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Biodiversity

U'wa Defense Project
The Dian Fossey Story
"Fear In The Fields: How Hazardous Waste Becomes Fertilizer"
The Sixth Extinction
By Niles Eldredge
http://www.actionbioscience.org/newfrontiers/eldredge2.html
"Wildlands at Risk" Report Details Bush Administration's Assault on Wild America WASHINGTON - July 20 - The Sierra Club released today a "Wildlands at Risk" report highlighting 25 places across the country where the Bush administration's unprecedented assault on our public lands could have lasting impacts. With Americans heading to the great outdoors this summer, "Wildlands at Risk" is a sampling of wild places across the country, many of them popular vacation spots, that represents the kinds of threats America's wildlands face from Bush administration policies.
The report is available at http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlands/wildlandsatrisk.
Ancient Forests Under Fire in 2004, from Native Forest Network
http://www.nativeforest.org/pdf/2004_Ancient_Forest_Sales.pdf
Living Planet Report - from World Wildlife Fund http://www.panda.org/downloads/general/LPR_2002.pdf
Cool maps of the world showing biodiversity and protected areas at World Resources Institute
The Endangered Species Act - The entire text

Oceans

Bringing Coastal Dead Zones back to Life http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/howarth.html#Primer
We Sell Sea Shelves http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9342
What's Gone Wrong? A 450 page report on America's Oceans - http://www.oceancommission.gov/
Oil, gas industry gets two-year break from storm water permit http://www.enn.com/news/2003-03-11/s_3271.asp?site=orforg
America's Wetlands in Danger, from the NRDC http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressReleases/020723.asp
Ocean Pollution and Cruiseships from EarthJustice http://www.earthjustice.org/factsheets/Cruiseships_041803.pdf

Global Warming

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