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[ [link removed] ]Xingu river in Brazil's Amazon rainforest
John,

We just received an urgent cry for help from over 1000 families in the
Amazon.

Canadian mining giant Belo Sun is trying to forcefully evict them to make
way for the largest open-pit gold mine in Brazil – right in the heart of
the Amazon. 

Naturally, the families refuse to leave their rightful home, which is
making it impossible for the destructive project to move ahead. And now
Belo Sun is suing them to force them off their land…forever. 

They urgently need to raise funds to pay a lawyer to fight back in court
to save their home, and the forest – can you chip in to help save their
piece of the Amazon?



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The Xingu River is a vital water source for the world’s largest
rainforest, sustaining the delicate ecosystem and providing life to
thousands of traditional farmers, 25,000 Indigenous peoples from 18
Indigenous groups who call the area home.

If completed, this monstrous project on the river's banks would destroy
nearly 6,000 acres to make way for two vast open-pit mines, a tailings dam
to store chemical waste, a storage facility for explosives, and a landfill
– not to mention the roads and lodging necessary to support such a massive
operation. 

A mine of this size would cause catastrophic damage to the river and the
forest that surrounds it, leaving behind billions of gallons of toxic
waste like cyanide that could contaminate the delicate ecosystem already
on the brink of collapse.

The people of Xingu have risked everything by refusing to leave their
homes and make way for the mine. But now that Belo Sun has dragged 60
families who are bravely refusing to leave their lands to court – they
won’t be able to keep up the fight…without our support.

Can you help them save their piece of the Amazon?



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John, together we’ve stood with local and Indigenous
communities from across Brazil time and time again, exposing companies'
attempts to exploit their lands, raising money to support communities
doing vital work to protect the forest, and demanding Brazil’s government
stop the destruction.

Now, let’s stand with the communities of the Xingu River by answering
their call for help as they risk everything to save the Amazon and their
home.



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Brazil gold mine puts Indigenous territory ‘at risk’, advocates say. Al
Jazeera. 4 August 2023
 
[ [link removed] ]Dammed, now mined: Indigenous Brazilians fight for the Xingu River’s
future. Mongabay. 12 January 2023.

 

Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.

 

Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.

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