The announcement came wrapped in the same deceptive packaging that has camouflaged much of this administration's forest policy.
This page has often criticized the Bush administration's forest policies, which seem designed to encourage needless industrial logging, but this proposal is a big step in the right direction.
A federal judge in Idaho blocked the Clinton administration's forest-protection plan today, saying that if the rules went into effect as scheduled on Saturday, they could cause "irreparable long-term harm" to local communities.
In 1920 he was appointed state forester of Pennsylvania and began a systematic administration of the forest areas of that state.
Whilst initially the forest administration was at the core of the landscape's governance, over time, recognizing the critical role of local communities, a shift has occurred which has placed communities living in the landscape at the center.
The administration's new forest policies also seem ripe for legal challenge.
Those who did complain to the government were told not to bother, as the companies were acting within their legal right, said a villager in Cambodia, who lost his land to VRG. "We used to file complaints but the forest administration explained to us that we didn't need to protest … [that] it's a waste of time," he said.
Clear cuts are possible, but they are subject to permission by the forest administration.
The anti-corruption agency DNA is investigating some officials in the state forest administration Romsilva, as well as some politicians.
In particular, the forest administration was instructed to supervise the cutting of wood for charcoal making very strictly.
This in turn promoted privatization of the forestland as well as a reform of the state forest administration.
