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The
battle for the Amazon’s survival has begun, and
this young woman may hold the fate of
the forest in her hands.
Puyr
Tembé is leading Indigenous peoples from across
the country in a march on Brazil’s capital to
demand the new Congress protect the forest from
the storm of logging, mining and cattle-ranching
that’s driving it to collapse.
Brazil’s
new president is on board, but there is
vicious opposition from powerful businessmen and
their political puppets who see
the forest as a resource to be
raided.
It’s a battle Puyr and
her people must win -- and we can help
them.
Puyr and these brave
Indigenous leaders from across Brazil are
working on a shoestring budget. But if we all
chip in, we can supercharge their fight,
making sure the mobilization is just the start,
by funding a major political and media
campaign to win the policies we need to save the
forest.
The march is just 6 days
away, and our global community could
make a huge difference! Donate whatever
you can now -- let’s stand with
Puyr and save the Amazon while there’s still
time:
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The
Amazon is being eaten alive. The
equivalent of 5,000 football fields is being
destroyed every single day! Scientists are
warning that the entire forest ecosystem could
collapse, endangering the very foundations of
life on Earth. And with 60% of the Amazon Basin
in Brazil, its fate will be decided
there. But a brave Indigenous
resistance movement is fighting for its
future. Our community could back them
with a roar of people power to tip the scales --
and with incredible campaigners, over 19 million
members in Brazil, and major Avaaz allies in the
new government, we're in prime position for
impact! For the rainforest, and life on
Earth, this is the time to go all out -- and if
enough of us chip in, we will:
- Support Puyr
and her allies in a massive march on
Congress demanding new measures to
protect the Amazon;
- Fund an
Indigenous summit for leaders from across the
Amazon to plan the forest’s defence at
the national and global level;
- Launch a major
political advocacy campaign to secure
the policies the forest needs;
- Build a massive
network of citizens in Brazil to
support Amazon protection; and,
- Fight for the Amazon and other key
ecosystems with bold campaigns on
governments around the world.
The plan
is ambitious -- but the future of the Amazon
hangs in the balance, and we could be the last
generation that can still save it. Let's stand
with Puyr in this fight for our future --
donate what you can
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From
South Africa to Greenland, and Peru to China,
our movement wraps the world -- and yet no
matter where we are, we're all inextricably
linked to the Amazon and the wild, precious life
it holds. And so in this life-and-death race to
save the rainforest, there can be no bystanders.
This fight belongs to us all. Join
us.
With fierce hope and endless
determination, always,
Diego, Ana Paula,
Laura, Dudu, Mike, Kaitlin, Bert and the whole
team at Avaaz
PS. This might be your
first donation to our movement ever. But what a
first donation! Did you know that Avaaz relies
entirely on small donations from members like
you? That's why we're fully independent, nimble
and effective. Join the over 1 million people
who've donated to make Avaaz a real force for
good in the world.
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