But in practice, nothing can protect the forest once a logging road is opened up.

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The book tells the story of a little furry guy trying to protect his forest, bears and birds from a destructive factory.

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"Individuals, companies, schools and community groups across Wales will not only help protect a significant area of rainforest but forge lasting links with forest communities in Africa".

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In Arizona, firefighters were building containment lines around a 3, 700-acre blaze on the Tonto National Forest to try to protect electric transmission lines that provide power to the state's major metropolitan areas.

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In 1994, for example, Congress passed the Northwest Forest Plan, a measure that reduced logging on public lands partly in order to protect the northern spotted owl.

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