The Money Behind the Big Business of Burning
Tropical forests do not burn by themselves — Big Agribusiness is setting the fires intentionally, as it’s the cheapest way to clear new land for palm oil, pulp and paper, soy, and beef. But they need the cash from the world’s mega banks and investors like fire needs oxygen — to defend our forests we need to defund the fires.
UPDATED: Follow Up from the Frontlines
UPDATE: RAN has now been able to provide over $400,000 in grants to frontline and Indigenous-led organizations in the Amazon region since last year’s fires, thanks to RAN supporters!
Organizing to Defend Lands and Livelihoods Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Science and an abundance of evidence through history makes it clear that keeping forests standing is absolutely critical to successfully confronting the climate crisis, as well as avoiding future pandemic…
29 Nobel Laureates Condemn Chevron Pollution in Ecuador and Demand Freedom for Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger
Alec Baldwin, Roger Waters, and other activists join Nobel laureates in their demand that Chevron clean up its pollution, pay court-ordered compensation, and cease the persecution of Donziger, who has…
Gizmodo: How China Is Helping Drive Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia
“The outpouring of support around the Amazon fires from the general public is important,” Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at the non-profit Rainforest Action Network, told Earther. “People are remembering…
Global NGOs: Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World’s Forests
Groups call for the immediate suspension of all business and financing with traders active in the Brazilian Amazon; “The Amazon is on fire. Corporations share the blame. They need to…
CNN: Opinion: We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what we can do
“The Amazon is burning, the Arctic is burning, and the list of scorched lands seems to continuously grow: Alaska, Greenland, Siberia, across Europe, and again in Indonesia. We must take action,…
Joint Statement from Indigenous Environmental Network and Rainforest Action Network on the Amazon Rainforest fires
For Immediate Release Contact: Christopher Herrera, Rainforest Action Network, 510. 290. 5282 Joint Statement from Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network; and Lindsey Allen, Executive Director of…
Rainforest Action Network statement on Amazon Rainforest Wildfires
Ginger Cassady, Forest Program Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN), said: “We know that protecting tropical rainforests and upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples are some of the most important…
Amazon Fires: How Can You Help?
If you’re like us, you’ve been watching the news over the last few weeks in horror. The fires in the Amazon are beyond heartbreaking and devastating. Rainforest Action Network and…