Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state... @mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org

Final call: tell the EU that nature, not industry, must come first! The EU's online consultation on "simplifying" – i.e. weakening – environmental safeguards closes today. Submit your view! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...

The EU’s plan to “simplify” environmental laws means weakening vital protections for air, water, biodiversity, and climate. Have your say in the consultation by Sept 10. Every voice counts - act now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...

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Join us on Thursday 28th at 4pm for a discussion of aviation biofuels in the UK, how government policy incentivises them, and the consequences for people and planet. Speakers: Biofuelwatch, @rainforestrescue.bsky.social #biofuels #aviation #saf #greenwashing #uk

Pls SIGN: Ecuador voted in 2023 to stop oil drilling in Yasuní NP, a vital rainforest and biodiversity hotspot. Gov’t is delaying. Constitutional Court must enforce the will of the people: keep oil in the ground! #Yasuní #ClimateAction #IndigenousRights www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...

Pls SIGN: #Brazil: If any law was ever designed to put the proverbial foxes in charge of the henhouse – threatening #Amazon rainforests, Indigenous rights, and our climate – this is it! Urge President Lula to VETO the “devastation bill” now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers. People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land. New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...

Uganda has imprisoned 11 #StopEACOP activists for 70 days after a peaceful protest at Kenya Commercial Bank. Defending the environment is not a crime! Release the KCB11 now. #FreeTheKCB11 #ClimateJustice www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1399...

One year ago today, five Mother Nature Cambodia activists were imprisoned for defending our environment. Their courage and the creativity of their actions continue to inspire. Stand with us and demand their release. #FreeMotherNatureYouth #JusticeForMNC

STARTING SOON! The 1st day of the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 & Beyond is kicking off today at 1:00 PM EDT! Join the FREE & VIRTUAL event open to all via Zoom for interpretation & chat moderation, or watch live on Facebook and YouTube! tinyurl.com/CJ-2025

Please SIGN: Protect the mangroves and forests of Brazil's Tauá-Mirim region! Local communities urge the government to create RESEX Tauá-Mirim and stop destructive projects. Support their fight for nature and livelihoods. #Amazon #TauaMirim #Conservation www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Prey Lang, #Cambodia’s last major lowland #rainforest, is under threat from illegal logging and new concessions. Home to endangered species and Indigenous Kuy, it needs urgent protection. #SavePreyLang #SayNoTo99HectareELC #សង្គ្រោះព្រៃឡង់ #លុបចោលដីសម្បទាន៩៩ហិកតា www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

#GoodNews for Indonesia’s Coral Triangle! Following protests by Indigenous communities and environmental groups, #nickel mining has been suspended in the #RajaAmpat islands. A big win for ocean biodiversity and local voices! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1379...

A deadly landslide on March 22 at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park buried four workers under nickel mine waste. The incident highlights ongoing safety and environmental risks tied to high-pressure acid leaching technology, which generates large volumes of toxic waste.

6–8 years in prison for defending Cambodia’s environment? Our fearless friends from #MotherNatureCambodia have spent 300 days behind bars. Now the Supreme Court will decide on their bail. Stand with them! #FreeOurFriends #DefendTheDefenders #NotForgotten www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1352...

Did you know that Nestle, Mondelez, Mars, Hershey and Ferrero all destroy 🔥🌳 rainforest for #palmoil and #cocoa? TAKE ACTION and DEMAND they go #palmoilfree this #Easter! Learn how to #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! 🦏🐘🐯🦧🧡 @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2024/03/13/w...

Or as we like to say, “sustainable” palm oil is 50% saturated fat and 100% bullsh*t.

SIGN NOW: Spain’s 2023 Animal Welfare Act pledged protections for #GreatApes, but the gov’t is stalling on enacting the promised “Great Ape Law.” Demand action to safeguard their lives, dignity, and rights—our closest relatives deserve better! #petition www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers. @mittaloak.bsky.social

#GoodNews: The World Bank has dropped its funding for REGROW, a project in #Tanzania linked to forced evictions, extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. Marketed as a conservation effort, it was primarily aimed at boosting tourism. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1316...

The People’s Choice Award - the #EuropeanSLAPPContest 2025: It's like Eurovision, but with corporate bullies and litigious politicians! Be sure to vote for your 'favorites' today. If there's one thing SLAPPers hate, it's publicity, so let's give it to them in spades! www.the-case.eu/latest/the-e...

Please SIGN: Violence in eastern #DRCongo is a disaster for the forest and human rights: Neighboring #Rwanda is driving #BloodMineral mining and reaping the profits. Tell the #EU to end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials! #petition www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Resistance to the Dirty Face of the Green Transition: Join us on March 5 for a #webinar exploring #resistance to #nickel #mining in #Sulawesi, #Indonesia, featuring an emblematic case from the Yes to Life No to Mining initiative. 9am GMT/10am CET. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Murder, land grabs, displaced families: Stop the violence over palm oil in Agúan, Honduras, and protect human rights defenders! NO to trade with the palm oil company Corporación Dinant! Read our joint call to action: www.rainforest-rescue.org/files/en/Sto... #BanDinant #JusticiaParaElAguán

#GoodNews: After a tough bureaucratic slog, the village of Tongka in #Borneo has made over 6,000 hectares of its ancestral forest OFF LIMITS to loggers, miners and #palmoil companies! Thanks to #RainforestRescue partner #SaveOurBorneo! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1301...

#GoodNews: The village of Simenakhenak in Sumatra, #Indonesia is reforesting hundreds of hectares of old eucalyptus plantation land with the support of #RainforestRescue. A new forest of native rainforest trees and coffee plants is taking shape. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1272...

Vulnerable howler monkeys need protection from deadly electric shocks! Please SIGN our #petition and tell the grid operators of Porto Alegre, #Brazil to take action and stop the carnage NOW! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...

Please SIGN: Keep the #PalmOil industry’s bulldozers out of Sumatra's #orangutan habitat! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #saverawatripa #saveorangutansumatra #saveleuser #aceh #apelgreenaceh #selamatkanhutanhujan #indonesia

6 to 8 years in prison: Our fearless friends and partners of #MotherNatureCambodia are facing harsh sentences for protecting nature and standing up to repression. Read more and SIGN our #petition calling for their immediate release! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1232...

Millions of trees have been felled across #Mexico for #TrenMaya, a tourist train and vanity project of Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The first sections are being inaugurated, but the fight against the impacts in the rainforest continues. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1199...

#DaphnesLaw: The #EU finally has a directive to combat abusive #SLAPP lawsuits used by corporations and powerful individuals to silence activists and journalists, and to support public watchdogs fighting these tactics. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1202...

#Brazil: US carbon trader Wildlife Works wants to sell carbon credits for the protected #rainforest land of the #Kaapor people. The Indigenous people have said no to profiteering with bogus #climate solutions and want Wildlife Works OUT! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1199...

Ammo against trophy hunters: A recently published position paper debunks the lies of lobby groups who claim that trophy hunters somehow benefit conservation and provide income for local people. #BanTrophyHunting www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1195...

Violence against Indigenous people in #Brazil continues to escalate: On January 21, a mob of 200 landowners and militia members attacked the #Pataxó people. Pataxó leader Maria de Fátima Muniz Pataxó was killed and her brother wounded by gunfire. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1194...

The January 2019 Brumadinho mining dam failure in Brazil was an avoidable tragedy that cost 272 lives. Five years on, the victims still seek justice from mining giant Vale, while 23 of the company's dams remain at alert or emergency levels. The next catastrophe is just a matter of time.

Fun fact: The Amazon was named by Spanish explorer Francisco Orellana after he was attacked by female warriors named the Icamiabas, or ‘women without husbands’. He compared them to the Amazons of Greek mythology. #DYK

TotalEnergies sponsors AFCON but devastates African communities. Watch and share to tell them we see through their greenwashing. The EACOP pipeline could displace 100k+ people! 🌍⚽️ #StopEACOP #TotalEnergies #AFCON2023

Environmental disaster off Sumatra: A tanker wreck has been leaking bitumen for months, polluting the ocean, destroying coral reefs, mangroves and coasts. PLEASE SIGN our petition: tell the Indonesian gov't to WAKE UP and take urgent action! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...

We stand in solidarity with the seven Ugandan students behind bars for using their democratic voice to advocate a renewable future. Join us in demanding #FreeTheStudents immediately! #StopEACOP www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1187...

Please SIGN and SHARE: 10s of 1000s in Panama are protesting a vast copper mine in the rainforest. Please sign our petition and tell the gov't that a healthy environment for all is more important than profit for the few. Yes to life, no to mining! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...

Is the 🌎's largest biomass pellet producer going down in flames? 🔥 The gigantic North Carolina-based producer of wood pellets burned for energy on an industrial scale saw catastrophic third quarter losses, its stock tanked, its CEO was replaced and the company seems near collapse:

Please SIGN: Tanzania's REGROW project is not about protecting wildlife: It's an oppressive and violent economic growth model designed to boost tourism revenues. Tell the World Bank to STOP THE EVICTION of 20,000 villagers under the pretext of conservation! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...

After more than one year in legal limbo, charges were finally dropped against the nine Ugandan students arrested for peacefully protesting the EACOP pipeline. They risked their personal futures to stand up for a fossil-free tomorrow. We thank them for their courage! #StopEACOP (screenshot from X)

Police brutality and judicial harassment of young people protesting the EACOP pipeline in Uganda is reaching new heights. Uganda, stop criminalizing people for wanting a healthy future in a world free from fossil fuels! #StopEACOP www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...

Full solidarity with Roberto Saviano as he awaits verdict in a #SLAPP case brought by Giorgia Meloni, the current Italian PM who had sued him for criminal defamation over comments on her migration rhetoric. #StopSLAPPs

Eine super Ressource, vielen Dank von einem absoluten Noob (seit einer Stunde hier). Gibt es etwas ähnliches für englischsprachige NGOs? Asking for a friend :)

Please SIGN and SHARE: #Greenwashing meets #neocolonialism: Dubai-based Blue Carbon wants to "secure" 1 million ha. of rainforest – 10 percent of Liberia's land area – to cash in on #CarbonCredits. Say NO to fake #climate solutions! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...