WRI, Cameroon Ink Pact to Monitor Forests, Curb Illegal Logging

U.S. Newswire | June 6, 2002 | Copyright

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, June 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch and the Government of Cameroon signed an agreement today to share data and maps about the country's forests in a bid to curb rampant illegal logging.

"Widespread illegal logging contributes to the destruction of forests and the loss of badly needed revenues across much of Central Africa, the second biggest rainforest in the world," said Jonathan Lash, president of World Resources Institute (WRI). "This landmark partnership with the Government of Cameroon will provide the data needed to promote ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Interstate Commerce Commission judge to hear probe of Trailer Train as a purchasing cartel with monopsony power.
PR Newswire ; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION JUDGE TO HEAR PROBE OF TRAILER TRAIN...at a hearing before an Interstate Commerce Commission administrative law judge...Train Co. petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15-year-renewal...
Interstate Commerce Commission to hold briefing on Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. (merger) (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire ; / N E W S A D V I S O R Y / INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO HOLD BRIEFING ON CHICAGO...TRANSPORTATION CO. The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) will hold...275-7312. CO: Interstate Commerce Commission; Chicago and North...
Trailer Train assesses Interstate Commerce Commission ruling.
PR Newswire ; TRAILER TRAIN ASSESSES INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION RULING CHICAGO, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) decision...Trailer Train Co.; Interstate Commerce Commission ST: Illinois IN...
ICC may protect discounts. (Interstate Commerce Commission)
Magazine article from: Gifts & Decorative Accessories ; ...their tariffs and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C., as...final outcome, the Interstate Commerce Commission should be commended...practitioner before the Interstate Commerce Commission as well as a well...
Coalition of groups urges Interstate Commerce Commission to reject merger of CSX Corp. and American Commercial Lines, saying it would decrease competition.
PR Newswire ; ...coalition of groups today urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject the merger. Richard...chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, announced that...continue until the Interstate Commerce Commission decides whether to...
The legal distinction between ICC regulated motor common and contract carriage. (Interstate Commerce Commission)
Newspaper article from: Transportation Journal ; ...Act of 1935(1) expanded the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC)(2) statutory...authority of the Interstate Commerce Act.(4) The decision of...jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission must file all of...
ICC proves that regulation is (almost) forever.(Interstate Commerce Commission lasted from 1887 to 1995; Glass-Steagall Act is proving just as difficult to eliminate)(Weekly Adviser)(Column)
Magazine article from: American Banker ; ...legislation dismantling the Interstate Commerce Commission points up a sad reality: Once...its welcome. The Interstate Commerce Commission, our first regulatory...Steagall Act or the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bank delays in...
Interstate Commerce Commission endorses Justice Department and Gunderson; limits Trailer Train's antitrust immunity extension.
PR Newswire ; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ENDORSES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND GUNDERSON; LIMITS TRAILER TRAIN...and-Goliath-type battle within the railroad industry, the Interstate Commerce Commission today voted to limit to five years Trailer Train...
The deregulation debate continues: is ICC control over the trucking industry necessary? (Interstate Commerce Commission)
Magazine article from: Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business ; ...squandering 160 gallons of fuel due to Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulations. In Atlanta...and promotion of interstate commerce was in the minds of our founding fathers when the Commerce clause was written into the...
Government To Shut Down Interstate Commerce Commission
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition ; 00-00-0000 The Interstate Commerce Commission will be shut down after 108 years...smaller federal government. The Commerce Commission is the government...in operation, the Interstate Commerce Commission is being shut down...

Find more facts and information related to the article "WRI, Cameroon Ink Pact to Monitor Forests, Curb ..."