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Global campaign to protect the Orangutan Forest
"I live and work at the last remaining place on earth where orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers live together in freedom. This habitat however will be destroyed – unless our president responds to our call and steps in to save this unique habitat", the Indonesian environmentalist Rudi Putra says. Please sign the urgent petition
Start of campaign: 5/22/13 ∣ 78,715 participants to date -
Our environment is worth more than palm oil
The Philippine government plans to authorize more than 300,000 hectares of oil palm plantations on the islands of Mindanao and Palawan. The indigenous peoples are fighting back – they depend on their land and the rainforests. Palawan is a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve. Please support the Aldaw Indigenous Network's petition
Start of campaign: 5/6/13 ∣ 94,066 participants to date -
Orangutans – victims of “sustainable” palm oil
In Borneo, several starving orangutans have been rescued after their forest homes were clear-cut for a palm oil plantation. The rainforest was bulldozed by BGA, a member of the RSPO – the organization issuing the label for sustainable palm oil. Please act now to stop this madness!
Start of campaign: 4/11/13 ∣ 104,995 participants to date -
Ecuador: Copper Mine threatens spectacled bears
There are large copper reserves underneath Ecuador’s Toisan Mountains. The government wants to turn these into money – the people, the montane rainforests as well as the spectacled bears would have to give way. The inhabitants want to preserve nature and are asking for our support: Sign the petition to President Correa
Start of campaign: 4/1/13 ∣ 71,013 participants to date -
Stop the exploitation in the mountains of Tanzania
The land surrounding Chome in northern Tanzania is drying up. The illegal exploitation in Mount Shengena, at which bottom the village is located, is to blame for that. A dubious company is mining for bauxite with giant excavators – and destroys the water source of the entire region. Help the residents to save their land
Start of campaign: 3/18/13 ∣ 54,568 participants to date -
Philippines: power plant threatens rare cockatoos
The Philippine cockatoo is facing extinction. Only around 1,000 of these magnificent birds remain, and the largest population can be found on Rasa, a tiny island just off Palawan in the Philippines. This location – of all places – has been chosen for a coal power plant. Please urge the Philippine authorities to stop the plans.
Start of campaign: 3/11/13 ∣ 66,601 participants to date -
“Biofuel”: EU destroys 700,000 hectares of rainforest
The EU wants to save our climate with supposedly green agrofuels, and has certified palm oil as sustainable – despite the clear-cutting of rainforests for plantations. 1.9 million tons of palm oil end up in European fuel tanks annually. The EU is currently reviewing its agrofuel policy. Join us in demanding an end to agrofuels!
Start of campaign: 2/20/13 ∣ 95,451 participants to date -
Cambodia: Our rainforest needs protection
Cambodia's government is destroying one of the country’s natural treasures. Logging operations, plantations and mining companies are penetrating ever deeper into primeval forests. Residents of the unique Prey Lang lowland rainforest are asking for our support in their fight to have their entire forest recognized as a protected area.
Start of campaign: 2/13/13 ∣ 62,887 participants to date -
Malaysia sacrifices its elephants for palm oil
Over the past weeks, 14 Borneo pygmy elephants were poisoned in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The rare animals are considered pests on the oil palm plantations that are rapidly eating into the rainforests. Please call for an immediate end to the destruction of rainforests and for the protection of the elephants – Update: Mar 22, 2013
Start of campaign: 2/1/13 ∣ 109,932 participants to date -
Toxic gold mining in the Caribbean
With its magnificent beaches and rolling green hills, the Dominican Republic is a vacation paradise. That could soon be history, however. Two Canadian companies intend to mine for gold on a massive scale in the rainforest. The cyanide to be used would poison the water and soils. Please support the protest of the Dominicans.
Start of campaign: 11/26/12 ∣ 47,379 participants to date -
EPA must not approve palm oil!
The rainforests are the lungs of our planet and must be protected. Stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from bowing to lobbyist pressure to overturn their recent decision that palm oil should not be included in the Renewable Fuel Standard
Start of campaign: 6/29/12 ∣ 73,690 participants to date -
Too cute to live? Save the slow lorises
The little slow loris is snatched from its mother, she is killed by the poachers. The baby has its teeth brutally pulled out with pliers, then merchants offer it for sale at the market. The ascending infection due to the mutilation kills a lot of his fellow primates. Please demand freedom and protection for the slow lorises – Update: Jan 28, 2013
Start of campaign: 5/29/12 ∣ 57,750 participants to date -
Stop Cargill – Stop the fires in the orangutan forest
Cargill is selling palm oil derived from the destruction of the Sumatran rainforest, home of the critically endangered orangutans. In doing so the company is participating in the deforestation of one of the world's most important ecological systems. Demand that Cargill immediately stop trading with dirty palm oil – Update: Jul 28, 2012
Start of campaign: 4/12/12 ∣ 47,466 participants to date