#StopHerakles: Protect the Ancient Rainforests of Cameroon
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Protect the Ancient Rainforests of Cameroon
A rainforest in Cameroon is on the chopping block.
We invite you to take part in EarthAction’s global campaign to protect thisforest, its people, its land, and its animals. Our goal is to mobilizelegislators, organizations, the media, and citizens worldwide to press theHerakles corporation and the President of Cameroon to stop their current plansto destroy this rainforest and replace it with an oil palm plantation and apalm oil refinery. 
The “ready-to-use” materials in this Action Kit will help you takemeaningful action that will make a difference in the lives of the 45,000villagers that live in the 88 villages in and around this forest.
Earlier this year, our Action Kits and the global action they mobilized,helped to save over 100,000 acres in the Prey Lang forest in Cambodia fromimminent destruction. Now we are focused on Cameroon—and we need your help.
Please let us know what actions you plan to take as part of this campaignby emailing contact@earthaction.org. We aresending over 3,000 Action Kits via email to individuals, organizations andpolicymakers worldwide. If each recipient takes even a small action it will addup and we will protect this forest and create a better future for all. We needyour participation. Thank you.
We also invite your organization to become an ongoing Partner in theEarthAction Network. By doing so, you’ll receive our future Action Kits on forestsand other important global issues. Click here to join. It is FREE.
THE INTERRELATED global problems of environmental degradation, poverty, war and human rights abuse threaten everyone’s future. These problems can be solved.All that’s lacking is the will. EarthAction is a globalnetwork of legislators, groups and individuals taking action together to createthe political will for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.
The EarthAction Network is an international partnership of citizen groups,legislators, and individuals created to mobilize global public pressure for amore just, peaceful and sustainable world. Since 1992, the Network has grown toinclude more than 2,000 Partner Organizations in over 160 countries. ThePartners range from large organizations like Save the Children USA, to smallerlocal groups like Youth Action for Sustainable Development in Nepal.
Several times a year we select one critical issue on which to focus. Wethen send out an Action Kit like this one, which groups can use to take actionon the issue. Since 1992, we have carried out over 90 campaigns addressing manydifferent problems, including climate change, war prevention, desertification,and meeting basic human needs. We have helped to find solutions and changepolicies worldwide.
We hope you’ll become part of this growing Network. Membership is free toall groups prepared to act on at least some of our campaigns. If our effortsremain fragmented, our impact on global decision-making will be limited. But ifgroups can act together on the big global issues—like PROTECTING FORESTS—we canchange the world’s priorities and create a better world.