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Pongo tapanuliensis

Chinese hydropower: extinction for the Tapanuli orangutan?

Oct 10, 2019 Indonesia’s Tapanuli orangutan was only “discovered” two years ago, but a Chinese hydroelectric dam project could drive the apes to extinction.

Penan and Berawan people resisting logging in Mulu forest, Sarawak, Malaysia

Protests save UNESCO World Heritage forest

Sep 4, 2019 Staunch resistance by indigenous communities in Malaysia saved Mulu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, from destruction by a palm oil company.

Forest fire in Brazil

“Days of Fire” ravage Amazonia

Aug 23, 2019 Fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest as never before. President Bolsonaro has been emboldening Brazil’s corporate arsonists.

March to Malaysia's Parliament House to protest the Penang government’s proposed Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project

Malaysian federal government will look into land reclamation controversy

Aug 3, 2019 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.

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Promote our current petition on your website with the Rainforest Rescue widget

Jul 28, 2019 If you manage your own web presence, you can support us in our mission to protect the world’s rainforests by adding our new widget to your site.

Hippo in Lake Naivasha

Hippo “cull” in Zambia canceled!

Jun 28, 2019 2,000 hippos in Zambia are safe! Local and international pressure prompted the Zambian government to call off the planned “cull”.

Indonesia: police securing oil palm plantation

Indonesian police protects oil palms with guns drawn

May 9, 2019 Indonesian police is “protecting” oil palms with weapons drawn, taking brutal action against locals who want to preserve Batu Gadur forest.

Penan and Berawan people resisting logging in Mulu forest, Sarawak, Malaysia

Malaysia: slashing Sarawak’s forests for palm oil

May 7, 2019 Cutting down timber worth $10 million without a permit? It's not an unusual occurrence in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

Orangutan in tree

UN: extinction crisis endangers us all

May 6, 2019 The current mass extinction threatens the future of humanity. Unless we take drastic action, one million species could soon vanish.

Protesting against oil palm plantations in Borneo

Palm oil and timber industry driving increased rainforest destruction

May 2, 2019 The destruction of tropical forests remained at alarming levels in 2018. The development was particularly dramatic in previously untouched rainforests.

Bulldozers at the site of the "superhighway"

Nigeria: paying for a forest “superhighway” for the next 180 years?

Apr 16, 2019 €740,000 a month – for the next 180 years? That’s the princely compensation for the company slated to build Nigeria’s “superhighway” to nowhere.

Two pygmy elephants in Sabah

Sabah chief minister renounces deforestation for highways

Apr 15, 2019 The chief minister of the Malaysian state of Sabah has called for the preservation of forests by expanding existing roads for the Pan Borneo Highway.

EU palm oil biofuel

Baby steps toward banning palm oil biofuel in the EU

Mar 18, 2019 The EU is the world’s second largest importer of palm oil – and more than half of the tropical oil is added to diesel fuel.

Deforestation

Finally, a cocoa plan – time to act!

Feb 5, 2019 We’re a big step closer to chocolate without a guilty conscience – Germany finally wants to act against child labor and deforestation in the cocoa industry.

Chimpanzee rescue center near Monrovia, Liberia

A sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees

Jan 27, 2019 Orphaned and formerly captive chimpanzees deserve a good life. In Liberia, a small private organization is dedicated to caring for more than 40 such primates.

Protest against HeidelbergCement on December 8, 2017

Human rights award for anti-cement activists

Jan 9, 2019 The 2018 Yap Thiam Hien Human Rights Award honors Indonesian activists who are fighting to save their homeland from the cement, sand and palm oil industries.

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