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<P><STRONG>It might be the most important rainforest you’ve never
heard of</STRONG>. 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!</P>
<P><STRONG>But 98% of it has already been decimated by logging…and a
palm oil giant wants to destroy what little is left.</STRONG></P>
<P>Fortunately, a <STRONG>tiny local community is fighting back with
all their might</STRONG> – and taking these planet-destroyers to
court!</P>
<P>Legal experts say they can win – <STRONG>but the key to the case
is a costly environmental study that they simply can’t
afford</STRONG>. Can you help these local heroes save this critical
piece of our planet’s nature?</P>
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<P>The Afro-Ecuadorian community of Baranquilla de San Javier
<STRONG>owns this land</STRONG>. They even have the paperwork to
prove it. And while they wait for the lawsuit, <STRONG>they’ve been
peacefully organizing to defend their forest against this merciless
ransacking</STRONG>.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P><STRONG>This is a lie. Even police reports don’t show any
material damage</STRONG> 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
<STRONG>make them give up their resistance.</STRONG></P>
<P>Your donation today will go to quickly <STRONG>hire researchers,
pay for the field work the study entails</STRONG>, and support our
campaigning to protect this small community and their precious
ecosystem against yet another corporate bully. <STRONG>Can you chip
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<P>If this community has to pay anything to this greedy company, it
would be a huge loss for everyone organizing to protect forests
everywhere. <STRONG>Peaceful forest protectors shouldn’t be legally
bullied by rapacious companies that pillage one of our most precious
collective resource.</STRONG></P>
<P>But SumOfUs members like you have helped save rainforests and
Indigenous ancestral lands all over the world before. We<STRONG>
must repeat this miracle again and again. </STRONG></P>
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<P>More information:</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/603939?t=19&akid=102006%2E15424008%2EZKU7c9">Community
in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil
pollution</A>. Mongabay. 4 February 2022.</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/603940?t=20&akid=102006%2E15424008%2EZKU7c9">Ecuador:
Defensores del ambiente sentenciados a pagar 151 mil dólares a
palmicultora</A>. Pressenza. 11 September 2021. (Spanish; <A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/603941?t=21&akid=102006%2E15424008%2EZKU7c9">here
in English</A>)</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/603942?t=22&akid=102006%2E15424008%2EZKU7c9">Comuna
de Barranquilla insiste en denuncia contra palmicultora por
contaminación e invasión de tierras</A>. GK. 1 December 2021.
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