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    <title>Rainforest Rescue - latest alerts</title>
    <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org</link>
    <description>Current action alerts by Rainforest Rescue</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:07:02 +0200</pubDate>
    <language>en</language>
    <category>Rainforest Conservation</category>
    <category>Environment Protection</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: we need fertile farmland, not industrial timber plantations!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1320/brazil-we-need-fertile-farmland-not-industrial-timber-plantations</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pulp giant Veracel took over public land and planted eucalyptus monocultures – displacing rainforests, farmland, and communities. Small farmers from the MLT movement have been reclaiming that land since 2008. Courts sided with them. Yet they are still waiting for authorities to let them farm every hectare that is rightfully theirs.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:03:46 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Liberia: Protect forest defenders, reject false climate solutions!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1322/liberia-protect-forest-defenders-reject-false-climate-solutions</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Liberia’s rainforests are among West Africa’s last great forest strongholds. They are still standing in large part because forest communities have defended them for generations. Now a proposed Carbon Market Policy threatens those communities’ rights and puts the future of the forests at risk. It must be stopped.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:44:24 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador: Stop criminalizing environmental defenders!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1321/ecuador-stop-criminalizing-environmental-defenders</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Ecuador, bank accounts are being frozen without evidence, hearings, or due process. Environmental groups and individuals are left unable to pay salaries, buy food, or see a doctor. Behind the legal smoke screen is a blunt message: Anyone who stands in the way of mining or the oil industry is a target.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:36:06 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cobalt mining in Congo: Put public health before profit!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1319/cobalt-mining-in-congo-put-public-health-before-profit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Polished to perfection: electric vehicles from BMW, Mercedes, and VW. Devastated: mining regions where their raw materials are extracted. Poisoned: families living near the mines. In the Congo, people suffer from cobalt mining for these EVs. We demand that automakers stop using raw materials that destroy forests and people’s health.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:43:10 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Biodiversity offsetting is a false solution: Nature is not a commodity!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1296/biodiversity-offsetting-is-a-false-solution-nature-is-not-a-commodity</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Governments and the UN want to stop the mass extinction currently underway by turning nature into a tradable commodity: Biodiversity offsets and other forms of indulgence trading would let destructive companies greenwash themselves and continue with business as usual. This cannot be the answer to the extinction crisis.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 21:17:30 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia: Protect the habitat of Tripa’s orangutans!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1290/indonesia-protect-the-habitat-of-tripa-s-orangutans</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officially, the peat forests of Sumatra are protected as a habitat for critically endangered orangutans and as a carbon sink to protect the climate. But more and more oil palm is being planted there. Once again, bulldozers are on the move in the Tripa peat swamp forest – and they must be stopped!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:33:02 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: Ban the aerial spraying of pesticides!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1284/brazil-ban-the-aerial-spraying-of-pesticides</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Maranhão in northeastern Brazil, industrial soy producers are waging chemical warfare against local farming communities, using planes and drones to spray pesticides over people, their vegetable fields, palm forests and drinking water sources. Tell the Brazilian government and authorities to ban aerial spraying.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 12:50:12 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippines: Help us save Palawan’s forests!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1287/philippines-help-us-save-palawan-s-forests</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The island of Palawan is a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve – an internationally recognized ecological and cultural treasure. But now the Philippine government is opening vast areas of rich biodiversity and Indigenous land to mining. Please sign our petition and help preserve one of the last true slices of paradise in the Philippines!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 16:37:05 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop APRIL, Indonesia’s ruthless paper and pulp giant!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1288/stop-april-indonesia-s-ruthless-paper-and-pulp-giant</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The paper giant APRIL/Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and other companies owned by billionaire Sukanto Tanoto have been destroying the Indonesia&#039;s rainforests and the livelihoods of local communities for half a century. We call on banks, investors and business partners to end their business ties with APRIL and RGE.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2024 16:21:08 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Palm oil in Brazil: Return stolen community land, end the violence!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1281/palm-oil-in-brazil-return-stolen-community-land-end-the-violence</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Oil palm plantations are spreading like wildfire across the eastern Brazilian Amazon. But local communities are standing up to the palm oil industry’s brutality and sweeping land grabs, demanding the return of their ancestral lands and calling on the authorities to protect them from encroachment and violence.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 12:49:04 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protect savannas: NO to misguided “reforestation”!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1282/protect-savannas-no-to-misguided-reforestation</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Forests are true climate saviors, and it’s vital that we conserve or restore them. However, many misguided projects – such as planting trees in grasslands such as savannas – do little for the climate and cause serious damage to local ecosystems. Protecting existing forests should be a top priority for tackling the climate crisis.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:03:52 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Bank: Stop financing evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1275/world-bank-stop-financing-evictions-and-human-rights-abuses-in-tanzania</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tanzania’s government plans to evict over 20,000 people under the pretext of conservation by doubling the size of Ruaha National Park. The World Bank is enabling this move, which will trample the rights of Indigenous people and local villagers. The World Bank is a taxpayer-funded body – so it’s up to us to end its complicity.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:09:42 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia: Fight the marine bitumen spill off Nias Island!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1279/indonesia-fight-the-marine-bitumen-spill-off-nias-island</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An environmental disaster is unfolding off the island of Nias: The wreck of the tanker MT AASHI, which ran aground months ago, is leaking bitumen – a sticky, tar-like crude oil byproduct – polluting the waters and damaging coral reefs, mangrove forests and coastlines. Call on the Indonesian government to take action!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:46:54 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The oil industry is devastating Nigeria’s environment – for Germany’s benefit?]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1277/the-oil-industry-is-devastating-nigeria-s-environment-for-germany-s-benefit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Environmental activists in Africa are pushing back against the fossil fuel industry. Numerous oil and gas projects are endangering human health, the environment and the climate. Yet Germany wants to import more oil and gas from there – from Nigeria in particular. Tell Chancellor Merz to put an immediate end to this devastating policy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:12:14 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia: NO to a gold mine in Sumatra’s tiger forest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1276/indonesia-no-to-a-gold-mine-in-sumatra-s-tiger-forest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A proposed gold mine threatens the Leuser Ecosystem the last great rainforest in Southeast Asia. Leuser is the last place on Earth where tigers, elephants, rhinos and orangutans share the same habitat. Please support the environmentalists on Sumatra who are working to stop the mining companies.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:45:58 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia: NO to the wholesale deforestation of the Mentawai islands!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1273/indonesia-no-to-the-wholesale-deforestation-of-the-mentawai-islands</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Indonesia has granted a permit to a company for large-scale logging on Sipora in the Mentawai islands. Over the next 30 years, it will be allowed to clear 20,706 hectares of forests and Indigenous lands. This will make locals more vulnerable to floods, water shortages and impacts of climate change. Help us get the permit canceled!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:08:21 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EU: Don&#039;t let big polluters off the hook. Say no to carbon offsets!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1272/eu-don-t-let-big-polluters-off-the-hook-say-no-to-carbon-offsets</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The climate crisis is more urgent than ever. Yet the EU debate on rules for carbon removals is focused on carbon offsetting which will further fuel climate chaos. This false solution allows big polluters to avoid emissions reductions and distracts us from the urgent need for real, deep cuts. Tell the EU we need real solutions now!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:17:31 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Save Koh Kong Island!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1225/cambodia-save-koh-kong-island</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unspoiled places with rich biodiversity on land and underwater still exist, even in an otherwise brutally deforested country like Cambodia. Koh Kong Island is such an untouched place – one that the government now wants to “develop”. Please support our Cambodian partners&#039; call to make Koh Kong a national park.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:55:18 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador: Stop land grabbing and racial discrimination for palm oil!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1270/ecuador-stop-land-grabbing-and-racial-discrimination-for-palm-oil</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Communities in northern Ecuador are fighting back against land grabbing and deforestation by the palm oil industry. Yet instead of ensuring law and order, the Ecuadorian authorities are siding with the companies – the courts are working to break the resistance of the people by ordering them to pay damages for their protests.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 13:51:18 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala: Stop the palm oil industry’s violence against the Maya!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1265/guatemala-stop-the-palm-oil-industry-s-violence-against-the-maya</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Maya people are being brutalized by riot police in Guatemala. Local people say that the police raids in the rainforest around Lake Izabal are linked to their protests against land grabbing and pollution by the palm oil company NaturAceites and a nickel mine and smelter owned by the Swiss Solway Investment Group.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:47:25 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: Stop land grabbing and violence for “fair and sustainable” palm oil!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1262/brazil-stop-land-grabbing-and-violence-for-fair-and-sustainable-palm-oil</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Palm oil from Brazil&#039;s Agropalma sports no less than ten different seals: Certified as organic, fair and sustainable, the oil is sold to food giants such as Ferrero, Kellogg’s and Nestlé. But much of the plantation land of this purported model company was likely grabbed illegally. Local communities complain of human rights abuses.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:20:45 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A better way to protect biodiversity: strengthening indigenous rights!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1263/a-better-way-to-protect-biodiversity-strengthening-indigenous-rights</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One million animal and plant species could become extinct if we don’t act to protect biodiversity. In December 2022, the UN Conference on Biological Diversity will therefore rule that 30 percent of the planet’s surface should be protected worldwide by 2030 – a problematic plan.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:40:33 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop the torching of the Amazon rainforest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1191/stop-the-torching-of-the-amazon-rainforest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s arson season again in Amazonia: Every year, thousands of square kilometers are torched to make room for cattle, industrial agriculture and mining. To stop the destruction, indigenous organizations are turning to the international community and calling for a global pact to protect 80 percent of the Amazon region by 2025.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:28:12 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DR Congo: Stop the destruction by miners and loggers in Tshopo!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1256/dr-congo-stop-the-destruction-by-miners-and-loggers-in-tshopo</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to the second largest area of rainforest on Earth. Defending it is crucial to the fight against climate change and the extinction crisis. Yet miners are polluting rivers and loggers clearing forests in Tshopo province. In the small town of Basoko, local people are fighting back.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:06:54 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Don’t plunder the rainforest for wind energy!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1255/don-t-plunder-the-rainforest-for-wind-energy</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that we need to move to renewable energy as soon as possible – and above all, to dramatically reduce our energy and resource consumption. Wind turbines are a key part of that transition, but their rotors often contain large quantities of tropical balsa wood. Rainforests in Ecuador are being plundered for balsa.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:21:39 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: Stop genetically modified eucalyptus trees!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1254/brazil-stop-genetically-modified-eucalyptus-trees</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Brazilian state commission has granted Suzano, a pulp and paper company, a license to plant eucalyptus trees that have been genetically modified to make them resistant to the herbicide glyphosate. More than 50 organizations are calling for the license to be revoked because of dangers to health, the environment and local livelihoods.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:09:01 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DRC: Do not sacrifice Congo&#039;s rainforests to the oil industry!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1261/drc-do-not-sacrifice-congo-s-rainforests-to-the-oil-industry</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The DRC government in Kinshasa is nearing a point of no return: President Tshisekedi wants to sacrifice vast areas of Congo rainforest and peatland for oil. This would be an unmitigated disaster for the climate, biodiversity and local people. Together with our African partner organizations, we can put a stop to these plans.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:47:42 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yes to the ‘green revolution&#039; – but without copper and nickel from the rainforest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1249/yes-to-the-green-revolution-but-without-copper-and-nickel-from-the-rainforest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Industrialized countries such as Germany have a ravenous appetite for metals and consume far more than is ecologically and socially sustainable. Now, electric vehicles are being touted as one of the solutions to the climate crisis – but many of the raw materials they use are being mined in the world&#039;s rainforests.]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1249/yes-to-the-green-revolution-but-without-copper-and-nickel-from-the-rainforest</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:35:50 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Ten years in prison for protecting nature? Release them NOW!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1248/cambodia-ten-years-in-prison-for-protecting-nature-release-them-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rainforest Rescue, Stiftung Asienhaus and FIAN are calling on Prime Minister Hun Manet to order the six members of the Mother Nature Cambodia environmental movement to be released. They have been imprisoned – some for more than a year – for peacefully protesting environmental crimes. They now face prison sentences of up to ten years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:18:28 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Release detained Myanmar environmental &amp; human rights defender NOW!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1247/release-detained-myanmar-environmental-and-human-rights-defender-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Environmental and human rights campaigner Kyaw Min Htut is one of many people facing threats from the military junta in Myanmar. He is currently detained by the military in an unknown facility. His life is at extreme risk. Please support our petition calling for the disclosure of his whereabouts and unconditional release.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:22:29 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NO to a ‘Jurassic Park’ for Komodo dragons!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1232/no-to-a-jurassic-park-for-komodo-dragons</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Komodo dragons are imposing, timeless creatures that could be straight out of ‘Jurassic Park’ – and that could be their undoing. The Indonesian government wants to lure rich tourists to Komodo National Park with no regard for the Komodo dragons, the stunning underwater world or local communities.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:26:32 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tanzania: stop the eviction of the Maasai from Ngorongoro!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1242/tanzania-stop-the-eviction-of-the-maasai-from-ngorongoro</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is renowned the world over for its wildlife and as the home of the indigenous Maasai people. To promote tourism, the government wants to enlarge the protected area – and evict more than 80,000 people, mostly indigenous Maasai. We cannot accept gross human rights violations under the guise of conservation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:36:14 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protect Amazonia – NO to the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1133/protect-amazonia-no-to-the-eu-mercosur-free-trade-agreement</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Amazonia is burning to make room for vast industrial soy farms and cattle feedlots. A free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur states would incentivize further environmental crimes in South America. Please say NO to free trade with Mercosur!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:35:35 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DRC: Release the palm oil protesters jailed in Mwingi!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1233/drc-release-the-palm-oil-protesters-jailed-in-mwingi</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A march of  villagers protesting the palm oil company PHC ended with arrests and horrific violence – villagers were arrested and abused so badly that one man died of his injuries and another remains in critical condition. We demand the immediate release of the prisoners, medical attention for the injured, and an end to the brutality.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:44:41 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keep plantations out of Palawan Forest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1215/keep-plantations-out-of-palawan-forest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The island of Palawan is a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve – a certified ecological and cultural treasure. But now the provincial government wants to open up areas of rich biodiversity and indigenous land to industrial plantations. Please sign our petition and help preserve one of the last true slices of paradise in the Philippines!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:21:18 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NO to “Food Estates” in the peat forests of Borneo!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1223/no-to-food-estates-in-the-peat-forests-of-borneo</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Indonesian government is pursuing an insane project that could have consequences for everyone on this planet: The vast peat bog forests of Borneo could soon be destroyed for industrial rice farms. Nearly 200 Indonesian NGOs and conservationists are saying a loud and clear NO! to the plan. Please add your voice to their demands.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:12:14 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop APP, Indonesia&#039;s brutal paper and pulp giant!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1222/stop-app-indonesia-s-brutal-paper-and-pulp-giant</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For years, the Indonesian paper giant APP has been wiping out forests and routinely violating the rights of local people. The company recently hit a new low by using drones to spray herbicide over the crops of Sumatran villagers. NGOs are calling on buyers and investors to stop doing business with APP until it cleans up its act.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Electric vehicles are stealth rainforest killers!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1182/electric-vehicles-are-stealth-rainforest-killers</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The EU is pumping billions into promoting electric vehicles (EVs) – 200 million are expected to be on the road by 2028. But EVs are not as green as they are portrayed: their production consumes vast amounts of cobalt, nickel, manganese and rare earths that are mined in the rainforests of Africa, Southeast Asia and South America.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:22:24 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop bulldozing the Tapanuli orangutan!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1139/stop-bulldozing-the-tapanuli-orangutan</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tapanuli orangutan is a sensational discovery – it was only recognized as a distinct species in 2017 and it is already facing extinction. Only 800 individuals remain, hidden in a small patch of forest in northern Sumatra. A Chinese hydropower project may soon destroy their habitat.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 10:11:56 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[URGENT: Please help us save Kinipan forest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1159/urgent-please-help-us-save-kinipan-forest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Borneo’s Kinipan – a lush peat forest and orangutan habitat – the Dayak Tomun are struggling to save their ancestral forest. SML, the company sending in the loggers, wants the indigenous people’s land for a palm oil plantation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:02:33 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana: don’t sell your nature to China]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1130/ghana-don-t-sell-your-nature-to-china</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers have just encountered a rare primate species – the endangered white-collared mangabey – for the first time in the dense jungle of Atewa Forest in Ghana. Yet that hasn’t stopped the government from closing a billion-dollar deal with China to mine bauxite in the protected area. Please speak out against this madness.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:49:21 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sulawesi: stop dredging paradise for concrete!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1113/sulawesi-stop-dredging-paradise-for-concrete</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sand is getting scarce. Around the world, sand from beaches, rivers and oceans is being dredged for concrete and land reclamation projects. In Indonesia, entire coastlines are being eaten way by sand miners, for example in Palu Bay on Sulawesi. JATAM, an anti-mining NGO, is sounding the alarm.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:04:19 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protect Leuser&#039;s iconic wildlife!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1040/protect-leuser-s-iconic-wildlife</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nothing compares to the Leuser Ecosystem on Sumatra. It&#039;s the last place on Earth where orangutans, tigers, elephants and rhinos share a habitat. That may soon be history – an Indonesian court is deciding on a new land use plan that would leave it wide open for roads, plantations and mining. Tell the government to protect Leuser now!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:05:15 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nigeria’s forests cannot wait – enforce the timber export ban now!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1318/nigeria-s-forests-cannot-wait-enforce-the-timber-export-ban-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants – Nigeria’s jungles shelter some of the world’s most iconic and endangered species. Yet the forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. President Tinubu has now banned the export of wood and related products. This marks a policy milestone, but its success depends on enforcement on the ground.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:16:37 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1316/mexico-stop-the-destruction-of-chiapas-forests</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our partner organization, Otros Mundos Chiapas, to stop the destruction by signing our petition.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:37:27 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1317/rainforest-protection-is-not-a-profit-machine-stop-the-tfff</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF is turning rainforest protection into a financial product: While investors profit, Indigenous forest defenders are left empty-handed.]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1317/rainforest-protection-is-not-a-profit-machine-stop-the-tfff</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:45:36 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intimidation, threats, lawsuits – we need a law with teeth to stop legal bullies!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1313/intimidation-threats-lawsuits-we-need-a-law-with-teeth-to-stop-legal-bullies</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dragged into court in Hamburg over Indonesia, buried in cease-and-desist threats for defending Indigenous rights in Brazil – corporate bullies will go to great lengths to silence us. Germany’s proposed anti-SLAPP law is too weak – tell the German government that activists deserve real protection.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:42:15 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hands off the EU’s environmental laws!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1315/hands-off-the-eu-s-environmental-laws</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Commission plans to weaken laws designed to protect the environment – both at home and worldwide. Details will be announced in the fall through an “Omnibus package.” The Commission is currently gathering feedback from the public to learn what people think. Get involved and make your voice heard!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:30:05 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defend Madagascar’s biodiversity – stop the mining rush NOW!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1310/defend-madagascar-s-biodiversity-stop-the-mining-rush-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Madagascar has raw materials sought by the European Union – including rare earths, graphite, and other elements. The EU considers these critical for the energy transition, digital innovation, and defense. However, mining leads to human rights violations and widespread environmental destruction. This must stop.]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1310/defend-madagascar-s-biodiversity-stop-the-mining-rush-now</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 23:08:57 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Save Prey Lang Forest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1309/cambodia-save-prey-lang-forest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prey Land is the largest and most significant lowland rainforest in the country. Because of its rich biodiversity, the Cambodian government designated it a protected area in 2016. However, concessions for agriculture and industry are still being granted. Support the people’s call to enforce environmental laws.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:35:49 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: Keep US carbon traders OUT of the Ka’apor rainforest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1308/brazil-keep-us-carbon-traders-out-of-the-ka-apor-rainforest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The US company Wildlife Works wants to use the rainforest of the Indigenous Ka&#039;apor people to sell carbon credits against the will of the Indigenous Ka’apor Council Tuxa Ta Pame. The Ka’apor have preserved their forest and don’t want to commodify it. Wildlife Works is causing and deepening internal conflicts within the community.]]></description>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1308/brazil-keep-us-carbon-traders-out-of-the-ka-apor-rainforest</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 11:13:35 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spain: Pass a law to protect great apes NOW!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1303/spain-pass-a-law-to-protect-great-apes-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Spanish government has pledged to pass a law to protect bonobos, orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas as part of its Animal Welfare Act. It has not yet done so, and time is running out for our endangered close relatives in the animal kingdom. Please sign our petition for the great apes.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:28:04 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia: Stop the destruction of Papua’s Marind forest!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1302/indonesia-stop-the-destruction-of-papua-s-marind-forest</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Indonesia’s government is implementing a state-run sugar and ethanol program in southern Papua under military protection. Two million hectares of rainforest and Indigenous land are at risk – a significant threat to biodiversity and local communities.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:06:23 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DRC: Europe’s green transition must not cost Congo’s blood and forests!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1300/drc-europe-s-green-transition-must-not-cost-congo-s-blood-and-forests</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an environmental disaster. The exploitation of mineral resources and forests driven by neighboring Rwanda plays a significant role in this issue. The EU must end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:37:53 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paraguay: Protect forests, safeguard Indigenous culture!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1298/paraguay-protect-forests-safeguard-indigenous-culture</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Paraguay’s beef and soy industries are devastating the Chaco forest and putting the livelihoods and cultures of three Indigenous peoples at risk. Indigenous organizations have drafted a legislative proposal to protect nature and defend their rights. Please sign our petition asking Paraguay’s government to turn this proposal into law.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:30:39 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DRC: Stop harassing Congo&#039;s environmental defenders!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1299/drc-stop-harassing-congo-s-environmental-defenders</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gorillas, bonobos, okapi – the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Yet illegal logging remains a grave threat. Many Congolese people are standing up to protect nature and defend human rights. But in doing so, they face harassment and legal persecution.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:47:36 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Germany’s aluminum boom, Guinea’s environmental doom: Take action now!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1297/germany-s-aluminum-boom-guinea-s-environmental-doom-take-action-now</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Aluminum is a crucial raw material for Germany’s automotive and packaging industries. However, bauxite extraction at the Sangaredi mine in Guinea – an operation enabled in part by German loan guarantees – has been associated with serious human rights abuses and extensive environmental damage.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:19:48 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador: All eyes on Yasuní - Keep the oil in the ground!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1293/ecuador-all-eyes-on-yasuni-keep-the-oil-in-the-ground</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, the Ecuadorian people voted to leave oil in the ground forever in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. But the government has been dragging its feet for years to delay the end of oil production. Please call on the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court to enforce the results of the referendum.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:11:50 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tell the EU to stand firm against deforestation!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1295/tell-the-eu-to-stand-firm-against-deforestation</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The EU wants to improve the protection of forests by banning the import of products associated with deforestation starting 2025. However, businesses and governments are digging in their heels to oppose the new regulation. Meanwhile, in South America, rainforests are burning again to make way for cattle and industrial soy farms.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:03:11 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil: Howler monkeys need protection from deadly electric shocks!]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1292/brazil-howler-monkeys-need-protection-from-deadly-electric-shocks</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Howler monkeys living in southern Brazil are threatened with extinction because their rainforest habitat is being cut down and fragmented. In the Porto Alegre area, dozens of the primates are being killed or seriously injured by electric shocks because grid operators are not properly securing and insulating their power lines and pylons.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:04:10 +0200</pubDate>
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