Subject:       PAPUA NEW GUINEA RAINFOREST CAMPAIGN NEWS
                   FUNDING APPEAL
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                        4/12/99

The time has come for me to ask list subscribers for a 
contribution to allow this Internet based forest 
conservation effort to continue and grow.  I want to keep 
this simple, brief and to the point.  The time and effort 
required to individually maintain and continue to improve 
the forest email lists and the Gaia Forest Conservation 
Archives at http://forests.org/rt.org/releases/orst-sde031999.html has proven untenable.  To 
continue, this forest campaign requires a small amount of 
financing to hire some student hourly help, and the
purchase of a new internet server.

Please, if you are an individual subscriber, consider making 
a contribution that you can afford.  If you are affiliated 
with an organization, a donation would be appreciated, as 
well as any information regarding potential grant programs.  
At any rate, this service will always remain FREE, so if you 
can not contribute now, do not worry--the information will 
keep flowing.

On the basis of earlier emails that this service may be 
discontinued, I have received pledges for a $2,000 grant 
towards a new server, and $800 from the Rainforest 
Information Center, whose founder and renowned forest 
conservationist John Seed has the following to say:

     "I have been working for the preservation of 
      rainforests and other natural areas for more than 20   
      years, most recently doing a lot of my networking via 
      the internet. Gaia Forest Conservation Archives is 
      without doubt the most useful source of forest-related  
      information on the internet and so the Rainforest 
      Information Centre is delighted to make a donation at 
      this time to upgrade the site - for the Earth - John 
      Seed"


In order to provide tax-deductibility, I am working with 
Rainforest Information Centre.  Donations of more than $20 
should be made out to Rainforest Information Centre and sent 
with a note stating that they are for Ecological 
Enterprises' Gaia Forest Archives web site and email lists 
to:

EarthWays Foundation,
20110 Rockport Way
Malibu, CA 90265
USA

It would be good if people could also send me an email 
letting me know of the contribution.  If you wish to make a 
smaller contribution, or don't require tax deductibility and 
want to send funds directly to me, please contact me for 
details.

Thank you very much for your time.  I make this appeal with 
some apprehension.  I have been doing this forest networking 
task for over 9 years and have explicitly always resisted 
asking for funds.  These appeals will remain brief and 
infrequent, no more than 2 a year.  And the business of 
providing forest information for forest campaigning will 
remain the emphasis and continue apace.

Sincerely,
Glen Barry
Director
Ecological Enterprises