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Berlin: Vattenfall to import tropical timber for use in biomass-fired power plants

Wood the Liberians used to cook with is now to be shipped to German power plants.

In accordance with the Senate of Berlin, Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced plans to increase the production of biomass energy – by employing tropical wood as source material. Despite earlier schemes, biological material is needed in much larger amounts than the plants' local surroundings can provide. In order to meet the high demands, Liberia's rubber plantations are supposed to fill in – at the expense of the country's local residents as well as its rainforest stand. (Start: 01.09.2010)

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Borneo: Stop the company from stealing our forests!

ayak women demonstrating against deforestation

The indigenous population in western Kalimantan (Borneo, Indonesia) remains defiant.
For four years the Dayak communities are fighting and negotiating for their habitat: 25.000 hectares of the Mandalam Forest.
Since 2006 the company PT Toras Banua Sukses is clearing the area tree after tree – permitted by the Minister of Forestry. (Start: 10.08.2010)

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Controversial gold mining project in Costa Rica: Out of Crucitas!

Gold mining project Crucitas

At the end of 2009, the president of Costa Rica opened up the road to the questionned controversial gold mining project of Crucitas "at the tune of by executive decrees", evading in this way the forestry legislation. Several environmental organisations have been struggling for many years against open-pit gold mining. Sign today a letter addressed to the new president, asking her to veto the above mentioned decree. (Start: 22.07.2010)

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Haitian peasants say: Monsanto, get out of Haiti!

Haitian peasants march against Monsanto on 4th Juny

Monsanto is trying to offer the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture a fatal gift. The Haitian peasants will receive 475 tons of its seeds. This worsen the farmers’ situation. The organisations of La Via Campesina have expressed their strong disagreement and have demonstrated during the World Environment Day (Juny 4th) to say “no to Monsanto’s mortal gift which is a new earthquake hitting the agricultural sector”. They are asking for support to protect their food sovereignty. Help them today by sending a letter to the Haitian authorities. (Start: 22.06.2010)

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Tropical rainforest purchase in Paraguay

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Give a rainforest-certificate to someone. The Chaco jungle in Paraguay is the habitat of many endangered plants and animals like tapir, puma and giant armadillo. Not only the nature is threatened, but the 2,500 indigineous Ayoreo and 16,000 Enxet also. By buying primeval forest in Chaco, Rainforest Rescue wants to prevent the imminent deforestation and ensure the survival of the indigens.
Please help our project. One square meter Chaco jungle hardly costs more than 1 Cent!

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The Orangutan forest rescuers

Orangutan-baby in its natural habitat

Palm oil is a cheap industrial commodity and is used in food products of every type including margarine, ice cream, biscuits and washing powder. And increasingly it is found in "biodiesel" fuel made from palm oil, to run our cars and for heating stations. In particular, the rainforests are falling victim to rapidly expanding palm oil plantations in Indonesia. The Orangutans are losing their habitat. Activists from the environmental group Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) in Kalimantan (Borneo) are risking their life to save Orangutans and organize resistance against the destruction of the rainforest by oil palm.

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No more World Bank funding for palm oil!

Please, no more of this!

The World Bank and their International finance Corporation (IFC) has been investing in and supporting the expansion of the palm oil sector first in South-east Asia and then in Papua New Guinea, Latin America and Africa since 1965 and 1976 respectively. The development of the palm oil sector has not aided the development of local people. To the contrary, it has been accompanied by serious human rights violations, for example in Indonesia and Colombia and by more deforestation and climate change. (Start: 14.05.2010)

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Berlin: Vattenfall to import tropical timber for use in biomass-fired power plants

Borneo: Stop the company from stealing our forests!

Controversial gold mining project in Costa Rica: Out of Crucitas!