Stop the deforestation of Woodlark Island!
Call on the government of Papua New Guinea to protect the sole habitat of the Woodlark cuscus – a logging company has its sights on 30,000 hectares of the island’s forest.
Amazonia is burning: NO to free trade with arsonists!
Corporate arsonists are torching Amazonia for cheap beef. Let's not incentivize environmental crimes with a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur.
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Palm oil – deforestation for everyday products
Palm oil is literally everywhere – in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. How could it come to this? What can we do to protect people and nature?
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Malaysian federal government will look into land reclamation controversy
We have succeeded in raising the issue of land reclamation and sand mining to the Malaysian national level, thus improving our chances of lobbying for a desirable outcome.
“Days of Fire” ravage Amazonia
Fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest as never before. President Bolsonaro has been emboldening Brazil’s corporate arsonists.
Hippo “cull” in Zambia canceled!
2,000 hippos in Zambia are safe! Local and international pressure prompted the Zambian government to call off the planned “cull”.
Nigeria: keep cocoa growers out of gorilla habitat!
Gorilla habitat is shrinking day by day, and one of the main drivers is the chocolate industry. Cocoa farms are penetrating the last refuges of the endangered primates.
NO new coal power – protect local people and wildlife!
Bangladesh’s Sundarbans are threatened by a planned coal-fired power plant that will have an incalculable impact on the mangrove ecosystem and local people.
Stop the assault on Earth's green lung!
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are calling on the UN and South American governments to stop the destruction of their forest home. Please lend them your voice.
Stop Cargill, the “worst company in the world”
The “worst company in the world” is Cargill, an agribusiness giant responsible for environmental destruction and human rights violations on a massive scale.
Stop the advance of oil palm plantations in Gabon!
Stop OLAM, a transnational agribusiness corporation, from clearing half a million hectares of rainforest in Gabon for oil palm and rubber plantations.
Bolivia: stop torching forests for beef and soy!
Environmentalists are calling on Bolivia’s president to suspend a decree legalizing deforestation and burning for cattle feedlots and industrial soy farms.
Toxic gold: stop poisoning the rainforest with mercury!
Greed for gold is destroying rivers and rainforests in Colombia. The mercury used by the miners is poisoning the environment and indigenous people living downstream.
Indonesia: don’t go soft on environmental crime!
Indonesia: speak out against legislation to curtail the power of anti-corruption watchdogs that would make it harder to investigate environmental crimes.
Don’t trash coral reefs for the cruise industry!
The Cayman Islands want to ramp up mass tourism by building a port for mega cruise ships. The project would seriously impact the Caribbean marine environment.
Ban the ivory trade – NOW!
Tons of illegal ivory are being laundered in Europe thanks to the EU’s ivory trade loopholes. Tell the EU to kill the trade – before the trade kills the last elephants!
URGENT: Bring the killers of Joël Imbangola Lunea to justice!
Environmental and human rights activist Mr. Joël Imbangola Lunea was beaten to death by a security guard of a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Stop climate policy killing rainforests
An increasing share of Europe's palm and soy oil imports is being added to diesel fuel. Speak out against the destruction of rainforests for “green” biofuels!