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Starmail - 4. Sep, 23:56
Waldschutz
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Kritik an neuer Holzcharta der Bundesregierung
Waldschutz: Kritik an neuer Holzcharta der Bundesregierung
03.09.04
Der WWF sieht die Verbraucherministerin Renate Künast mit ihrer am Freitag in Bonn vorgelegten "Charta für Holz" auf dem Holzweg. Mit dem Papier setzt sich die Ministerin für eine stärkere Nutzung von Holz aus nachhaltiger Erzeugung ein. "Das Ziel der Ministerin begrüßen wir, aber der vorgeschlagene Weg führt in eine Sackgasse", erklärt WWF-Waldexpertin Nina Griesshammer. Die Naturschutzorganisation kritisiert, dass die Verbraucherministerin nur schwache Kriterien an eine nachhaltige Waldnutzung anlegt. Auch vermisst der WWF wirksame Maßnahmen gegen die Einfuhr illegalen Holzes aus anderen Ländern.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9226
03.09.04
Der WWF sieht die Verbraucherministerin Renate Künast mit ihrer am Freitag in Bonn vorgelegten "Charta für Holz" auf dem Holzweg. Mit dem Papier setzt sich die Ministerin für eine stärkere Nutzung von Holz aus nachhaltiger Erzeugung ein. "Das Ziel der Ministerin begrüßen wir, aber der vorgeschlagene Weg führt in eine Sackgasse", erklärt WWF-Waldexpertin Nina Griesshammer. Die Naturschutzorganisation kritisiert, dass die Verbraucherministerin nur schwache Kriterien an eine nachhaltige Waldnutzung anlegt. Auch vermisst der WWF wirksame Maßnahmen gegen die Einfuhr illegalen Holzes aus anderen Ländern.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9226
Starmail - 3. Sep, 18:12
Soja-Anbau in Südamerika wäre auch ohne massive Naturzerstörung möglich
Umwelt und Landwirtschaft: Soja-Anbau in Südamerika wäre auch ohne massive Naturzerstörung möglich
03.09.04
Die wachsende Weltmarkt-Nachfrage nach Soja zerstört den südamerikanischen Regenwald. Bis zum Jahr 2020 drohen weitere 22 Millionen Hektar ursprünglicher Savannen und Wälder neuen Soja-Plantagen zum Opfer fallen. Dies entspricht der Fläche Großbritanniens. Eine am Freitag veröffentlichte WWF-Studie zeigt nun Alternativen auf. "Der wachsende Soja-Hunger kann zu großen Teilen ohne Raubbau an natürlichen Lebensräumen gestillt werden. Statt Tropenwälder in Plantagen umzuwandeln, könnten die Farmer auf bestehenden Weiden im Wechsel Gras für das Vieh und Soja anbauen", erläutert WWF-Waldexperte Michael Evers. Der Verlust von Wäldern und Savannen ließe sich so in den kommenden Jahren von 22 auf etwa 3,7 Millionen Hektar senken.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9228
03.09.04
Die wachsende Weltmarkt-Nachfrage nach Soja zerstört den südamerikanischen Regenwald. Bis zum Jahr 2020 drohen weitere 22 Millionen Hektar ursprünglicher Savannen und Wälder neuen Soja-Plantagen zum Opfer fallen. Dies entspricht der Fläche Großbritanniens. Eine am Freitag veröffentlichte WWF-Studie zeigt nun Alternativen auf. "Der wachsende Soja-Hunger kann zu großen Teilen ohne Raubbau an natürlichen Lebensräumen gestillt werden. Statt Tropenwälder in Plantagen umzuwandeln, könnten die Farmer auf bestehenden Weiden im Wechsel Gras für das Vieh und Soja anbauen", erläutert WWF-Waldexperte Michael Evers. Der Verlust von Wäldern und Savannen ließe sich so in den kommenden Jahren von 22 auf etwa 3,7 Millionen Hektar senken.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9228
Starmail - 3. Sep, 18:09
State Trust Land Forests Threatened by Increased Logging
#110 WILD NORTHWEST, September 2, 2004
A Message from Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Keeping the Northwest Wild
State Trust Land Forests Threatened by Increased Logging
Tell the Board of Natural Resources to vote FOR healthy forests and AGAINST the Preferred Alternative
State Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland and the Board of Natural Resources seem intent on upping logging on state trust lands. The Sustainable Harvest Plan they approve on September 7 will determine the trust lands logging levels for westside Washington for the next ten years. Their Preferred Alternative increases the cut by 38 percent, mostly using clearcut logging.
According to the state's own Final Environmental Impact Statement, the Preferred Alternative will have relatively high impacts on wildlife, old growth, and water quality. The ten-year plan means fewer large trees, clearcuts in watersheds and near wetlands, and polluted streams with warmer water temperatures. It spells less old growth, degraded wildlife habitat, and higher risks of landslides.
Send a message! If you haven't already sent a message, please urge Commissioner Sutherland and the BNR to vote FOR the public interest and vote AGAINST the Preferred Alternative. To send an email, go to
http://www.ecosystem.org/action/index.html?MessageTemplateID=3
Attend September 7. The vote takes place at Department of Natural Resources offices in Olympia on Tuesday, September 7, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Your presence would be particularly powerful! Find out more.
Background. Last March, NWEA and many others provided comments on the Draft EIS on Alternatives for Sustainable Forest Management of State Trust Lands in Washington.
Thanks so much for taking action in response to our WildNW alerts. And thank you for speaking up yet once again to protect state trust land forests.
Erin Moore
Communications Coordinator
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
1208 Bay St., Ste. 201
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.671.9950 ext. 24
A Message from Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Keeping the Northwest Wild
State Trust Land Forests Threatened by Increased Logging
Tell the Board of Natural Resources to vote FOR healthy forests and AGAINST the Preferred Alternative
State Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland and the Board of Natural Resources seem intent on upping logging on state trust lands. The Sustainable Harvest Plan they approve on September 7 will determine the trust lands logging levels for westside Washington for the next ten years. Their Preferred Alternative increases the cut by 38 percent, mostly using clearcut logging.
According to the state's own Final Environmental Impact Statement, the Preferred Alternative will have relatively high impacts on wildlife, old growth, and water quality. The ten-year plan means fewer large trees, clearcuts in watersheds and near wetlands, and polluted streams with warmer water temperatures. It spells less old growth, degraded wildlife habitat, and higher risks of landslides.
Send a message! If you haven't already sent a message, please urge Commissioner Sutherland and the BNR to vote FOR the public interest and vote AGAINST the Preferred Alternative. To send an email, go to
http://www.ecosystem.org/action/index.html?MessageTemplateID=3
Attend September 7. The vote takes place at Department of Natural Resources offices in Olympia on Tuesday, September 7, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Your presence would be particularly powerful! Find out more.
Background. Last March, NWEA and many others provided comments on the Draft EIS on Alternatives for Sustainable Forest Management of State Trust Lands in Washington.
Thanks so much for taking action in response to our WildNW alerts. And thank you for speaking up yet once again to protect state trust land forests.
Erin Moore
Communications Coordinator
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
1208 Bay St., Ste. 201
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.671.9950 ext. 24
Starmail - 3. Sep, 15:31
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Battle Renews on Use of National Forests
Starmail - 1. Sep, 16:03
Timber sale gets no takers
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1283&dept_id=158550&newsid=12812990&PAG=461&rfi=9
By JOHN MONGLE, Staff Writer August 31, 2004
The forest service received no bids last week for the Joel Branch timber sale near Bark Camp Lake on High Knob. "We're very disappointed," says Pat Eagan, contract officer for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. "We don't know why at this point - we really don't have any idea."
This was the second time the 165-acre tract had been offered for bids and the second time there were no takers.
On both occasions, potential bidders were mailed material by the Clinch Coalition warning that any logging operation on the site would likely be interrupted by protests.
Before the bid deadline, George Washington and Jefferson National Forest Supervisor Bill Damon wrote a letter to newspapers expressing shock at what he called the coalition's attempts to threaten and intimidate potential bidders.
Now, forest service officials will not speculate on whether the environmentalists' campaign influenced the outcome.
Neither would Clinch Coalition President Detta Davis of Coeburn claim victory for any effect the coalition's letter might have had in there being no takers for the job.
Davis said she is not sure the letter had an influence. "I'm not sure that it did," she says. "I'm not sure if that's the case or if they gave it second thoughts. The ranger said they would lower the bidding price."
Doug Jones, Clinch District ranger, said earlier that if no bids were taken, the tract would be reappraised and offered at a lower rate.
Jones speculates the appraisal of the tract may have been off, but can offer no specific reasons nobody bid.
"We nose around on these things," he says, "and we thought there was some interest."
Two timber industry representatives seem certain that it was not correspondence from environmental groups that chased off potential bidders.
"I do not think that the letter would deter anyone in this area," says Bill Anderson of Gilbert NS Lumber Inc., of Duffield. "The letter would be a minor part."
Anderson declines comment on why his company chooses to bid or pass on any sale, including this one, but he says, "On any sale there are a number of factors that can increase or decrease your cost."
He points out that few loggers in the region have the ability to do tower skidding or cable logging as called for in the bid proposal.
Another factor, according to Anderson, is a problem with getting workers since the recent increase in coal-related employment. He also pointed to the fact that expenses for everything from fuel to workers compensation to insurance have gone up in the last six months.
Anderson says he knows and likes several members of the coalition, but he says they are "a little misinformed on timber practices."
Anderson says the forest service has done a very good job of managing the timber on High Knob and that it is "very high quality." But, he says that due to the age of the stand some of it must be harvested to protect the health of the forest.
Tom Merriman of Georgia Pacific said potential problems are "not really an issue on whether to bid a job. Everybody in the industry was well aware of it - everybody was aware there would be protests - if not trouble."
For Georgia Pacific's Mt. Hope, WVa., operation, the reason for not bidding was simple - the mill that handles hardwoods from this region is being sold.
"We're not buying any hardwoods in that area right now," Merriman said.
The cable operation requirement would have been an obstacle for the Joel Branch sale as well, according to Merriman.
Jones thinks that the uncertainty of being able to complete the project may have deterred bidders in the original sale offer. The Clinch Coalition had a federal lawsuit pending at the time to block the sale.
That suit, aimed at preventing logging on Joel Branch and other tracts totaling some 700 acres on High Knob, was dismissed earlier this year by U.S. District Court Judge Glen Williams. The time for appeal of the decision had run by the time bid packages went out earlier this month.
Eagan says the district office will be re-evaluating the sale in the coming weeks to try to determine why the sale was not successful and develop a new plan for the sale.
"We're just thankful the loggers appreciate it (High Knob) as much as we do," says Davis.
She says Clinch Coalition will "do as much as we can peacefully" to prevent logging in the area, and emphasizes, "We will not do anything violent on our part." But, she says that she cannot speak for other groups.
The Clinch Coalition partnered with Earth First! for an "action camp" at Little Stony Falls near Bark Camp earlier this summer in which tree sitting techniques and other anti-logging protest measures were taught.
Although Davis says no group, including Earth First! or Greenpeace, has said they will resort to violence, she says, the coalition "is not responsible if they want to do that."
She says some groups will respect the local group's decision on the level of protest and some don't. "Sometimes they will respect it," she says.
©Coalfield.com 2004
Informant: Deane T. Rimerman
By JOHN MONGLE, Staff Writer August 31, 2004
The forest service received no bids last week for the Joel Branch timber sale near Bark Camp Lake on High Knob. "We're very disappointed," says Pat Eagan, contract officer for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. "We don't know why at this point - we really don't have any idea."
This was the second time the 165-acre tract had been offered for bids and the second time there were no takers.
On both occasions, potential bidders were mailed material by the Clinch Coalition warning that any logging operation on the site would likely be interrupted by protests.
Before the bid deadline, George Washington and Jefferson National Forest Supervisor Bill Damon wrote a letter to newspapers expressing shock at what he called the coalition's attempts to threaten and intimidate potential bidders.
Now, forest service officials will not speculate on whether the environmentalists' campaign influenced the outcome.
Neither would Clinch Coalition President Detta Davis of Coeburn claim victory for any effect the coalition's letter might have had in there being no takers for the job.
Davis said she is not sure the letter had an influence. "I'm not sure that it did," she says. "I'm not sure if that's the case or if they gave it second thoughts. The ranger said they would lower the bidding price."
Doug Jones, Clinch District ranger, said earlier that if no bids were taken, the tract would be reappraised and offered at a lower rate.
Jones speculates the appraisal of the tract may have been off, but can offer no specific reasons nobody bid.
"We nose around on these things," he says, "and we thought there was some interest."
Two timber industry representatives seem certain that it was not correspondence from environmental groups that chased off potential bidders.
"I do not think that the letter would deter anyone in this area," says Bill Anderson of Gilbert NS Lumber Inc., of Duffield. "The letter would be a minor part."
Anderson declines comment on why his company chooses to bid or pass on any sale, including this one, but he says, "On any sale there are a number of factors that can increase or decrease your cost."
He points out that few loggers in the region have the ability to do tower skidding or cable logging as called for in the bid proposal.
Another factor, according to Anderson, is a problem with getting workers since the recent increase in coal-related employment. He also pointed to the fact that expenses for everything from fuel to workers compensation to insurance have gone up in the last six months.
Anderson says he knows and likes several members of the coalition, but he says they are "a little misinformed on timber practices."
Anderson says the forest service has done a very good job of managing the timber on High Knob and that it is "very high quality." But, he says that due to the age of the stand some of it must be harvested to protect the health of the forest.
Tom Merriman of Georgia Pacific said potential problems are "not really an issue on whether to bid a job. Everybody in the industry was well aware of it - everybody was aware there would be protests - if not trouble."
For Georgia Pacific's Mt. Hope, WVa., operation, the reason for not bidding was simple - the mill that handles hardwoods from this region is being sold.
"We're not buying any hardwoods in that area right now," Merriman said.
The cable operation requirement would have been an obstacle for the Joel Branch sale as well, according to Merriman.
Jones thinks that the uncertainty of being able to complete the project may have deterred bidders in the original sale offer. The Clinch Coalition had a federal lawsuit pending at the time to block the sale.
That suit, aimed at preventing logging on Joel Branch and other tracts totaling some 700 acres on High Knob, was dismissed earlier this year by U.S. District Court Judge Glen Williams. The time for appeal of the decision had run by the time bid packages went out earlier this month.
Eagan says the district office will be re-evaluating the sale in the coming weeks to try to determine why the sale was not successful and develop a new plan for the sale.
"We're just thankful the loggers appreciate it (High Knob) as much as we do," says Davis.
She says Clinch Coalition will "do as much as we can peacefully" to prevent logging in the area, and emphasizes, "We will not do anything violent on our part." But, she says that she cannot speak for other groups.
The Clinch Coalition partnered with Earth First! for an "action camp" at Little Stony Falls near Bark Camp earlier this summer in which tree sitting techniques and other anti-logging protest measures were taught.
Although Davis says no group, including Earth First! or Greenpeace, has said they will resort to violence, she says, the coalition "is not responsible if they want to do that."
She says some groups will respect the local group's decision on the level of protest and some don't. "Sometimes they will respect it," she says.
©Coalfield.com 2004
Informant: Deane T. Rimerman
Starmail - 1. Sep, 15:57
Judge lifts injunctions on Oregon salvage logging
Judge lifts injunctions on Oregon salvage logging of nation's worst 2002 wildfire - A federal judge has lifted injunctions that had temporarily barred salvage logging from the site of the nation's worst wildfire in 2002, but the legal battle is not yet over.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-01/s_26812.asp
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-01/s_26812.asp
Starmail - 1. Sep, 14:56
Appalachian Trail is vulnerable to new forest rules
Appalachian Trail is vulnerable to new forest rules, environmental group claims - About one of every 13 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Maine and Georgia passes through national forests where a Bush administration plan could allow clear cutting of wooded areas, an environmental group said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-01/s_26809.asp
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-01/s_26809.asp
Starmail - 1. Sep, 14:53
30
Aug
2004
Der Wald leidet als Open-Air-Fitnessstudio
Naturschutz: Der Wald leidet als Open-Air-Fitnessstudio
30.08.04
Jährlich suchen viele Millionen Menschen im Wald Erholung vom Alltagsstress. Dabei wird längst nicht mehr nur klassisch gewandert, sondern es sind gerade die Trendsportarten wie Walking, Jogging, Mountainbiking und Hiking, die sich einer steigenden Beliebtheit erfreuen. Dies ist im deutschen Wald alles erlaubt und kostenfrei möglich, seitdem 1975 das freie Betretungsrecht im Bundeswaldgesetz festgeschrieben wurde. Doch führt die Vielzahl der Waldbesucher auch zu Schäden, die in der Regel durch Unkenntnis und Achtlosigkeit hervorgerufen werden, beklagt die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Waldbesitzerverbände, AGDW.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9193
30.08.04
Jährlich suchen viele Millionen Menschen im Wald Erholung vom Alltagsstress. Dabei wird längst nicht mehr nur klassisch gewandert, sondern es sind gerade die Trendsportarten wie Walking, Jogging, Mountainbiking und Hiking, die sich einer steigenden Beliebtheit erfreuen. Dies ist im deutschen Wald alles erlaubt und kostenfrei möglich, seitdem 1975 das freie Betretungsrecht im Bundeswaldgesetz festgeschrieben wurde. Doch führt die Vielzahl der Waldbesucher auch zu Schäden, die in der Regel durch Unkenntnis und Achtlosigkeit hervorgerufen werden, beklagt die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Waldbesitzerverbände, AGDW.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9193
Starmail - 30. Aug, 19:24
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2004
Handelskonzern will auf Papier aus Regenwaldzerstörung verzichten
Waldschutz: Handelskonzern will auf Papier aus Regenwaldzerstörung verzichten
25.08.04
Die Metro, einer der größten Handelskonzerne der Welt, beendet die Geschäftsbeziehungen mit ihrem Papierlieferanten APP. Damit reagiert Metro auf Proteste von ROBIN WOOD. Die Umweltorganisation hatte kritisiert, dass der Zellstoff-Konzern APP (Asia Pulp and Paper) für seine Papierproduktion großflächig Regenwald auf Sumatra vernichtet und für Menschenrechtsverletzungen an der dort lebenden Bevölkerung verantwortlich ist. ROBIN WOOD wertet die jetzt getroffene Entscheidung der Metro als wichtiges Signal für Industrie und Handel weltweit, aus dem Handel mit Produkten aus Urwaldzerstörung auszusteigen.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9164
25.08.04
Die Metro, einer der größten Handelskonzerne der Welt, beendet die Geschäftsbeziehungen mit ihrem Papierlieferanten APP. Damit reagiert Metro auf Proteste von ROBIN WOOD. Die Umweltorganisation hatte kritisiert, dass der Zellstoff-Konzern APP (Asia Pulp and Paper) für seine Papierproduktion großflächig Regenwald auf Sumatra vernichtet und für Menschenrechtsverletzungen an der dort lebenden Bevölkerung verantwortlich ist. ROBIN WOOD wertet die jetzt getroffene Entscheidung der Metro als wichtiges Signal für Industrie und Handel weltweit, aus dem Handel mit Produkten aus Urwaldzerstörung auszusteigen.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9164
Starmail - 25. Aug, 19:18
