Norway would be used to compensate palm oil developers and timber companies that would lose forest concessions under the emissions mitigation program. Compensation would come in the form of cash and land swaps in other areas.

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0531-indonesia_forest_deal.html

31/05/2010
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From The Times
Ben Webster, Environment Editor

Some of the world's most endangered rainforests will be saved under a $1 billion deal inspired by the Prince of Wales, due to be announced today.

Indonesia, the country with the highest rate of deforestation, will sign an agreement under which it will stop issuing new licences for forest clearance and establish a new unit to tackle illegal logging.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7137481.ece

27/05/2010
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From stopping littering to addressing climate change, stories found in children's books often help instill the first concepts of environmental stewardship. Ironically, a growing number of these books are made from paper linked to the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests. Independent laboratory testing commissioned by Rainforest Action Network found wood fiber linked to the clearing and conversion of Indonesia's rainforests in the paper of some of America's favorite children's books.

http://www.ran.org/bookreport

24/05/2010
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Me Stanley, you Jane

Fifty years after Jane Goodall began to study chimpanzees in the wild in Tanzania, Stanley Johnson – father of Boris – meets a dedicated researcher risking her life for her passion

23/05/2010
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Geneva, 20 May 2010

The Secretariat has recently received a number of emails urging the
return to Indonesia of 11 orangutans confiscated by the CITES
Management Authority of Thailand in February 2009.

In keeping with its responsibilities to promote enforcement of the
Convention and to assess and communicate relevant information, the
Secretariat contacted the Thai Management Authority about these
messages.

http://www.cites.org/eng/news/press/2010/20100520_SG_statement_orangutan.shtml

20/05/2010
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