One of Europe’s biggest packaging companies is slowly
killing rainforests in Colombia -- to make paper and
cardboard.
For decades, Smurfit Kappa has bulldozed forests to plant
its own non-native trees -- drying up the land and choking
out ecosystems. And Indigenous communities are paying the price.
The indigenous Misak people, the Nasa people and other
communities have lived in Southern Colombia in the Cauca region for
thousands of years. This land is part of their cultural identity and
is full of sacred spaces.
But Smurfit Kappa is destroying it all to make
paper.
The Misak people have been locked in a fight with the cardboard
giant for years -- but Smurfit Kappa still sells itself as a
sustainability champ. If everyone reading this email joins
this fight, we can raise a huge, global outcry -- and send Smurfit
Kappa packing!
Sign
here to stop Smurfit Kappa Colombia from destroying indigenous land
in Colombia.
Smurfit Kappa is using every dirty tactic in the book to
stop the community from recovering their lands.
According to the Misak people, Smurfit Kappa has relied on the
Colombian security forces to repress their protests and has co-opted
their workers against the Misak community.
In August, a young man, Huver Samir Camayo, was shot dead when he
was protesting the company's stronghold in the region. We
must put people and the planet first, and fight against corporate
colonialism.
Will you join the struggle of these communities to
reclaim their land?
Tell
Smurfit Kappa Colombia to give this land back to the back to the
Misak people!
When SumOfUs members act together,
we make big changes. In 2017 we got Pure Blue water company
out of New Zealand weeks after we got signatures from all of you. If
we increase the pressure we can do the same in the Cauca.
