Experts in Mexico on July 28, 2011 state that reduced deforestation in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve this winter has resulted in a doubling in the number of butterflies, with the change due in part to the government's provision of income-generating alternatives such as growing tree nurseries.
http://www.happynews.com/news/7272011/logging-drops-mexico-butterfly-reserve.htmhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-07-21-mexico-monarch-butterflies_n.htm Environmental organization Friends of the Earth is calling for the Strzelecki Koala in the state of Victoria, Australia, to be recognized as a threatened species as its food source, the Mountain ash tree, is disappearing due to logging.
http://tools.weeklytimesnow.com.au/stories/47736465.phphttp://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/newshome/9951962/vic-koalas-suffering-from-logging-inquiry/ http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/koalas-suffering-from-logging-inquiry-20110801-1i7xb.html