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Article: HOUSE PASSES REP. BLUMENAUER RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ILLEGAL LOGGING, DESTRUCTION OF MADAGASCAR HABITATS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. (3rd CD), issued the following news release:
The House today passed H.Res.839, a resolution authored by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) that condemns the unchecked illegal logging and decimation of Madagascar's endemic species. Madagascar is home to almost 150,000 species of flora and fauna. The illegal extraction of these resources threatens biodiversity as well as legitimate logging operations in the U.S. - up to $460 million lost in export opportunities every year.
After a coup in March, the new and weakened government of Andry Rajoelina issued sweeping decrees allowing the harvest and export of wood from protected forests and World ...