John,

Fearless activists are exposing illegal timber trafficking operations that are tearing down Cambodian forests home to endangered species like the charismatic sun bear.

Their work is so effective that authorities have launched a brutal crackdown, throwing these nature defenders in jail…or worse.

Now, they urgently need our help.

Six of them were just recently released from jail after being accused of unauthorized entry into Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park. But ALL their equipment was stolen by police and they desperately need to buy new drones and night cameras to collect evidence of forest destruction, and pay for gasoline and food to carry out expeditions deep in the forest.

If all of us chip in what we can, we can send them the cash they need – and keep up our work to protect forests everywhere.

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Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park is a national treasure in Cambodia, home to the near-extinct giant ibis bird and the clouded leopard. New species are STILL being discovered in this wildlife haven! 

Indigenous people also rely on the forest for clean water, food, and medicinal plants. But it’s fast disappearing.

Cambodia is suffering from one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, losing 64% of its tree cover in the last two decades. And 2023 was the worst deforestation year ever for the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park.

Rampant illegal logging facilitated by a murky web of corrupt government officials is to blame and brave activists are working tirelessly to prove it by collecting evidence via drone and satellite imagery.

But forest defenders are paying a high price. Time and again, environmentalists are being arrested on trumped up charges and silenced for their work. They're risking everything to save Cambodia’s forests and need all the help they can get.

That’s where we come in. Together, we can supercharge their efforts by helping them buy the equipment they desperately need to keep exposing rogue actors illegally destroying Cambodia’s forests, build strong cases to demand robust forest protections – and keep up our campaigns fighting for wild places everywhere.

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