1. Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction. 2. The Midland Bank has been investigating a possible scheme to log areas of virgin Amazonian rainforest, whilst simultaneously launching its new green investment fund. 3. According to Friends of the Earth, Gabon contains huge tracts of virgin rainforest and has one of the slowest deforestation rates in Africa. 4. Coca farmers harm the Amazonian jungles by felling virgin rainforest and dumping thousands of tons of cocaine-processing chemicals, including sulfuric acid and gasoline, into rivers. 5. In the past two years, Asian logging corporations, mostly Malaysian, have bought plywood mills and millions of acres of virgin rainforest. 6. It has now reached a swath of virgin rainforest that separates the mountain from the sea. 7. Nine months ago, Medina and a dozen workers began chiseling the images from the sandstone alongside a road that cuts through virgin rainforest. 8. The lava is flowing westward from Mount Cameroon towards the Atlantic Ocean and is scorching a patch of virgin rainforest in its path. 9. The protestors have vowed to hold their ground and prevent the workers from cutting through what they say is virgin rainforest. 10. He was referring to the virgin rainforest within Subic that US troops once used for survival training. |