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Stay in the loop with news of ongoing campaigns and successes in the fight against rainforest destruction.


Indigenous Mundurukú people protesting the planned construction of a dam on the Tapajos river in Brazil

Our successes, thanks to your support!

Dec 16, 2016 Does our work make a difference? Absolutely! International awareness has a major impact on the struggles of our partners on the ground.

A lapwing

A wave of protest saves EU nature conservation laws

Dec 7, 2016 The EU Birds and Habitats Directives are safe: a wave of grassroots action across Europe prompted the EU to drop its plans to weaken these key nature laws.

Pangolin

265,000 signatures help save pangolins

Oct 4, 2016 Great news for pangolins: the member states of the CITES convention have decided to afford them the highest level of protection by banning trade in all eight species.

Nigerian woman gathering forest mangos

Nigeria: Ekuri stepping up the fight for their forest

Sep 28, 2016 The Ekuri people in Nigeria are rallying ever more international support for their struggle to save their forest from destruction.

Environmentalist Odey Oyama

Nigerian conservationist receiving death threats – speak out for his safety!

Aug 23, 2016 Nigerian environmentalist Odey Oyama is receiving death threats for his opposition to Big Palm Oil and the planned Cross River superhighway.

Sulawesi helmeted hornbill

Sulawesi: 250 mining operations shut down

Aug 18, 2016 Mining operations are being shut down and the rainforest and its inhabitants can breathe easier – a big success for our Indonesian partner JATAM.

Brazil: environmentalists stop dam on the Tapajós river

Aug 5, 2016 The tenacity of the indigenous Mundurukú and a wave of international support paid off in the end: the Tapajós megadam project has been scrapped.

A swathe of forest is being cleared for the superhighway

Nigerian police harass Goldman Prize-winning conservationist

Aug 2, 2016 Nigeria’s police is increasing pressure on opponents of the planned superhighway through Ekuri Forest. “I am more resolved than ever,” says the coalition's leader, Odigha.

Three people planting seedlings on the banks of blocked drainage ditches. Three others are standing behind them.

Indonesia: your donations are preventing forest fires

Jul 18, 2016 Smoke and forest fires turned Borneo into a living hell in the summer of 2015. Your donations are enabling activists to rewet peatlands and prevent future fires.

An African pangolin

Scales of more than 1,000 poached pangolins found

Jun 30, 2016 Hong Kong customs officials made a gruesome discovery onboard an incoming freighter: four tons of pangolin scales, with a street value of $1.25 million.

Austria: Schweighofer stripped of FSC seal over illegal timber

Jun 27, 2016 Pressure by conservationists has put an end to greenwashing by Austrian timber giant Schweighofer. The company has been stripped of its FSC seal.

Matek (SADIA) with indigenous people at an illegal logging site

Activists in danger after killing in Malaysia

Jun 27, 2016 Land rights activist Bill Kayong was killed in a drive-by shooting in broad daylight in Sarawak on June 21, sending shockwaves across the state.

A Rainforest Rescue activist in the embassy of Sierra Leone

Justice for the people of Sierra Leone

Jun 16, 2016 The NGOs Green Scenery and Rainforest Rescue delivered a petition with 120,000 signatures to the government of Sierra Leone in a coordinated action.

Volunteers fill bags with soil that will be used for planting tree seedlings

New trees for Indonesia’s orangutan forest

Jun 7, 2016 Devastating forest fires in Indonesia in 2015 destroyed parts of Tanjung Puting National Park. Our partners have since planted 6,000 seedlings to reforest the area.

A young rhino and an adult standing in the savannah

South Africa maintains ban on rhino horn trade

May 11, 2016 South Africa has given up its heavily criticized proposal to legalize international trade in rhino horn. Swaziland, however, has now advanced such a plan.

Major dam project canceled: a win for the rainforest in Malaysia

Apr 5, 2016 For more than five years, indigenous communities have been fighting the construction of a 1200 MW dam on Baram River in Borneo. At last, they can breathe easier! The project was canceled and the rights to 400 km2 of rainforest were returned to the villagers evicted for the project.

A young pangolin together with his mother, who is curled up

World Pangolin Day events in Berlin and Leipzig

Feb 16, 2016 Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world. Join us in taking action to protect them on World Pangolin Day in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany.

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