Millions of trees have been felled in #Mexico for #TrenMaya , a tourist train and vanity project of Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The first sections are being inaugurated, but the fight against the impacts in the rainforest continues. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11995/…

#DaphnesLaw : The #EU finally has a directive to combat abusive #SLAPP lawsuits used by corporations and powerful individuals to silence activists and journalists, and to support public watchdogs fighting these tactics. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/12025/…

Nickel mining ruins lives and destroys rainforests! ‼️

No to mining! 🚫
Yes to life! 🌍

#DisruptPDAC

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🌟We welcome the adoption of the Anti-SLAPP Directive in the European Parliament in a historic plenary vote.

Our focus shifts to ensuring states implement robust protections for #SLAPP victims.

Steering Committee Flutura Kusari thanked Roberta Metsola on behalf of CASE

#DaphnesLaw

#Brazil : US carbon trader Wildlife Works wants to sell carbon credits for the protected #rainforest land of the #Kaapor people. The Indigenous people have said no to profiteering with bogus #climate solutions and want Wildlife Works OUT! rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11993/…

Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs Mozn Hassan مزن حسن Mother Nature Cambodia Viasna Anna Ferreira CIVICUS Geneva Graduate Institute World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) The Observatory FIDH Nazra for Feminist Studies Jenny Jansson Pearce #FreeViasna People's Embassy of Belarus in Sweden 🤍❤️🤍🇸🇪 Sweden in Belarus Belarus in Switzerland & Liechtenstein Human Rights House Foundation Ratha Sun of Mother Nature Cambodia highlights young activists' fearlessness on top of their technical know-how and creativity.

'Even when we are faced with going to jail for 10 years, our activists, who are young, are staying to fight for the environment.'

Ammo against trophy hunters: A recently published position paper debunks the lies of lobby groups who claim that trophy hunters somehow benefit conservation and provide income for local people. #BanTrophyHunting rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11955/…

Violence against Indigenous people in #Brazil continues to escalate: On January 21, a mob of 200 landowners and militia members attacked the #Pataxó people. Pataxó leader Maria de Fátima Muniz Pataxó was killed and her brother wounded by gunfire. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11948/…

The January 2019 #Brumadinho mining dam failure in #Brazil was an avoidable tragedy that cost 272 lives. Five years on, the victims still seek justice from mining giant #Vale , while 23 of the company's dams remain at alert or emergency levels. rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11945/…

Fun fact: The Amazon was named by Spanish explorer Francisco Orellana after he was attacked by female warriors named the Icamiabas, or ‘women without husbands’. He compared them to the Amazons of Greek mythology. #DYK

#TotalEnergies sponsors AFCON but devastates African communities. Watch and share to tell them we see through their greenwashing. The EACOP pipeline could displace 100k+ people! 🌍⚽️ #StopEACOP #TotalEnergies AFCON2023 youtube.com/watch?v=ZYVewM…

Shocking: 4 more students activists have been arrested today as they engaged in a protest march at the parliament of Uganda demanding the government of Uganda and TotalEnergies to drop Eacop and the immediate release of the 7 students who have been denied bail since 24th Nov.

We stand in solidarity with the seven Ugandan students behind bars for using their democratic voice to advocate a renewable future. Join us in demanding  #FreeTheStudents  immediately!  #StopEACOP rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11878/…

Please SIGN and SHARE: 10s of 1000s in #Panama are protesting a vast copper mine in the #rainforest . Please sign our #petition and tell the gov't that a healthy environment for all is more important than profit for the few. Yes to life, no to mining! rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1278…

Young people bring life to climate activism worldwide - and Uganda repays them by locking them up? Uganda, stop weaponizing your courts to punish environmental activism! #FreeTheStudents #StopEACOP

We know the anxiety of being targeted by abusive lawsuits first-hand. Journalists and activists can breathe easier now. #stopSLAPPs

.World Bank The Inspection Panel launches investigation into #REGROW project in #Tanzania . THREAD

Investigation follows complaint filed by Oakland Institute on behalf of impacted villagers facing evictions, human rights abuses & livelihood restrictions to expand #Ruaha NP.

'To the government of 🇰🇭: For the new generation of Cambodians, being sent to prison for protecting our natural resources is nothing we are ashamed of. It is not going to discourage us from fulfilling our dreams,' says 2023 #RightLivelihood Laureate Mother Nature Cambodia.

'Environmentalists around the world are being oppressed for their activism, so it is our duty to make the oppression hear that we deserve a better environment,' says 2023 #RightLivelihood Laureate Mother Nature Cambodia