Peruvian forest advocates scored victories on two fronts last month, as President Fujimori created a trio of new reserved zones in the Amazon region and later signed a new forestry law aimed at establishing sustainable forest manage- ment in Peru. The forestry law, signed by Fujimori on July 16, had long been blocked by logging interests. It calls for an inventory to identify all land suitable for timber extraction, sets maximum and minimum limits on forestry concessions and requires that all new logging concessions be awarded by public auction and have government-approved sustainable-management plans. The new law, which cannot take effect until implementing regulations are approved, also authorizes the granting of concessions for ecotourism and the sustainable extraction of non-wood plant species... [Log in to read more]