1.   CODEFF has now launched an international appeal for help to safeguard the forests, while a further report commissioned by President Aylwin awaits publication.

2.   Other issues remained unresolved, including terms of trade and the debt crisis, action to combat global warming, and the means of safeguarding tropical forests.

3.   President Bill Clinton put forward the rule only days before leaving office, saying that it would safeguard forests, and the Bush administration said it would uphold it.

4.   That would be even more damaging to the global effort towards safeguarding the forests.

5.   The declaration called on the Chinese government to safeguard dwindling forests from the pressures of logging, industrialisation and urban growth.

6.   The EU has already taken measures to safeguard forests.