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Defend the World's Forests:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Communities
   Mexico
   Indonesia
   Cambodia
   Liberia
   Brazil
At Home
The President's
    Initiative Against
    Illegal Logging
Resources
Acknowledgements


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Globalization Lays Siege to Forests and Communities

This report tells the stories of five activists trying to stop the rapacious and destructive logging of trees in their communities in Mexico, Indonesia, Cambodia, Libera, and Brazil.

MEXICO
Isidro Baldenegro Lopez loses his father to an assassin’s bullet and is imprisoned for advocacy.
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INDONESIA
Abi Kusno Nachran nearly pays with his life for fighting deforestation.
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CAMBODIA
Eva Galabru takes on a government protecting illegal loggers.
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LIBERIA
Silas Kpanan’ Ayoung Siakor leads villagers to speak against repression.
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BRAZIL
Vivaldo Barbosa and neighbors will not to back down to violence.
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