By Ecological Internet’s Rainforest Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Greenpeace’s quirky new rainforest campaign [search] says Ken is leaving Barbie (Mattel’s dolls) because of rainforest destruction, yet they leave the door open for “certified” primary rainforest paper pulp for toy packaging. Ecological Internet will not accept an outcome from Greenpeace USA’s Barbie campaign that includes [...]

By Ecological Internet’s Rainforest Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Papua New Guinea (PNG) has some of the world’s largest rainforests but sadly industrial logging and oil palm [search] are booming. “Special Agriculture and Business Leases” covering 5.2 million hectares (12.8 million acres) have been granted 74 times by the PNG government over recent years, skirting [...]

From New Earth Rising, project of Ecological Internet (EI) Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, President, Ecological Internet glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org TAKE ACTION NOW! The Human Family Says End the Wars, Bring American Boys and Girls Home, Fight Ecocide: It is time for President Obama to recommit America to the rule of international law; and begin demobilizing to realize [...]

Rainforest Action Network – Environmentalism with teeth.

By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth’s Newsdesk Genuine and growing concern with their ongoing, publicly undefended support for Forest Stewardship Council “certified” primary forest logging – destroying an area two times the size of Texas – deleted, blocked and reported to Facebook as terms of use violations Greenpeace US and [...]

Ombudsman report on 20 years of corrupt IFC, World Bank Group lending to the Indonesian oil palm industry casts doubt on Bank’s fitness to manage international forest carbon funds that may emerge at Copenhagen climate talks. It is time for the World Bank to end finance of oil palm, sustainable forest management, paper pulp and [...]

The wild and free Xingu River is critical to maintaining intact the Amazon, its peoples, Brazil’s national advancement, and the Earth we share TAKE ACTION! The Brazilian government continues with plans to build the massive Belo Monte Dam [search] on the Xingu River in the Amazon rainforest [search], despite massive domestic and international opposition. The [...]

TAKE ACTION! Despite a recent two year moratorium on further illegal logging [search] and export of precious timber from the protected areas of Madagascar, the government recently approved shipment of nearly million worth of timber stolen from the country’s rainforest parks. Post-coup illegal log and wildlife trade continue to threaten Madagacar’s biodiversity rich rainforest [search] [...]

Sadly and Shockingly, Rainforest Action Network is one of the primary, crucial supporters of continued primary forest logging. Let them know they must resign from FSC and commit to ending primary forest logging. TAKE ACTION HERE NOW!: Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has a much needed new Executive Director – Rebecca Tarbotton. For almost two years [...]

TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and its members, certifiers and suppliers must commit to ending the certification of primary forest timbers [search], falsely implying it is sustainable to log 500 year old trees for toilet paper, lawn furniture and other consumer items. Please participate in EI’s on-going global campaign to end [...]