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"Once you have some promising way to use the forest, it's very important to spread that far and wide so people understand here is something that works, and here is something that
works economically."

Dr. Thomas Lovejoy
Smithsonian Institution.

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Press Releases
Bullet October 27, 2005 Ten Years of Success in the Amazon Rainforests - More than 3,500 Students Complete Reduced-Impact Harvesting Field Training Program

Bullet August 5, 2003 First Shipment of Lumber from Indonesia using Reduced Impact Logging, Documented to be Legal Arrived in Norfolk

Bullet July 19, 2000 New Study Proves Alternative Logging Method in Tropical Forests Is More Economically and Ecologically Sound

News Articles
Bullet August 10, 2003 Washington Times - New program allows rain forest lumber

Bullet August 6, 2003 Virginia Pilot - ''Green-tagged'' wood arrives in local port

Bullet August 4, 2003 Home Channel News - Non-profit group wants to boost credibility of Indonesian logging practices

Bullet July 28, 2003 Environmental News Network - Secretary Powell's Global Initiative on Illegal Logging Holds Important Promise for the World's Forests

Documents of Interest
Bullet July 23, 2004 USAID's Public-Private Alliance in Forestry - A History of USAID/TFF Partnership and Accomplishments
Mike Benge, Senior Forestry Advisor (USAID), USDA Forest Service, International Programs