Oct 4, 2007 - Clean Up Mine Waste / Costa Rica A hidden cyanide leak? In July, the Bellavista gold mine in Costa Rica shut down following a suspected leak of cyanide and metals. Glencairn, the Canadian company that owns the mine, has yet to disclose any details about the leak – including any information about actual or potential damage or risks. ... (more)

Oct 4, 2007 - Stop Dam Construction / Panama Four proposed hydroelectric dam projects threaten free-flowing Panamanian rivers, rare tropical species, indigenous cultures and a biologically diverse World Heritage site in the remote rainforest of western Panama. Promoted by the Panamanian government, the Colombian-owned Hidroecologica del Teribe (HET), and the U.S.-based AES Corporation, the dam projects would forever alter the pristine rivers of the Changuinola/Teribe ... (more)

Jul 24, 2007 - Save Armenia's Forests The Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and a consortium of Armenian environmental organizations have asked Global Response to internationalize their campaign to save the Teghut Forest. ATP’s executive director Jeff Masarjian wrote: “We were successful in 2005 in preventing the Armenian Government from building a highway ... (more)

Jul 24, 2007 - Defend Environmental Defenders / Mexico The following Emergency Action was issued by Amnesty International (UA 130/07 Fear for safety) Environmentalists Aldo and Misael Zamora were attacked allegedly by a group of illegal loggers on 15 May in Santa Lucia, Municipality of Ocuilan, Mexico State. Aldo Zamora was shot dead, and his ... (more)

Apr 13, 2007 - Protect Rights of Protesters / Uganda Yesterday there was a large demonstration in Uganda against the government's plan to allow the magnificent Mabira Forest Reserve to be converted into a sugar-cane plantation. Environmentalists, religious leaders, business leaders, educators and the public at large are demanding protection for Uganda?s remaining forests. The government has been canceling the protected status of many Ugandan Forest Reserves ... (more)

Mar 23, 2007 - Stop Intimidation of Environmental Activists / Peru Please participate in this Amnesty International letter-writing campaign on behalf of a great environmental defender. We collaborate with Javier Rodolfo Jahncke Benavente as members of the Amazon Alliance, a coalition of indigenous peoples and organizations that support indigenous peoples' rights in South America. We are very alarmed that Javier has received a death threat, ... (more)

Jan 3, 2007 - Environmental Activists Murdered / Honduras We are very alarmed to learn that two members of the Olancho Environmental Movement (MAO) in Honduras were murdered on December 20. Global Response has supported MAO's courageous work since 2003, when peasants and priests together organized the first "March for Life," demanding an end to corrupt logging practices in the ... (more)

Dec 19, 2006 - Release Environmental Activist / Turkmenistan Global Response joins Amnesty International in this urgent campaign for the safety and release of an internationally known environmental activist, recently detained in Turkmenistan. Please read and respond to the Amnesty Urgent Action below. With a few minutes of our time, we may be able to convince ... (more)

Sep 20, 2006 - Stop Open Pit Mine / Australia Please join our Australian campaign partners The Environment Centre and Mineral Policy Institute in this campaign to save a river ecosystem in Northern Australia and defend the rights of the indigenous people who depend on it. A model letter is provided below. A decision on this issue is expected next week, so please send your letter by email to the Chief Minister of Australia?s Northern Territory. ... (more)

Aug 7, 2006 - Stop Dam on Nu River / China A team organized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) just released a report on their field visit to the Three Parallel Rivers area of China. The report indicates that dam building on the Nu (Salween) River is about to begin. Environmentalists in China and worldwide are uniting in a campaign to prevent the damming of the Nu, which could destroy one of the biologically richest temperate regions on ... (more)

Aug 3, 2006 - Stop Cyanide-Leach Gold Mine / Romania Save Rosia Montana - Now! Contest the Environmental Impact Assessment Report Change Rosia Montana's fate! The 'Save Rosia Montana' campaign needs your help to stop what if developed would be a catastrophic mining development. They ... (more)

Jul 17, 2006 - Stop New Threat to Amazon Rainforest There's a new threat to the Amazon Basin's fast-shrinking tropical rainforest: a project to build two enormous dams on the Madeira River. Brazilian environmental organizations say the Madeira hydro-electric project is not necessary; Brazil's energy needs can better be met by ... (more)

May 16, 2006 - Protect Mangrove Ecosystem / Brazil We frequently partner with Mangrove Action Project (MAP) on campaign to save the world?s very important mangrove ecosystems. This week, MAP colleagues in Brazil need letters from around the world to support them in their efforts to stop government licensing of an industrial shrimp farm that threatens mangroves and the livelihoods of coastal fishing ... (more)

Apr 21, 2006 - Support Villagers against Newmont Mining / Indonesia In 2004, our letters helped persuade the Indonesian government to file law suits against Newmont Mining Company for polluting Buyat Bay with toxic tailings from its Minahasa Raya mine. Newmont has already agreed to pay million for environmental clean-up and health care for the affected Buyat community. The company’s Indonesian executives still face criminal charges for permitting the pollution to ... (more)

Mar 2, 2006 - Emergency Action: Activist Disappeared / China Take Action! Help find Hu Jia, a prominent Chinese activist who has been missing since February 16th. Summary Prominent environmentalist and HIV/AIDS activist Hu Jia went missing on the morning of February 16th. ... (more)

Feb 9, 2006 - Preserve Europe’s Last Lowland Forest / Poland Environmental organizations in Europe are asking us to help them persuade Poland’s government to create a National Park to permanently protect the Bialowieza Forest – Europe’s last old-growth lowland forest. Please respond to the action alert, below, which was initiated ... (more)

Dec 13, 2005 - Stop Copper Mine in Cloud Forest / Ecuador Please take a few minutes to send a letter/fax/email to the president of Ecuador, on behalf of our partner organization, DECOIN. Since 1997, Global Response has supported DECOIN’s resistance to multinational mining projects in their cloud forest region, an extraordinarily diverse ecosystem in northwestern Ecuador. In 1997, we celebrated victory when Mitsubishi’s subsidiary Bishimetals abandoned their mining project in the region. More ... (more)

Nov 8, 2005 - Follow-up Action: Save Arctic National Wildlife Refuge / USA Last week, we asked US citizens to urge their Senators to vote against legislation that would permit oil drilling the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Unfortunately, the Senate narrowly passed a budget that approves drilling for oil in ANWR. This week, the House of Representatives will take up its version of the budget reconciliation bill—and urgent action is again needed! ... (more)

Oct 28, 2005 - Stop nuclear waste dump / S Korea Please support our partner organization, Friends of the Earth Korea, in their efforts to stop a government scheme to create nuclear waste dumps. They provide a model letter, making it easy for us to mount ... (more)