#1/04 Nov 5, 2007 Uganda Will Preserve Mabira Rainforest It's official! The Ugandan government revoked its plan which would have allowed a company to destroy the Mabira Rainforest and plant sugar cane. Global Response members wrote letters in support of the local campaigners who created a mass movement to stop the sale of the forest to a private company. Some of these ...

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#1/04 Oct 3, 2007 Victory! Ecuador Shuts Down Copper Mine On Sept 25, the Minister of Mines and Petroleum ordered Ascendant Copper Corporation to cease its operations due to violations of the mining law. Specifically, Ascendant failed to seek or gain authorization from local Municipal governments before proceeding with mining (article 11). Since local Municipal governments have led the fight against copper mining in the Intag region, the decision ...

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#1/06 Support Indigenous Peoples vs. Coal Mines / Venezuela Mar 23, 2007 VICTORY! President decrees 'No New Coal Mines' / Venezuela After more than a year of intense pressure, on March 21 President Chavez issued a Presidential Decree that no new coal mines will be built in the Sierra de Perija, and no expansion will be permitted in existing coal mines. "By saying today 'Not one more mine in Zulia state,' president Hugo Chavez brings back hope for the future of the indigenous peoples of the Sierra de Perija ...

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#4/05 Rescue Children from Contaminated Camp / Kosovo Sep 18, 2006 Victory! UN Treats Lead-Poisoned Children / Kosovo We've just received good news from Kosovo, where the United Nations is at long last providing appropriate medical treatment to Roma children who are suffering from lead poisoning. The poisoning occurred while displaced Roma families lived in UN-administered camps that were contaminated with lead. Earlier this year ...

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#4/05 Rescue Children from Contaminated Camp / Kosovo Aug 10, 2006 Victory in Kosovo and Follow-up Action We just received great news from Kosovo: almost all Roma families have been safely relocated from lead-contaminated camps where they lived for seven years. Two of the three lead-contaminated camps have been leveled (Kablare and Zitkovac). A few families remain in the Chesmin Lug camp, but almost everyone is safely relocated in the new camp ...

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#1/99 Terminate "Terminator" Technology / Worldwide Mar 30, 2006 Victory! "Terminator" Moratorium Upheld Since 1999, Global Response has campaigned in a variety of ways to block development of "Terminator" technology, a means by which seed companies could force farmers to buy new seeds every year instead of saving seeds for next year's planting. Genetically engineered "Terminator" seeds would produce plants whose seeds would be sterile. Terminator seeds would have a devastating impact on the estimated 1.4 ...

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#1/99 Nov 17, 2005 Victory! Court Orders Gas Flaring to Stop / Nigeria Dear Members of Global Response's "Quick Response Network:" Thanks to all whose letters helped win this victory in Nigeria! Global Response carried out several waves of letter-writing in support of Nigerian communities that have been demanding an end to gas flaring. We celebrate this victory with many Nigerian and international NGOs, led by Nigeria's Environmental Rights ...

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#1/99 Nov 11, 2005 Victory! No Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge / USA Dear Members of Global Response’s “Quick Response Network:” Thanks to everyone who sent letters to the US House of Representatives! Yesterday, the House dropped authorization for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from a $54 billion deficit reduction bill. The policy reversal was prompted by moderate Republican House members who told the leadership in a letter that ...

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#1/99 Apr 21, 2005 VICTORY! Brazil Creates Indigenous Peoples Reserve During 2004, Global Response joined Brazilian and international organizations in a series of letter-writing campaigns urging Brazilian officials to create the Raposa Serra Do Sol Indigenous People's Reserve. Today we join them in celebrating sweet victory! Sincere thanks to each of you who took time to write letters for this campaign!

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#6/93 U.S. Oil Multinationals / Gas Pipeline - Burma Dec 20, 2004 VICTORY!! Unocal settles out of court with Myanmar Villager Since 1993, Global Response has initiated multiple rounds of letter campaigns on behalf of the people and forests of Burma (Myanmar). Our targets have been Unocal and other multinational oil companies, charged with complicity in grave human rights abuses, including murder, rape, torture, extortion, forced labor, and forced relocation of entire villages during the construction of the Yadana gas pipeline.? Under intense international pressure to withhold support from Burma's corrupt and brutal ...

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#4/01 Stop Gold Mine Expansion / Peru Nov 14, 2004 VICTORY !! Newmont Gives Up Controversial Mine Site / Peru It is amazing to hear this from Newmont Mining Company: they didn't know there was so much public opposition to their plan to mine on Mount Quilish, the source of drinking water for Peru's Cajamarca valley! They didn't know???? For the past three years, the people of Cajamarca have taken Newmont to court, protested in huge public demonstrations and passed local legislation to protect Mount Quilish; and Global Response has supported them with four rounds of international letters to ...

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#3/01 Protect Ancient Gondwana Forest / Tierra del Fuego Oct 1, 2004 Trillium Logging Concession Becomes Nature Reserve In September 2004, Trillium Corporation’s former land holdings on the Chilean side of Tierra del Fuego became property of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The conservation organization is establishing a nature preserve on the site, which borders two protected areas, the Tierra del Fuego National Park (in Argentina) and the Estancia Yendegaia. Trillium still owns its lands in Argentina and according to reports, plans to continue with logging ...

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#4/01 Stop Gold Mine Expansion / Peru Sep 27, 2004 GOOD NEWS !! Newmont Mine Expansion Blocked / Peru Celebrate this important victory with the people of Cajamarca, Peru! After 2 weeks of protests and road blocks that shut down the city of Cajamarca, Peru, the Minister of Energy and Mines met the protesters’ demands and withdrew Newmont Mining Company’s permit for mining on Mount Quilish.  Since 2001, Global Response has supported citizens of the Cajamarca region in ...

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#4/01 Jul 9, 2004 Victory! Emergency Action: Release of environmental activists - Mexico Congratulations and thanks to everyone who wrote letters to Mexican authorities, demanding the release of prisoners of conscience and indigenous environmental activists Isidro Baldenagro and Domingo Rivas Carrillo. After spending 15 months in prison on falsified charges of illegal arms possession, Isidro Baldenegro and Domingo Rivas Carrillo, Tarahumara forest defenders from ...

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#4/01 Jun 26, 2004 Indian government supports litigation for Bhopal clean-up / India Here’s a grateful message from Ryan Bodanyi of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. Thanks from Global Response, too, to all who wrote letters in response to our action alert. You helped convince the Indian government to give its consent to the US Court to direct the Union Carbide Corporation to clean up the mess it left behind in its plant in Bhopal. The plant, which was ...

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#4/02 Stop Financing Forest Destruction / Indonesia Jan 22, 2004 Victory! Citigroup Sets New Environmental Standards After a four-year campaign spearheaded by Rainforest Action Network, Citigroup (the world's largest bank) adopted a comprehensive environmental policy that sets a new standard for the financial services industry. Global Response contributed to this victory by initiating a letter-writing campaign at the request of Indonesian environmental groups and indigenous peoples. In Indonesia, Citigroup had financed oil palm plantation companies that destroyed tropical ...

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#7/02 Protect Tunkinskii National Park / Russia Oct 24, 2003 Russia rejects pipeline proposal Last December, we issued an action alert on behalf of Russian environmental organizations and Pacific Environment who were trying to stop construction of an oil pipeline through "Russia's Yellowstone" - Tunkinskii National Park. Global Response members wrote directly to the CEO of oil giant Yukos, and also to Russia's Minister of Natural Resources, urging them to respect Russia's environmental laws that specifically prohibit pipeline construction in national ...

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#2/99 Save Ancient Temperate Forests / Chile Sep 8, 2003 Victory!! Boise Cascade to stop logging endangered forests We have another very significant victory to celebrate, and one that can have far-reaching ripples throughout the logging industry. Global Response first focused on the U.S.-based logging company Boise Cascade when they attempted to build the world's largest chip mill at the expense of Chile's temperate rainforests. At the request of local organizations and Rainforest Action Network, in 1999 we organized an international letter writing campaign that helped convince ...

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#2/99 Sep 3, 2003 VICTORY ! Jabiluka Mine Closed / Australia Back in 1999, Global Response members sent several rounds of letters to support aboriginal and environmentalist organizers of a campaign to close the Jabiluka uranium mine, which was operating in a World Heritage Site and Kakadu National Park. This campaign has gone through a dizzying series of ups and downs -- but finally we're celebrating a happy ending. Alec Marr, campaign organizer for the Wilderness Society, wrote: "Many thanks for your help ...

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