Amazon Rescue Plan
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- Published on Monday, 21 December 2020 03:44
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Amazon fires have doubled this year.
We can't stand by while the world's largest rainforest burns to the ground.
Will you make a small monthly donation to fund our Amazon Rescue Plan?
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More than 17,000 hot spots are burning in the world's largest rainforest -- choking the skies with soot and razing the last habitats of countless endangered species.
But it's not even making the news.
Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is more than happy to do nothing while the flames turn the Amazon to ash.
But we can't stand by and do nothing, A.
That's why we're launching an Amazon Rescue Plan to address the root cause of these out-of-control flames: the ranching, logging, and mining industries.
Here's what we've got planned:
- rallying consumers in Europe to ban the import of soy grown in the ashes of the Amazon
- pressuring politicians in Europe and the UK to stop a trade deal with Brazil that would further stoke the flames
- hiring a Portuguese-speaking campaigner to support Indigenous people’s fights against corporations burning down the Amazon
Our planet depends on the Amazon for its survival. And our plan to save it depends on you, A. Will you chip in a little each month to power our Amazon Rescue Plan?
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The stakes of this fight couldn't be higher. The Amazon plays an indispensable role in fighting climate change, absorbing massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. And it's home to thousands of endangered species of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.
Without the Amazon, our planet is doomed.
Things are so bad that a new report says the Amazon could already be transforming from a luscious rainforest into a dry savannah. That would be a disaster. From recent fires alone, the Amazon’s critical carbon-storing ability has been cut in half!
Our Rescue Plan is extremely ambitious, but we know SumOfUs is equipped to win battles like this one. Just this month, we won a year-long fight to stop P&G from importing palm oil produced with forced labor and severe human rights violations. That’s one of the biggest corporations in the world — but with savvy tactics and the support of members like you, A, anything is possible.
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Thanks for all that you do,
Anne, Will, Danny and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October, BBC News, 2 November 2020
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jump in October, Al Jazeera, 2 November 2020
Tens of thousands of fires are pushing the Amazon to a tipping point, CNN, 10 September 2020
SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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