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    <title>BIC Updates: Forest Policy at the ADB</title>
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    <description>The latest news on Forest Policy at the ADB from the Bank Information Center</description>
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      <title>Asian Development Bank will not weaken or dilute existing social and environmental policies, panel told</title>
      <description>Project affected people and civil society organizations highlight problems with current ADB policies aiming to protect the environment and human rights at a BIC and Oxfam Australia-hosted panel.  </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 16:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADB Postpones South Asia Regional Consultation on its Safeguard Policies</title>
      <description>The consultation, whose date is yet to be determined, will collect the opinions of stakeholders from eight countries. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3122.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADB Prepares for South Asia Regional Consultation on its Safeguard Policies</title>
      <description>The upcoming consultation aims to collect the opinions of stakeholders in eight countries. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:43:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC Mekong office releases Scoping Report</title>
      <description>The report will guide the organization's work in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, China, Laos and Indonesia. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3065.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:09:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mekong groups call for World Bank, ADB and other donors to stop promoting tree plantations</title>
      <description>Local community representatives from twelve provinces in Cambodia and from a number of other countries in the region spoke at the meeting last month. Participants described how their lives, livelihoods and environments have been adversely affected by large plantations in their respective regions.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADB responds to NGO query on status of Forest Policy Review</title>
      <description>Assures CSOs the opportunity to comment, but did not provide any timeline.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1850.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADB to release new draft of Forest Policy Working Paper in January 2004</title>
      <description>After release of the new draft Forest Policy the ADB will accept comments for four weeks </description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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