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Host Bob Edwards talks with Charles Forest, the chief executive of Indict, a London-based human rights group, about the allegations against Saddam Hussein's oldest son, Odai Hussein. He heads Iraq's Olympic Association and has been accused of torturing athletes for poor performance.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the future of a Clinton administration regulation that limits road-building and subsequent logging in 58 million acres of National Forest land. Today, the Bush administration is expected to announce that it intends to modify the so-called "roadless rule" to allow state and local officials to challenge the restrictions on a case-by-case basis.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the advertising campaign that's bringing Smokey Bear into the new millennium. The public service announcements alter the bear's famous warning about "forest fire" prevention, to one concerning "wildfires," in order to emphasize that deserts and grasslands are also prone to destructive fires.

Fed up with visitors illegally dumping garbage in Pennsylvania's Michaux State Forest, rangers are using state-of-the-art electronic sensors to trigger video cameras to catch dumpers in the act. NPR's Emily Harris has the story for Weekend All Things Considered.

Campgrounds in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest are open, but the Forest Service is warning people that some areas still have snow, and…

NPR's Alex Chadwick visits northern Montana where the biodiversity is much like it was throughout North America before European settlers moved West. While there used to be millions of Bison roaming the plains and forests in Montana, their numbers dwindled to less than two dozen at one point. But conservation efforts have succeeded in restoring populations of this and other threatened species.

, Nina Teichcolz reports the Brazilian government and environmentalists are very worried about the arrival of three big Asian timbers companies with a reputation for clearing huge tracts of forest in a non-sustainable way...

NPR's gardening expert Ketzel Levine speaks with Rick Darke, author of The American Woodland Garden. Darke has more than a few suggestions for using lessons from the forest to bring drama and mystery into the garden. NPR Online has photos and an excerpt from Darke's book.

In the first of a two-part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's John Nielsen reports from Peru on how road construction can hurt the rain forests. It happened in Brazil several years ago, when the Trans Amazonian Highway brought loggers and settlers into previously inaccessible parts of the jungle. Now, the Trans-Oceanic Highway could have similar results in Peru.

One of the biggest debates emerging from the global warming treaty discussions taking place in the Hague is whether or not the terms of the 1997 Kyoto Climate Change protocol will allow the U.S. to meet most of its obligations by planting or preserving forests that suck up carbon dioxide. As NPR's John Nielsen reports, delegates from Europe and elsewhere are determined that nothing of the kind should happen.