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[ [link removed] ]Snow-capped mountains of Santa Marta, Colombia

John,

There’s an incredible place in Colombia where you can find snow-capped
mountains, prehistoric rainforests, and crystal clear rivers that run
right into the Caribbean Sea! And this week we can help buy and protect
it...forever.

The Indigenous communities of Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria have lived on
this land for centuries, but it’s now under critical threat from mining,
tourism, and urbanization. 

Our partner, Rainforest Trust, is working hand-in-hand with them to have
their Indigenous-owned land added to a National Park, giving it the
highest protection possible under Colombian law. But to do it the
government says they also need to buy more than a thousand acres of
adjoining forest -- and for that, they need our help!

Last year we helped buy and protect a critical ecosystem in Indonesia…now
we can do it in Colombia.

If 5000 of us chip in the cost of a cup of coffee in the next 24 hours,
Rainforest Trust has donors offering a 2x match on your donation! They
could secure the land quickly and get started on their work protecting the
forest. Can you help save this unique piece of our planet?



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The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is truly a one-of-a-kind ecosystem, the
highest tropical mountain range in the world. For centuries, Indigenous
People have inhabited the area and safeguarded a refuge for hundreds of
threatened species like the Brown Spider Monkey and the White-fronted
Capuchin.

The land is already protected as ancestral territory – but under Colombian
law this does nothing to prevent mining. Now that threat is coming up
fast, along with increased pressure from new urban settlements, tourism,
and coal ports. Santa Marta’s incredible biodiversity and communities are
at risk.

Working with a local Indigenous-led organization, Resguardo Kogui Malayo
Arhuaco, Rainforest Trust will secure National Park status for almost
500,000 acres of land – the highest environmental protection possible in
Colombia law – while maintaining Indigenous ownership. Then they’ll ensure
the land is patrolled and supervised, working together with Colombian
authorities and the Kogui, Malayo, and Arhuaco Peoples.

This is a rare and incredible opportunity. To work with others around the
world – and with Indigenous land-holders – to buy land and then help
protect a critical and unique ecosystem.

Will you be one of the 5000 donors we need in the next 24 hours? Every
extra penny we raise will be used to defend wild places like this from
corporations bent on their destruction.



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



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