Next steps to save Tripa forest …Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action Network

Give a wake up call to Cargill

As you know, Tripa rainforest is in a state of emergency.
The Tripa forest of Sumatra, home to Indigenous communities and critical to the survival of endangered Sumatran orangutans, is still in peril from the landclearing fires started by palm oil companies in March.
U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill—trader of 25% of the world’s palm oil—can make a difference by adopting the safeguards necessary to guarantee that rainforests, communities and critical habitat for endangered species are not destroyed through its palm oil business.
Cargill clearly needs a wakeup call. Can you commit five minutes of your time to give it to them?
Applying the kind of pressure required for Cargill to take a stand for the local people of Tripa, the survival of Sumatran orangutans, and the 130 million year old rainforests that they call home is no small task, but it’s a worthy one.
Are you ready to do what it takes to transform the destructive behavior of a corporate giant? Cargill needs to hear from you, and hundreds of other rainforest advocates like you, to be moved to action at this critical moment.
Let’s give this sleeping giant a wake up call today to save Tripa!

		For the forests,
		Lindsey Allen             Forest Program Director             Twitter: @probwithpalmoil #savetripa

Near Extinction​: Only 400 Sumatran Tigers Left

Only 400 Sumatran tigers are left in the world.

Javan Tiger (~1930′s)
Bali Tiger (~1970′s)
Sumatran Tiger (?)

In Indonesia, only the Sumatran tiger remains – and there are just 400 parents and cubs left.

Fewer tigers than sheets in a ream of paper. There are no tigers to spare Carmen. And there’s no time to spare if we want to save them.

In 1930, there were three subspecies of unique, majestic tigers found in Indonesia. Today, two of them are extinct – and the last one is in real trouble.

They need our help now. Please make an urgent donation to help save them.

 www.greenpeaceusa.org

The Sumatran tiger is classified as “critically endangered” – on the brink of extinction and barely hanging on.

They’ve lost 93% of their habitat because companies like Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) are destroying their forest homes. Tigers are left to roam barren tracks where they are easily slaughtered by poachers for their body parts or shot by the people moving in.

To fight back, we need your help to expose the massacre, pressure corporations to cut ties with APP and fight on the ground to save these last remaining Sumatran tigers.

We can’t wait another day – not when we’re dealing with a population of only 400 tigers. If we don’t act now, every one of these beautiful animals will soon be dead.

Since Greenpeace takes absolutely no money from corporations or governments, we depend entirely on you to power our independent and hard-hitting campaigns. Will you help save these 400 Sumatran tigers?

Please help us raise $50,000 in the next 9 days to make it possible. We need just 100 gifts from supporters in WA to reach our goal.

http://us.greenpeace.org/site/R?i=EaKi7m_j37L57NsL_LaZpQ..

Without you, the tigers don’t stand a chance. Without your action, APP will continue lining its pockets with profits, poachers will continue shooting these tigers and reselling their body parts in places like China, and these last Sumatran tigers will just be collateral damage.

But together, we can stop them.

With the financial help of supporters like you, we’ve already put the squeeze on APP, convincing major companies like Nestle, Kraft and Unilever to stop buying products linked to rainforest destruction. Now APP is running for cover, claiming that they’re actually conservationists in a series of new, bogus ads.

We’re ready to put the nail in APP’s profit coffin by running ads across the country to expose the companies that do business with them, flooding them with calls and letters, and continuing to fight on the ground to protect Sumatran tiger families – but we need your support to make all of this happen.

Please give these last Sumatran tiger families a future – before it’s too late.

Together we’ve rallied to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems and won victories to protect the planet – and I know we can do it again to save the Sumatran tiger.

Together we are powerful, together we make a difference.

 Rolf Skar
Greenpeace Senior Forest Campaigner

P.S. We need just 100 supporters like you to donate from WA to meet our goal.  Please donate right now via our secure website or by calling 1-800-722-6995.

Not much time left …

		Time is running out! Become a member before midnight tonight to help us reach our goal. You are the difference between victory and defeat. Everything we do here at RAN depends on the support of our members – people like you – and with so much at stake right now, we need your help more than ever. That’s why we’ve set a goal of 250 new members by midnight tonight – and the deadline is just hours away. We need just 8 people from your city to reach that goal, but time is running out. Will you be one of them? To RAN, victory is convincing six major banks to limit their funding of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. It’s General Mills stepping forward with a commitment to stop buying unsustainable palm oil that contributes to rainforest destruction. It’s RAN activists, local communities, and you coming together to protect vulnerable rainforests and ecosystems. None of it, not a single step forward, happens without the support of our members. Please, click here to make your membership gift. And defeat? Well, we all know what that looks like. It’s slash and burn logging in Sumatra. It’s polluted waterways and sick communities in Appalachia. It’s an end to a way of life for native villages in rainforests around the world, the loss of irreplaceable ecosystems and biodiversity, and unstoppable climate change. Without our members, RAN can’t fight back. We need your voice, your activism – and, to be perfectly honest, we need your donations. Members of RAN get campaigners to the troubled frontlines of deforestation, and into corporate boardrooms to turn long-time offenders into responsible rainforest stewards. That’s the difference you’ll make as a member, the difference between victory and defeat. And the easiest part about it? Being a member costs less than a dime a day. Join us today - we need you. If you’re already a member of RAN, I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. We couldn’t do it without you. Truly. For the earth, Rebecca Tarbotton Executive Director Rainforest Action Network

The Tiniest Tiger in the World

		Read Tiki’s story. Be Tiki’s friend. Deep in the beautiful Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia lives the tiniest tiger in the world. His name is Tiki. Sumatran tigers are now the smallest tiger species in existence, ever since their relatives, the Javan tigers, went extinct. There are currently less than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild and Tiki is their new super cute superhero spokestiger. Please help Tiki save the tiny tigers! Start by reading Tiki’s story and sharing it with the children in your life. Tiki’s home is in great danger. Every day, wood pulp and paper companies threaten the survival of these majestic felines by clear-cutting their precious rainforest habitat, draining wildlife rich (carbon-filled) peatlands, and turning these lands into plantations. Tiki is calling on kids, parents, teachers, families and you to help him defend his rainforest home. Be Tiki’s friend so he can keep you in the know about actions to save the tiny tigers of Sumatra. Before Sumatran tigers like Tiki become just another extinct species for the history books or a special “last remaining” exhibit at the zoo, we must stop destructive paper companies from tearing down Indonesia’s precious rainforests. Stay tuned for upcoming actions in your community and GET READY TO ROAR! For the tigers, Hillary Lehr Grassroots Organizer