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Double, Double for Forest Trouble
The Clinton administration today will announce a proposal to nearly double federal spending for protection of the world’s tropical rainforests to $150 million. Much of the money would be used to help more than 60 nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America strengthen their own efforts to fight excessive logging and illegal burning of forests. […]
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Get Along, Little Doggies
The Clinton administration acknowledged yesterday that the black-tailed prairie dog should be listed as a threatened species, but stopped short of granting it protection under the Endangered Species Act. Such protection would have imposed restrictions on developers and ranchers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that it is dealing with a backlog of other […]
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They're Multiplying Like Bunnies, I Tell You
Nonprofit organizations working on environmental, social, and economic issues have been springing up around the world in record numbers in recent years, bringing social and political change on local, national, and international levels. The nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have had a major impact on everything from forest protection to human rights to the decommissioning of nuclear […]
