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Apr 1, 2012

Orangutans

Demand for survival

Tripa Peat Swamps and their Orangutans being cremated to annihilation: Government of Indonesia must uphold law or face international shame We, Walhi Indonesia, Greenpeace Indonesia, Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari, Sawit Watch Indonesia, the Coalition Team for Saving the Tripa Peat Swamps, are here today to demand the following: The immediate enforcement of laws protecting the Leuser Ecosystem, including the Tripa Peat Swamps, namely: The Spatial Planning Law (UU 26/2007) and subsequent Government Regulation (PP 26/2008) which establishes the Leuser Ecosystem as a National Strategic Area with an environmental protection function; and the Law of the Governance of Aceh (UU11/2006) which obligates the Government and the Government of Aceh to protect the Leuser Ecosystem.

Dear Ministry of Forestry @zul_hasan you have to make sure JUSTICE is served in Tripa protected forest http://ow.ly/a0kaL #savetripa

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3/30 POST
This is a huge unforgivable crime. From the United Kingdom's Daily Mail, this article was updated March 30th. Hundreds of orangutans have been killed by fires deliberately set by palm oil companies.

"Shocking: Hundreds of orangutans are believed to have died in fires deliberately lit by palm oil companies in Tripa forest on the coast of Aceh province in northern Indonesia"

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Nov 8, 2011

Somalia

Click for article at www.globalpost.com:

Lion smugglers plague Somalia

Rescued lion cubs highlight big problem of wildlife smuggling and ecosystem destruction in Somalia

Grumpy and Scar (photo credit: Tristan McConnell / GlobalPost)

Aug 4, 2011

Iceland

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Pierce Brosnan - NRDC <biogemsdefenders@savebiogems.org> wrote:

An important message from Pierce Brosnan
“Please join me in urging President Obama to impose tough trade sanctions on Iceland for its illegal slaughter of whales.”

Dear Liz,
The time has come for Iceland to pay a steep price for its inhumane and illegal slaughter of whales.

But that may only happen if hundreds of thousands of us speak out now with one powerful voice that cannot be ignored.

Let me explain. The U.S. Commerce Secretary has just formally declared that Iceland is defying the international ban on commercial whaling.

That declaration starts the clock ticking on a 60-day period during which President Obama must decide whether or not to impose trade sanctions on Iceland.

Please join me in urging the President to impose tough sanctions and make Iceland pay a real, measurable price for its mass killing of whales.

Iceland has proven that it will thumb its nose at anything less -- and will go right on slaughtering whales for profit. In 2004, the United States denounced Iceland in the same manner -- but failed to impose sanctions -- and Iceland proceeded to ramp up its awful slaughter.

Since 2006, Iceland has killed 280 endangered fin whales and more than 200 minke whales. In the last two years alone, it has exported millions of dollars worth of whale meat, blubber and oil to Japan, Norway, Latvia and Belarus.

Iceland is not only flouting the ban on whaling, it is depleting whale populations at an alarming rate. It’s practically begging to be sanctioned.

Please ask President Obama to make Iceland pay a price at long last -- for the sake of whale survival. For starters, he could target imports by those Icelandic seafood companies directly tied to the whaling industry.

But do not assume for a second that such presidential action is a sure thing. In fact, the U.S. has never before imposed sanctions on another nation for whaling. That’s why it’s so important that President Obama feel a groundswell of public support if he is to take this next historic step.

Please make your own voice heard inside the White House.

You can be sure that Iceland will not end the abhorrent practice of whaling until it is forced to do so. Let’s fight 'em. Again and again.

Sincerely,

Pierce Brosnan
Natural Resources Defense Council

Brosnan photo © Greg Gorman

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Aug 31, 2010

Greece

What a cruel tragedy on so many levels.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/50000-minks-loose-in-greece-after-fur-farm-raid.php