The restrictions also mean that an exporting country now has an obligation to determine that the number of treesbeingcutdown is not detrimental to the survival of the species.
In Los Angeles, the space shuttle Endeavor's final journey is causing controversy, as more than 400 trees are beingcutdown to make way for the spacecraft.
They highlighted a lack of modern resources such as computers, the long delay it often takes for needed school supplies and resources to reach them and how many of the trees that supply needed shade during the lot of school days are being needlessly cutdown.