*[Enwl-eng] Choco

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            It might be the most important rainforest you’ve never heard of. 
The Ecuadorian Choco is one of the most biodiverse places on the face of the 
Earth, a forest so rich with life that a recent trip by scientists took only 
45 minutes to discover a new species!

            But 98% of it has already been decimated by logging…and a palm 
oil giant wants to destroy what little is left.

            Fortunately, a tiny local community is fighting back with all 
their might – and taking these planet-destroyers to court!

            Legal experts say they can win – but the key to the case is a 
costly environmental study that they simply can’t afford. Can you help these 
local heroes save this critical piece of our planet’s nature?




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            The Afro-Ecuadorian community of Baranquilla de San Javier owns 
this land. They even have the paperwork to prove it. And while they wait for 
the lawsuit, they’ve been peacefully organizing to defend their forest 
against this merciless ransacking.

            They’ve blocked roads and done everything they can to slow down 
Energy Palm’s plans. But the moment the company got wind of the legal 
action, they retaliated with a lawsuit of their own, falsely accusing this 
tiny community of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage.

            This is a lie. Even police reports don’t show any material 
damage caused by Indigenous organizing efforts. But Energy Palm’s strategy 
is crystal clear: it wants to bury this small community under legal fees 
they can’t afford – and make them give up their resistance.

            Your donation today will go to quickly hire researchers, pay for 
the field work the study entails, and support our campaigning to protect 
this small community and their precious ecosystem against yet another 
corporate bully. Can you chip in?




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            If this community has to pay anything to this greedy company, it 
would be a huge loss for everyone organizing to protect forests everywhere. 
Peaceful forest protectors shouldn’t be legally bullied by rapacious 
companies that pillage one of our most precious collective resource.

            But SumOfUs members like you have helped save rainforests and 
Indigenous ancestral lands all over the world before. We must repeat this 
miracle again and again.

            Will you donate to give this small community a fighting chance?


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Ibrahim, Alys, and the team at SumOfUs


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            More information:

            Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm 
oil pollution. Mongabay. 4 February 2022.

            Ecuador: Defensores del ambiente sentenciados a pagar 151 mil 
dólares a palmicultora. Pressenza. 11 September 2021. (Spanish; here in 
English)

            Comuna de Barranquilla insiste en denuncia contra palmicultora 
por contaminación e invasión de tierras. GK. 1 December 2021. (Spanish)



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      From: Ibrahim Bechrouri
      Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 1:45 PM
      Subject: Choco


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