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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany)

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Rainforest Rescue is a German NGO that works with over fifty grassroots environmental organizations around the world. From the Congo Basin to the corridors of Brussels, we support our partners’ efforts and amplify the voices of front-line activists.

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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#GoodNews: Our partner FEM EARTH – Women for the Planet led the fight to save Uganda's Kitubulu Forest. Their advocacy, backed by legal teams, pushed Uganda's president to act. This is what organized communities can do. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1513...
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Hope for the Kitubulu Forest: Uganda halts plans to clear protected reserve
A protected forest near Lake Victoria was set to be cleared for offices and a shopping mall. After sustained pressure from civil society, Uganda’s president has ordered the cancellation of all land ti...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 04/03/2026
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
When speaking truth becomes a legal risk, democracy suffers. Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are rising – 1,300 cases since 2010. We urgently need strong anti‑SLAPP laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1494...
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SLAPP lawsuits: dragging democracy into the dock
Across Europe, activists are being intimidated, threatened, and sued simply for speaking out against wrongdoing. A new study on intimidation lawsuits reveals that Germany is among the countries with t...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#Nigeria’s timber export ban should shield forests – yet loggers are back in #Ekuri and police arrested defender Martins Egot after a peaceful action. Power still sides with chainsaws, not communities. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1491...
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President strengthens forest protection – but police arrest forest defenders
President Bola Tinubu has banned timber exports to protect forests – yet rainforest defender Martins Egot has been arrested, accused of inciting young people to violence. The activists had stopped mac...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#GoodNews: After decades of destruction, justice for Sumatra: 28 companies – including Toba Pulp Lestari and the Batang Toru dam – have been shut down. A turning point for forests, wildlife, and Indigenous rights. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1490...
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Sumatra: government shuts down dozens of destructive companies
Two months after Cyclone Senyar hit Sumatra, permits for the dam and hydropower plant in the Batang Toru forest have been revoked with immediate effect. The Martabe gold mine, the pulp company Toba Pu...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Nigeria’s forests are vanishing fast. The new timber export ban is a milestone – but without enforcement, it’s meaningless. Tell Nigeria’s leaders: make the ban real protection for forests and people. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Nigeria’s forests cannot wait – enforce the timber export ban now!
Gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants – Nigeria’s jungles shelter some of the world’s most iconic and endangered species. Yet the forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. President Tinubu has n...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone – and illegal logging continues unchecked. Add your voice to demand action from the Mexican government. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
“Thank you – for believing that the rainforest matters.” Our Nigerian partner Odey Oyama’s message is for every person who has ever signed, shared, or donated. Your support keeps activists safe and forests standing. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1455...
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The power of truth and community solidarity
Odey Oyama is one of Nigeria's leading rainforest environmentalists. Director of the Rainforest Resource Development Centre (RRDC), Oyama has been our partner for nine years. In this interview – short...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the #TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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#petition Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!
The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Our partners in #Brazil tell their stories: In Maranhão, drones and planes douse villages, crops and water with pesticides so agribusiness can seize land. Communities call it chemical warfare. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1454...
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Brazil: Checking in with our partners in Maranhão
Guadalupe Rodríguez, Felipe Duran and Klaus Schenck are in Brazil on behalf of Rainforest Rescue to touch base with our partner organizations. Here is their report on the visits in the state of Maranh...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Making our voices heard in Belém at #COP30! #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
#RainforestRescue is on the ground in Belém at the Global Climate March as over 40,000 people speak out for forests, climate justice, and Indigenous rights at #COP30. We're standing in solidarity and calling for real action! #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Please SIGN: Violence in eastern #DRCongo is a disaster for the forest and human rights. Neighboring #Rwanda is driving #BloodMineral mining. Tell the #EU to end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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#petition DRC: Europe’s green transition must not cost Congo’s blood and forests!
The violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an environmental disaster. The exploitation of mineral resources and forests driven by neighboring Rwan...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Please SIGN: Tell the #DRC gov't to stop targeting forest defenders! These unsung heroes, who operate in a war zone to stop illegal logging and mining in Africa's largest #rainforest, deserve protection NOW. www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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#petition DRC: Stop harassing Congo's environmental defenders!
Gorillas, bonobos, okapi – the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Yet illegal logging remains a grave threat. Many Congolese people are standing up to p...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass! UK: tell your MP to speak out against funding for Drax’s tree-burning: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7 And please SIGN the petition against Drax’s tree-powered data centre plans: tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u #BigBadBiomass #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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Urgent: Please ask your MP to speak out against new funding for Drax’s tree burning
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, Drax, over concerns about its sourcing of wood pell...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Please SIGN: For 30 years, eastern Congo has faced relentless violence. Now rebels hold Goma, and Virunga’s gorillas face new threats. Together we can demand accountability and peace for both people and nature. ✍️ www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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#petition DRC: People and nature in eastern Congo need peace!
For 30 years, the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have endured constant violence. Recently, the conflict has intensified: A rebel militia has taken control of the city of Goma...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
“Prison was meant to break my spirit,” Bob Baribye says, “but it reminded me why this fight matters.” From Uganda to the world, the call for climate justice grows. #StopEACOP www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1426...
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Uganda: “No to fossil fuels, yes to climate justice”
Environmental activist Bob Baribye is fighting in Uganda for the climate and against the EACOP oil pipeline. He spent 85 days in jail for peaceful protest.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/09/2025
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
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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...
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Have your say: EU consultation on “simplifying” environmental laws
The European Commission intends to dilute laws protecting the environment and nature to “regain competitiveness and unleash growth.” To gather public opinion, it has launched an online consultation op...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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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Have your say: EU consultation on “simplifying” environmental laws
The European Commission intends to dilute laws protecting the environment and nature to “regain competitiveness and unleash growth.” To gather public opinion, it has launched an online consultation op...
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Aviation biofuels in the UK: Greenwashing and the potential for greater harm. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Aviation biofuels in the UK: Greenwashing and the potential for greater harm. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee...
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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...
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#petition Ecuador: All eyes on Yasuní - Keep the oil in the ground!
Two years ago, the Ecuadorian people voted to leave oil in the ground forever in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. But the government has been dragging its feet for years to delay the...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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...
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#petition Brazil: President Lula, use your veto – stop the “devastation bill”!
With Bill PL 2.159/2021, the Brazilian parliament aims to drastically weaken environmental and rainforest protections. In the future, corporations would be able to issue their own environmental permit...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 10/07/2025
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...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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...
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Uganda: Release the eleven prisoners!
The government of Uganda is taking harsh measures against environmental activists seeking to stop the EACOP oil pipeline. Eleven critics of the project have been imprisoned for 70 days after attemptin...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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
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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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...
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Brazil: Protect the mangroves and tropical forests of Tauá-Mirim!
The people of the Tauá-Mirim region in the Amazon are urgently calling on the Brazilian government to protect their land. The rivers, mangroves and tropical forests south of São Luís in the state of M...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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...
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Cambodia: Save Prey Lang Forest!
Prey Land is the largest and most significant lowland rainforest in the country. Because of its rich biodiversity, the Cambodian government designated it a protected area in 2016. However, concessions...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
#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...
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Indonesia: Will the Raja Ampat Islands be destroyed for nickel?
Indigenous people and environmental groups are protesting against the nickel industry’s expansion into the Raja Ampat Islands off the coast of Papua. Abundant marine life and pristine coral are at ris...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 03/05/2025
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.
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Landslide deaths again highlight safety failures in Indonesia’s nickel industry
JAKARTA — A deadly landslide in an Indonesian industrial park has reignited concerns over poor safety and environmental standards in the country’s booming nickel sector, a key supplier of battery…
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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...
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Free the Mother Nature Cambodia activists NOW!
Five young members of Mother Nature Cambodia (MNC) have been imprisoned for 300 days. These activists are dedicated to protecting the environment and defending human rights in Cambodia – and they have...
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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Or as we like to say, “sustainable” palm oil is 50% saturated fat and 100% bullsh*t.
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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...
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Spain: Pass a law to protect great apes NOW!
The Spanish government has pledged to pass a law to protect bonobos, orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas as part of its Animal Welfare Act. It has not yet done so, and time is running out for our end...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 07/04/2025
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
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#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...
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Tanzania: World Bank drops harmful project
The World Bank has discontinued funding for the REGROW project in Tanzania following harsh criticism. The Oakland Institute presented evidence that human rights were being violated in the name of envi...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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...
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DRC: Exploitation of mineral resources and forests fuels violence
The violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an environmental disaster. The exploitation of mineral resources and forests driven by neighboring Rwan...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#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...
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Indonesia: The Tongka rainforest is safe!
The village of Tongka on the Barito River in Borneo now has an official title to nearly 6,000 hectares of ancestral forest, ensuring that the Indigenous community can legally stand its ground against ...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#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...
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Indonesia: New forest on old plantation land – the village of Simenakhenak
With the help of Rainforest Rescue, the Sumatran village of Simenakhenak is restoring nature to 252 hectares of former eucalyptus plantation land. A new forest of native rainforest trees and coffee bu...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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...
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Brazil: Howler monkeys need protection from deadly electric shocks!
Howler monkeys living in southern Brazil are threatened with extinction because their rainforest habitat is being cut down and fragmented. In the Porto Alegre area, dozens of the primates are being ki...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
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
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Indonesia: Protect the habitat of Tripa’s orangutans!
Officially, the peat forests of Sumatra are protected as a habitat for critically endangered orangutans and as a carbon sink to protect the climate. But more and more oil palm is being planted there. ...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 03/07/2024
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...
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Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to six to eight years for defending nature
A Phnom Penh court sentenced environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia to lengthy prison terms on Tuesday, July 2. Seven of them were sentenced to six years, three of them to no less than ei...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
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...
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Inauguration of Mexico’s “Mayan Train”: No reason to celebrate
Tren Maya – a high-speed tourist train through the Yucatán rainforest and vanity project of the Mexican president – is causing serious environmental destruction and massive problems for local Indigeno...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
#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...
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EU puts a stop to abusive SLAPP lawsuits
The EU is finally getting a directive to combat strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs. Environmental activists and journalists in Europe will now have better protection against su...
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Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany) @rainforestrescue.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
#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...
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Brazil: Indigenous Ka’apor people denounce abuses by carbon traders
The Ka’apor people are calling on Brazilian federal prosecutors to evict the US company Wildlife Works from their rainforest in the state of Maranhão. For months, the Indigenous people have complained...
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