[ [link removed]- ]Young gibbon resting with its mother on a tree branch
John,
One of Malaysia’s largest timber and palm oil corporations is
deforesting huge swathes of rainforest in Borneo without consent,
decimating endangered gibbon, clouded leopard and pangolin habitats.
When a local, four-person NGO helped expose the destruction, the timber
giant slapped them with a $1.8 million lawsuit to silence them!
We know it won’t end there. The family that owns this company is worth
over $400 million – and they can afford to hire high priced lawyers to
legally bully these forest defenders.
But if enough of us chip in, we can give this small but mighty NGO the
money they need to fight back in court and win. Their next legal deadline
is fast approaching and they need an influx of cash – can you chip in?
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This timber giant doesn’t even need to win this case in court to win.
It just needs to bankrupt the SAVE Rivers NGO with an expensive lawsuit to
shut down the campaign, or keep the case dragging on indefinitely to
silence dissent. Either tactic will allow it to continue its unethical
logging operations.
But letting that happen would set a dangerous precedent against
environmental activists and local land rights -- and peoples' homes and
endangered animals' habitats will continue to be wiped out by huge logging
companies and palm oil plantations.
That’s why we need your help. Lawsuits like this are crucial in our fight
to protect people and the planet from corporate greed. Together we can
give SAVE Rivers a fighting chance to beat this lawsuit and set new legal
precedent that protects activists against this type of corporate bullying.
Can you chip in to help these forest defenders fight back – and save this
rainforest?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Yasmin, Angus and the team at SumOfUs
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More information:
[ [link removed]- ]Malaysian timber giant Samling files US$1.18 million defamation suit
against green group over logging activity. Eco Business. 20 August 2021.
[ [link removed]- ]Malaysian timber giant Samling takes conflict over logging activity to
court. Mongabay. 19 August 2021.
[ [link removed]- ]Threat of legal action against Indigenous Borneans protesting timber
company. Mongabay. 1 June 2021.
[ [link removed]- ]300 Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on
their land. SAVE Rivers. 10 March 2021.
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