Petition
Please
SIGN: Stop the wholesale deforestation of Indonesia's Mentawai
Islands!
Dear friends of the rainforests,
White sand beaches, turquoise water,
coconut trees, lush forests. Sipora island looks like
paradise, but for the Mentawai Indigenous people it is simply
home. They have been the stewards of the island for
centuries.
In July 2023, the Mentawai people
learned that a large-scale logging permit had been granted to a
company to clear 20,706 hectares of forest. It is their
land, their forests, their gardens and their sources of food and
water that could disappear without their consent – simply so that a
company can sell timber.
Indigenous communities, NGOs and local
authorities have spoken out against this man-made
disaster-in-the-making.
There is a ray of hope,
however: The logging company needs to submit an
environmental impact assessment (EIA) by September 4 to get the
final green light. If the EIA is rejected, the logging
permit will be cancelled or put on hold.
Please speak out for the
Indigenous people of Sipora in their struggle to save their
livelihoods and survival on their small island by signing our
petition.
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Thanks for being
involved,
John Hayduska Rainforest Rescue (Rettet
den Regenwald e. V.) |
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