Borneo rainforest DECIMATED
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One of Malaysia’s largest timber and palm oil corporations is deforesting huge swathes of rainforest in Malaysian Borneo without consent, decimating endangered gibbon, clouded leopard and pangolin habitats.
When a local, four-person NGO helped expose the destruction, the timber giant slapped them with a $1.8 million lawsuit to silence them!
We know it won’t end there. The family that owns this company is worth $400 million – and has a history of using legal bullying to shut down forest defenders to protect its profits.
But if enough of us chip in, we can give this small but mighty NGO the money they need to fight back in court and win.
Their court date is days away and they need an influx of cash – can you chip in?
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This timber giant doesn’t even need to win this case in court to win.
It just needs to bankrupt the SAVE Rivers NGO with an expensive lawsuit to shut down the campaign. That’s enough to continue its unpermitted logging operations.
But letting that happen would set a dangerous precedent against environmental activists and local land rights -- and peoples' homes and endangered animals' habitats will continue to be wiped out by huge logging companies and palm oil plantations.
That’s why we need your help. Lawsuits like this are crucial in our fight to protect people and planet from corporate greed. Together we can give SAVE Rivers a fighting chance to beat this lawsuit and set new legal precedent that protects activists against this type of corporate bullying.
Can you chip in to help these forest defenders fight back – and save this rainforest?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Yasmin, Angus and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
Malaysian timber giant Samling files US$1.18 million defamation suit against green group over logging activity. Eco Business. 20 August 2021.
Malaysian timber giant Samling takes conflict over logging activity to court. Mongabay. 19 August 2021.
Threat of legal action against Indigenous Borneans protesting timber company. Mongabay. 1 June 2021.
300 Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on their land. SAVE Rivers. 10 March 2021.
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