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Africa, Asian, Neotropical References
Zambia:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Report WP/98, World Populaztion Profile: 1998, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC, 1999.
Zimbabwe:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Report WP/98, World Populaztion Profile: 1998, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC, 1999.
Asian/Indomalayan Realm:
Bangladesh:
Alcorn, Janis; Johnson, Nels. Conservation Biological Diversity in Bangladesh-status, trends, and recommended responses.
Tropical Forests and Biological Diversity Assessments-USAID. 1989.
Anwar, S. "Occidental Seeks Extension of Bangladesh Gas Deal." Reuters. 1/28/98.
A.P. "Bengladeshi elephants on rampage." A.P. 10/25/97.
Hasan, S. and Mulamoottil, G. "Natural Resource Management in Bangladesh." Ambio Vol. 23 No. 2 (141-145),
March 1994.
Brunei:
Das, I. "Evaluating Biodiversity: the Batu Apoi Experience." Ambio Vol 23 No. 4-5 (238-242), July 1994.
Graves, N. "Smog, Job Worries Mark Brunei's Freedom Day." Reuters. 2/23/98.
Cambodia:
Agence France-Presse (AFP) "Cambodia Could Soon Lose Forests to Loggers: Green Group." 12/15/97.
A.P. "Cambodia sells off remaining forests-Environmental Groups, King Sihanouk warn of ecological disaster.
2/20/96.
Baker, Mark. "Cambodia-Military Involved in Illegal Logging." Sydney Morning Herald. 1/24/97.
Madra, E. "Cambodia Forest Cover Shrinking Fast." Reuters. 5/23/98.
Reuters 1997. "Cambodia Hires U.S. Firm to Stem Illegal Logging." Reuters. 10/16/97.
Reuters 1999. "Cambodia Cancels Log Deals, Hopes for More Aid." Reuters. 1/28/99.
Prebble, C. ITTO Country Profile - Cambodia 1998.
Pruzin, Daniel. "Politics of Timber-Loggers Use Loophole to Decimate Cambodia's Disappearing Forest."
5/1/97. Christian Science Monitor.
China:
Xinhua. "Steps Taken to Protect Animals in Tropical Rainforest." 12/10/97.
Xinhua. "Amazon Tropical Forest Tragedy Not to Recur in China." 1/23/98.
Zhongmin, W. and Guangyi, Z. "Ecological Consequences of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in the Tropical Areas
of China." Ambio Vol. 25 No. 3 (210-211), May 1996.
India:
Agarwal, Anil; Labh, Neeraj; Nambi, V.A. "Third State of India's Environment, a citizen's report: floods,
flood plains and environmental myths." Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. 1991.
Indonesia:
Aditjondro, G.J. "Palm Oil Nepotism Adds Fuel to Disaster" Australian Financial Review, 10/13/97.
AP (AP:4). "Acid Rain and Other Problems Coming Soon for Southeast Asia." 11/10/97.
AP (AP:2). "Malaysia orders experts to keep quiet on haze" 11/7/97.
AP (AP:3). "Wildlife in Indonesia under Even Bigger Siege Due to Drought, Fires" 10/6/97.
AP (AP:1). "Drought Cuts Indonesia's Harvests; Haze Worsens in some Parts" 10/24/97.
Agence France-Presse (AFP:3). "Jakarta Reinstates 45 Permits Revoked for Forest Burning Violations" 12/2/97.
Balowski, J. "Suharto Fiddles While Indonesia Burns" Greenleft Weekly. October 15, 1997.
Chatterjee, Pratap. "Human Rights-Indonesia. US mining giant implicated in Indonesia atrocities." 1995.
Della-Giacoma, Jim. "Fires burn unchecked in Indonesia's South Sumatra." Reuters. 10-SEP-97
Edwards, Nick. "Public Anger Could Heat up Over Southeast Asia Smog." Reuters. 22-SEP-97
Estrade, Bernard. "Heat from Indonesian fires to be felt at climate meet." Agence France-Presse. 11/28/97.
Gilbert, Claire. "Indonesia's Peat Smoulders Underground." Environment News Service. 11/13/97.
Junaid, H. "Another Environmental Disaster Looms in Indonesia." International Fund for Animal Welfare
10/10/97. Media Indonesia, Jakarta. 2/1/96.
Morissan, M. "Jakarta Timber Firms Not Safe Havens during Crisis" Reuters. 10/28/97.
Press, Eyal. "Freeport: Corporate Predator." The Nation. p. 125. July 31/August 7, 1995.
Richardson, M. "Indonesian Crisis Prompts Fears of New Smoke Pollution." International Herald Tribune.
2/13/98.
Siewert, Steven. "Jakarta's New Rich." Sydney Morning Herald. 4/26/97.
Walsh, Pat. Witnessing 'GP?K' Drama, blood, and tears of Jo-Mun Nerk's Children in the Freeport Concession Area."
Australian Council for Overseas Aid. 1995.
Williams, Louise. "Rape of the Rainforest." Sydney Morning Herald. 12/14/96.
Williams, Louise and Baker, Mark. "South Asia's Year of Reckoning." Sydney Morning Herald. 10/6/97.
Lao P.D.R.:
Linden, Eugene. Environment-"Ancient Creatures in a Lost World." Time Magazine Vol. 143, No.
25. 6/20/94.
Reuters. "Heavy logging continues at Laotian dam site." 2/2/97.
Tookey, D.L. "Promising Steps to Address Environmental Issues: Laos." Ambio Vol. 26
No. 2 (130-131), March 1997.
Malaysia:
Kumari, K. "Sustainable forest management: Myth or Reality? Exploring the Prospects for Malaysia." Ambio
Vol. 25 No. 7, Nov. 1996.
Reuters. "Bakuin Dam Plaintiffs Withdraw Contempt Application." 7/19/96.
Sarawak Campaign Committee. "Japan's Tropical Timber Imports in 1994 and 1995." Mori no Koe Issue #8.
4-25-96.
Sukri, A. "Some Work on Bakuin Dam Project to Proceed." Reuters. 1/21/98.
Vincent, J.R. "The tropical timber trade and sustainable development." Science 256: 1651-55, 1992.
Myanmar:
Richey, W. "The Buddhist Way to Wean Drug Lords from Opium Trade." Christian Science Monitor. 5/6/98.
Wannabovorn, S. "Wa Army Protects Opium Trade in Golden Triangle" Reuters. 10/31/97.
Wellner, Pam. World Rainforest Report. Burma: Deforestation, Texaco, and Unocal. April:June 1994, Vol. XI, No.
2.
Xihuna. "Myanmar Completes Part of Gas Pipeline Running to Thailand." CNN Online. 8/1/97.
Xinhua. Myanmar to Develop Downstream Wood Industries." CNN Online. 11/2/97.
Philippines:
Albor, Teresa. "Illegal Logging blamed for Philippine Flood Toll. Christian Science Monitor 11/12/91. p. 6.
Anon. "Philippines Country Profile." Economist Intelligence Unit, London, UK 1991.
Bengwayan, M., "Philippines Drops Total Logging Ban," Environment News Service, November 5, 1999
de Castro, E. "Philippines Calls for Special Planes to Fight Fires." Reuters. 4/2/98.
Jubelag, Joseph. Malaya. The National Newspaper. September 1995.
Son, J. "Philippines-Row Rages Over Lifting Ban on Lumber Exports." IPS. 4/17/98.
Thailand:
Bankok Post. "Log Poaching." 11/7/97.
Charles, D. "Monks Lend Weight to Protest against Thai Pipeline." Reuters. 11/2/97.
Panayotou, Theodore; Leepowpanth, Quanchai; Intarapravich, Duangjai. Mining, Environment and Sustainable Use: Meeting
the challenge. 1990. USAID and Harvard University.
Rosse, Steve. "Thai forestry Rangers at Work." Christian Science Monitor p. 9. 8/2/93.
Skehan, C. "Forest Carnage." Sydney Morning Herald. 2/28/98.
Skehan, C. "Army Denies Involvement in Logging Scandal." Sydney Morning Herald. 2/26/98.
Wannabovorn, S. "Thai Opposition Plans Censure Motion Against Government." Reuters, 2/25/98.
Australia:
Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Stations Information. "The Fight for the Daintree Goes On."
"Power Struggle in the Daintree." The Australian Rescue. 1/10/93. Daintree Rainforest Rescue.
"History of the Power Struggle in the Daintree." 251
Papua New Guinea:
------ "WWF lauds moves for stricter forestry laws." The National. 12/17/99.
Barry, G. "NGOs Picket Forestry Office Demanding Inquiry into Timber Industry." 7/15/97.
Kolma, Frank Senge. "FIA refuses to pay K10 royalty." The National (PNG). 11-Jul 1996.
Korimbao, D. "Loggers Hurt by Low Prices, Asian Crisis." The National (PNG). 2/19/98
Porter, Jeni. "A Nation's Riches." Sydney Morning Herald. 3/18/97.
Sekhran, N. and Miller, S. Papua New Guinea Country Study on Biodiversity, pp.187-199. Boroko: PNG Department of
Environment and Conservation, Conservation Resource Centre. 1994.
Trioli, V. "Famine stalks this once lush land." Sydney Morning Herald. 11/10/97.
Vulum, S. "Logging in PNG: the axe falls." Pacific Island Monthly. March 1998.
Solomon Islands:
Atkins, G. "Solomon Islands to Nationalize Malaysian dominated Logging Industry." AFP. 4/22/98.
Collee, John. "Stripping the Pacific Island Rainforests." San Francisco Examiner. 1/1/95.
Keith-Reid, Robert. "The rapid rape of the forest of the Solomons." Islands Business Pacific. Business
Edition. July 1993.
Hawaii:
Dolan, M. "The Plight of Hawaii's Rainforest: Sad Aloha to Native Species." 1997.
James, H.F. and S.L. Olson. "Descriptions of thirty-two species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: part II.
Passeriformes. Ornithol. Monogr. 46:1-88. 1991. From Biodiversity II. Reaka-Kudla, Wilson, Wilson, eds. Joseph
Henry Press. Washington D.C. 1997.
Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R., Sohmer, S.H. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press and
Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1990. From Biodiversity II. Reaka-Kudla, Wilson, Wilson, eds. Joseph Henry Press.
Washington D.C. 1997.
"Rainforest" is used interchangeably with "rain forest" on this site. "Jungle" is generally not used.
Recent news
Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction (02/16/2009)
Nearly 80 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon results from cattle ranching, according to a new report by Greenpeace. The finding confirms what Amazon researchers have long known – that Brazil's rise to become the world's largest exporter of beef has come at the expense of Earth's biggest rainforest.
How to save the Amazon rainforest (01/04/2009)
Environmentalists have long voiced concern over the vanishing Amazon rainforest, but they haven't been particularly effective at slowing forest loss. In fact, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars in donor funds that have flowed into the region since 2000 and the establishment of more than 100 million hectares of protected areas since 2002, average annual deforestation rates have increased since the 1990s, peaking at 73,785 square kilometers (28,488 square miles) of forest loss between 2002 and 2004. With land prices fast appreciating, cattle ranching and industrial soy farms expanding, and billions of dollars' worth of new infrastructure projects in the works, development pressure on the Amazon is expected to accelerate. Given these trends, it is apparent that conservation efforts alone will not determine the fate of the Amazon or other rainforests. Some argue that market measures, which value forests for the ecosystem services they provide as well as reward developers for environmental performance, will be the key to saving the Amazon from large-scale destruction. In the end it may be the very markets currently driving deforestation that save forests.
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008 (12/20/2008)
The area of rainforest in the process of being deforested — razed but not yet cleared — surged in the Brazilian Amazon during 2008, according to new figures released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The announcement comes shortly after the Brazilian government reported a 4 percent increase in forest clearing for the year. Using an advanced satellite system that tracks changes in vegetation cover INPE found that 24,932 square kilometers of Amazon forest was damaged between August 2007 and July 2008, an increase of 10,017 square kilometers -- 67 percent -- over the prior year.
Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict (09/24/2008)
Forest conservation can play a critical role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and alleviate poverty, said a prominent group of politicians, development experts, and environmental NGOs meeting in New York City to discuss U.S. climate policy.
Future threats to the Amazon rainforest (07/31/2008)
Between June 2000 and June 2008, more than 150,000 square kilometers of rainforest were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon. While deforestation rates have slowed since 2004, forest loss is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. This is a look at past, current and potential future drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
