Amazon fires have doubled this year.

We can't stand by while the world's largest rainforest burns to the
ground.

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John,

More than 17,000 hot spots are burning in the world's largest rainforest
-- choking the skies with soot and razing the last habitats of countless
endangered species. 

But it's not even making the news.

Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is more than happy to do nothing while
the flames turn the Amazon to ash.

But we can't stand by and do nothing, John.

That's why we're launching an Amazon Rescue Plan to address the root cause
of these out-of-control flames: the ranching, logging, and mining
industries.

Here's what we've got planned:

* rallying consumers in Europe to ban the import of soy grown in the
ashes of the Amazon
* pressuring politicians in Europe and the UK to stop a trade deal with
Brazil that would further stoke the flames
* hiring a Portuguese-speaking campaigner to support Indigenous people’s
fights against corporations burning down the Amazon

Our planet depends on the Amazon for its survival. And our plan to save it
depends on you, John. Will you chip in a little each month to
power our Amazon Rescue Plan?

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The stakes of this fight couldn't be higher. The Amazon plays an
indispensable role in fighting climate change, absorbing massive amounts
of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. And it's home to thousands of
endangered species of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Without the Amazon, our planet is doomed.

Things are so bad that a new report says the Amazon could already be
transforming from a luscious rainforest into a dry savannah. That would be
a disaster. From recent fires alone, the Amazon’s critical carbon-storing
ability has been cut in half!

Our Rescue Plan is extremely ambitious, but we know SumOfUs is equipped to
win battles like this one. Just this month, we won a year-long fight to
stop P&G from importing palm oil produced with forced labor and severe
human rights violations. That’s one of the biggest corporations in the
world — but with savvy tactics and the support of members like you,
John, anything is possible.

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Thanks for all that you do,
Anne, Will, Danny and the team at SumOfUs



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More information:

[ [link removed]- ]Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October, BBC News, 2
November 2020

[ [link removed]- ]Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jump in October, Al Jazeera, 2
November 2020

[ [link removed]- ]Tens of thousands of fires are pushing the Amazon to a tipping point,
CNN, 10 September 2020

 

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