Comments on: That must be some expensive sugar http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/12/swindled/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trond Lovdal http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/12/swindled/comment-page-1/#comment-82325 Trond Lovdal Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:59:46 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/04/12/swindled/#comment-82325 It is happening everywhere in Africa. The consumers' hunger for wood products never seem to stop. Not only does these logging operation affect the global climate by reducing carbon bound in rainforests, but it also has a direct impact on poor local communities, making them yet worse off. It is all about ethics in business, which seems to be non-existent, especially in the logging industry. But here is one thing one can do to help another African rainforest, the Great Ugandan Mabira Rainforest. Please help sign the petition by going to this link: http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/03/alert_last_chance_to_stop_grea_1.asp Sign it and tell the Ugandan government that they should protect this great forest. ACT NOW! It is happening everywhere in Africa. The consumers’ hunger for wood products never seem to stop. Not only does these logging operation affect the global climate by reducing carbon bound in rainforests, but it also has a direct impact on poor local communities, making them yet worse off. It is all about ethics in business, which seems to be non-existent, especially in the logging industry. But here is one thing one can do to help another African rainforest, the Great Ugandan Mabira Rainforest. Please help sign the petition by going to this link:

http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/03/alert_last_chance_to_stop_grea_1.asp

Sign it and tell the Ugandan government that they should protect this great forest. ACT NOW!

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