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Save Rainforests From U.S. Agribusiness Giant Cargill

Home to half the plant and animal species on earth, tropical rainforests are being cleared and burned to make way for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is an ingredient used in 50 percent of all consumer goods from lipstick to breakfast cereals. It's only grown in tropical countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea, countries that are home to some of the world's last intact rainforests.

Increasing demand from Western countries is pushing palm oil cultivation into the rainforests – destroying habitats for endangered species, displacing communities, and making Indonesia the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter as carbon from felled forests is released into the atmosphere.

We’re working to stop this destruction by asking Cargill, the biggest importer of palm oil into the United States, to make a commitment to stop converting forests into palm oil plantations and to start respecting the rights of communities who need intact forests for their livelihoods. And we need your help!

Cargill has the potential to become a leader in socially and environmentally responsible palm oil production but they need to hear your message loud and clear that it is unacceptable to clear rainforests for palm oil.

Source: Rainforest Action Network

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Robert Baum @ 10:42AM PT Nov 05

Because people are too stupid, egoistic and greedy.
mike downs auxvasse, MO @ 12:46AM PT Oct 29
Pledge fulfilled Oct 29!

Pledge Completed! many thanks
Rhea Preston Laguna Beach, CA @ 12:46PM PT Oct 28

Isn't it a world wide known fact that our Rainforests are already in enough danger as it is? I pledge to do anything that I possibly can in order to protect the Rainforests from U.S. Agribusiness Giant Cargill. Thank you. Peace.
Alisha Nickols Stockton, CA @ 04:31PM PT Oct 27
Pledge fulfilled Oct 27!

Pledge completed.
Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 01:21PM PT Oct 27
Pledge fulfilled Oct 27!

Thank you for taking action!

Now we need to get as many people as possible to call Cargill and tell them to stop rainforest destruction!
Jennifer Hall Greeneville, TN @ 11:17AM PT Oct 27

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Joycey Berry Canton, NC @ 07:05AM PT Oct 27

Thank you for making the pledge "Save Rainforests From U.S. Agribusiness Giant Cargill"

Thank you for taking action!

Now we need to get as many people as possible to call Cargill and tell them to stop rainforest destruction!
Alan Haggard San Diego, CA @ 11:53PM PT Oct 26

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