One of Malaysia’s largest timber and palm oil corporations is
deforesting huge swathes of rainforest in 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 over $400 million – and they can afford to hire high priced
lawyers to legally bully these forest defenders.
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 next legal deadline is fast
approaching 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, or keep the
case dragging on indefinitely to silence dissent. Either tactic will
allow it to continue its unethical 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 the 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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