Resolution Opposing Construction of the Pulau Balang Bridge in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

Whereas, Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan, Indonesia sustains a remarkable variety of forest and estuarine ecosystems, including diverse tropical mixed-dipterocarp rainforest, mangrove forests, shallow bay waters, important sea-grass habitats, and coral reefs; and

Resolution urging the United Nations to alter its potentially misleading forest definitions

WHEREAS, the current definition of ‘forest’ used by the United Nations fails to distinguish between natural forests, modified natural forests, and tree plantations; and

Resolution opposing conversion of Malaysian native forests to non-native rubberwood plantations

WHEREAS, Malaysia has a variety of biologically critically tropical forest ecosystems including lowland dipterocarp forest, montane heath forest, limestone forest, and peat-swamp forest; and

Resolution Opposing Construction of the Indian Neutrino Observatory at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

WHEREAS, the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is among the most biologically important natural areas in India, containing over a fifth of the country's vertebrates and flowering plants, 15% of its butterflies, and numerous endangered species, despite being small in size (5520 km2) by international standards; and

Resolution in Opposition to Industrial Mining Development at Nassau, Suriname

Whereas small- and large-scale mining operations can have serious impacts on the biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, cause chronic health problems among local residents, and have negative 'boom-and-bust' effects on local communities; and

Resolution Urging Legal Protection of Forests at Cerro Chucantí, Panama

WHEREAS, Cerro Chucantí is an isolated massif in eastern Panama that rises from sea level to 1439 meters in elevation, and sustains a diverse cloud-forest as well as other tropical forest ecosystems; and