Current Campaigns on Rettet den Regenwald e.V. // Rainforest Rescue en http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/ Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:58:01 GMT 360 Rainforest Conservation Environmental Protection The Commission would like to rename palm oil plantations as “forest” in order that biodiesel from palm oil plantations can still meet EU biofuels sustainability criteria. Palm oil expansion is a major cause of tropical rainforest destruction and biodiesel from palm oil can easily cause more greenhouse gas emissions that the fossil fuel it is meant to replace. Help stop the Commission from classifying biodiesel from palm oil as “sustainable” and ask them to ensure that unsustainable palm oil does not count towards our renewable energy obligations. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=514 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=514 Join the signature campaign to encourage the government of Bangladesh to implement the CHT Peace Accord as promised. The goal is to collect 100,000 signatures by March 5th. 2010 (the deadline has been extended!!!), to be submitted to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Please sign the petition below to help the Jumma peoples regain control over their forests, lands, and destiny. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=509 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=509 In 2007, Ecuador surprised the world with a unique proposal: The government declared that 850 million gallons of heavy oil, found beneath the rainforest, should not be exploited and sold. In exchange, the country requires financial support from the international community. Many governments and organizations around the world have already promised funds. Now, however, President Correa of Ecuador threatens to begin the exploitation of oil fields beneath the Yasuni rainforest http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=507 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=507 Delmas shipping, a Belgian subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA-CGM, is planning to ship hundreds of containers of illegally logged ancient rainforest logs from Madagascar to China anytime soon. Post-coup illegal log and wildlife trade continue to threaten Madagacar's biodiversity rich rainforest remnants, ecological sustainability and future potential for national advancement. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=499 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=499 A UN board has decided that soya, palm oil and other agrofuel plantations can now receive carbon credits through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The agrofuel industry, already boosted by EU and US targets, incentives and subsidies, can now look forward to hundreds of millions of extra subsidies. Please sign a letter to protest against this decision, which will cause more climate change, more deforestation, more land-grabbing, more water depletion and environmental contamination and more hunger. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=494 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=494 Throughout the world millions of people are being affected by the climate crisis. However the Climate Change Convention, a United Nations body set up to take the necessary decisions to save the world from a planetary disaster, has not been able to achieve its basic objectives. Sign an open letter to the Climate Convention to protest against this. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=491 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=491 Recently, there has been a debate in the Dutch Parliament about the outcomes of the Round Table on Responsible Soja RTRS and the financial and political support provided by the Dutch government for this 'greenwashing' exercise. This is the moment to send them a clear message to tell them that the RTRS is not the solution to the problems caused by soy production. Please sign this letter today. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=464 Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=464 The Tasmanian Devil could suffer the same fate as the Tasmanian Tiger, which died out in 1936. The Austrian industrial plant builder Andritz is to build one of the world's largest cellulose factories in Tasmania, Australia, for the Gunns hardwood and softwood forest products corporation, Australia's largest in the field. The huge industrial project endangers some 200,000 hectares of old growth forest. And as the forest disappears, so could the unique Tasmanian Devil, the biggest carnivorous marsupial. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=460 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=460 BP is planning to invest 4 billion Euros in Brazil for the production of sugar cane ethanol. Their first ethanol refinery started production last year and a second one is in planning. Ethanol is lucrative, due to government targets for agrofuels. It requires vast sugar cane plantations which destroy Brazil’s Cerrado savannah and threatens rainforests. http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=453 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=453