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Members of the Marianas Audubon Society have appealed to
the Navy to modify or cancel the project in order to
preserve the birds and the bats. If the Navy refuses, the
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund is prepared to take the
matter to court.
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Book of the Bimonth
Stranger in the Forest by Eric Hansen
(Houghton-Mifflin, 1988, $17.95, 264 pages) takes place in
the rain forests of Borneo, which are among the last large
untouched tracts of land on earth. In 1982, Hansen, a
six-foot-six-inch American, determined to cross 600 miles
of Borneo jungle on foot. His charming account of the trip
is by turns funny, moving and highly informative—and
it adds one more view of a world that is rapidly
disappearing in the face of outside forces lusting after
oil, timber and other resources. Most recent accounts of
the plight of the tropical rain forests concentrate on
nonhuman resources. This one introduces us to the humans
native to the jungle, and a delightful lot they are. Great
stuff.
Tom Turner, a writer and editor who's worked in the
environmental field for 18 years, is staff writer for the
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, an independent
environmental law firm that represents many organizations
across the country. It is supported principally by private
donations. For more information, write Sierra Club Legal
Defense Fund, 2044 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA
94115.
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