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    Forests

    Related issues environment, protection and conservation, climate change, gmo

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    Sumatran orangutans' last stand: Call on US snack food industry to cut rainforest destruction

    by Rainforest Action Network

    We have reached the last stand for Sumatran orangutans, but it's not too late to save them. Many Americans are being made into unwitting accomplices in the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests—which provide crucial habitat for a number of endangered species like the Sumatran orangutan—because

    22,652 signatures reached
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    Stop ArborGen from selling genetically engineered eucalyptus trees!

    by Global Justice Ecology Project

    Genetically engineered trees (GE trees) pose an unprecedented threat to US forests. GE tree company ArborGen has a request pending with the USDA to legalize the sale of millions of GE eucalyptus trees. These trees would be sold for pulp and biofuel plantations across Texas, Florida, Georgia,

    6,618 / 10,000 signatures

    NEW OLD-GROWTH SCIENCE: Old Forests, Kerala's Elephants, and the Biosphere

    by Protect and Restore Old Forests Globally

    Old Forests, Kerala's Elephants, and the Biosphere Read major new ecological science: http://bit.ly/EIKeralaPaper By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet December 16, 2012 * Read major new ecology findings that more old-growth forests have been lost than the biosphere can bear.

    571 / 1,000 pledges

    ADOPT A TREE & watch it grow!

    by Apusenii Verzi

    ADOPT A TREE & watch it grow!!! We send you a photo of your adopted tree every year for ten years "Adopting a tree is a fun and easy way to help the environment. It also makes a unique, affordable and long-lasting gift or memorial. Keep track of your adopted tree's growth by receiving an

    226 / 2,500 pledges

    We're down to the wire! GE tree protests are coming soon!

    by Global Justice Ecology Project

    Dear Friends, We're coming down to the wire--less than 2 weeks until we confront the genetically engineered (GE) tree industry at their international conference in Asheville, NC later this month. We're sending down our whole team and working with some great activists from around the Southeast.

    $375 / $1,000

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    Sumatran orangutans' last stand: Call on US snack food industry to cut rainforest destruction

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    Sumatran orangutans' last stand: Call on US snack food industry to cut rainforest destruction reached its goal of 20,000 signatures 9 days ago
    Will Bennington added an update to the petition Stop ArborGen from selling genetically engineered eucalyptus trees! 21 days ago
    Mike G. added an update to the petition Sumatran orangutans' last stand: Call on US snack food industry to cut rainforest destruction 24 days ago
    Anne Petermann added an update to the fundraiser We're down to the wire! GE tree protests are coming soon! about 1 month ago
    Anne Petermann added an update to the fundraiser We're down to the wire! GE tree protests are coming soon! 2 months ago
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