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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He is L4 and 4A.
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     4   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
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     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think I only have one statement from him.
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     8   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, it is three pages, one statement.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    12   MR. MORRIS:  I will not read out extracts from his book, but
    13        I think we have disclosed extracts of his book and referred
    14        to them in some of the evidence.  I am not sure what the
    15        status of his book becomes.  I think, effectively, we do
    16        not need to rely on the book, do we?
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    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  If you wish to read his statement --
    19        I will repeat what I have said before; if you want me to
    20        take these as read, I will do, because I have read them
    21        anyway and made my own underlinings on them, but I do not
    22        want to stop you reading them if you think it is necessary.
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    24   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  I will read this statement.  I will read the
    25        statement:
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    27        "Douglas R. Shane of Barnard, Vermont, USA.  July 24th
    28        1993.  Statement re. McDonalds v. Steel & Morris.
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    30        "I have been involved with the issues pertaining to the
    31        development and conservation of the Earth's tropical
    32        rainforests since 1976, with particular emphasis on the
    33        humid tropics of Central and South America.
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    35        "Between August of 19776 and April of 1978, I conducted a
    36        study of Latin America's tropical rainforests on behalf of
    37        Canada's National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa,
    38        Ontario.  In addition to research conducted in North
    39        America, (Ottawa and Washington DC), 10 months were spent
    40        in 13 Central and South American countries with areas of
    41        tropical forests conducting interviews with government
    42        officials, scientists and businessmen and inspecting
    43        project sites relevant to cattle ranching, agriculture,
    44        forestry, colonisation, hydroelectric dams and botanical
    45        and zoological research.  The project report", which is his
    46        book name, "'A Latin American Dilemma', was issued
    47        internationally by the United States Agency for
    48        International Development.
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    50        "Upon my return from Latin America in December 1977, 
    51        I lived in Washington DC where I worked as a consultant on 
    52        tropical rainforest issues.  In addition to consulting for 
    53        the World Wildlife Fund US, the Humane Society for the
    54        United States, the United States Department of States, The
    55        Nature Conservancy, The International Union for the
    56        Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN, the
    57        scientific branch of the World Wildlife Fund), the US
    58        Agency for International Development, and the National
    59        Wildlife Federation, I also began, in 1978, presenting a
    60        slide lecture on the ecology, development and conservation

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