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Keywords: Deforestation

ENVIRONMENT

Towards an earth-friendly legal system
- Peter D. Burdon
- 29 June 2009
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The law does not protect the natural world from destruction, but supports its destruction. The effect of regulation is that if a company ticks the right boxes and stays within the prescribed boundaries, its activity is acceptable.
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AUSTRALIA

Emissions targets must help those affected
- Michael Mullins
- 12 December 2007
In working through the maze of economic and scientific dilemmas at the UN climate change meeting, looking at the faces of the world's poor is not a bad way to start. In the past, solutions to ecological problems have often been directed to needs other than those of the people most directly affected.
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ENVIRONMENT

Hope for deforestation breakthrough
- Sean McDonagh
- 12 December 2007
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It seemed a last minute reprieve for tropical forests could emerge at the UN climate change meeting in Bali. Because 20% of greenhouse emissions are due to forest destruction, stablising greenhouse gas emissions requires reduction in the rate of deforestation.
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INTERNATIONAL

Anti-corruption measures eclipse human rights in Cambodia
- Allister Hayman
- 27 June 2007
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Despite mounting criticism of the human rights record of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreign donors, including Australia, continue to back him financially. It seems that the economic growth and stability he has fostered is more valuable than transparency, the rule of law, and human rights.
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AUSTRALIA

Seoul-centring Korea
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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ENVIRONMENT

Not beating about the bush
- Alison Aprhys
- 27 April 2006
The Australian Bush Heritage Fund is quietly securing important areas of biodiverse bush to preserve and manage for future generations
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