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http://www.climateark.org/shared/donate/ Dear Earth colleagues, I have just come from the rainforest, and things are not looking good. Old forests continue to needlessly fall, even as abrupt runaway climate change appears imminent. Today Ecological Internet launches our biannual fund-raiser to support our ten year old unique brand of Internet mediated global ecological advocacy to address the twin...
TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Copenhagen climate talks [
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TAKE ACTION! Loggers and wildlife traders continue to violate
Madagascar's biodiversity [search] rich rainforests including protected areas. In March of this year controversy surrounding leasing of agricultural land resulted in a military coup. In the chaos that ensued, armed gangs funded by Chinese traders entered Madagascar’s Marojejy and Masoala National Parks, two world-renowned World Heritage Sites, and logged rosewood, ebonies, and other valuable hardwoods. NGOs operating in Madagascar report continued armed, open and...