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Peru just passed an anti-forest law that puts the Amazon in great danger. It allows big business to destroy the rainforest and seize indigenous lands – just so giant corporations can make a profit. Peruvians are demanding that the government repeal the law, but they need help from all of us to increase the pressure! Sign now to stand with them: Indigenous Peoples in Peru have given their lives to protect the Amazon – but now their rainforest is facing an immense threat:The government of Peru just passed an anti-forest law that makes it legal for big agribusiness to seize land and destroy the rainforest – just to make more money.Thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets to demand its repeal – but they need our help to shine a global spotlight on the issue. Let's stand with them and build a global call too big for the government to ignore!

Peru just passed an anti-forest law that puts the Amazon in great danger. It allows big business to destroy the rainforest and seize indigenous lands – just so giant corporations can make a profit. Peruvians are demanding that the government repeal the law, but they need help from all of us to increase the pressure! Sign now to stand with them: Sign now Dear friends, Indigenous Peoples in Peru have given their lives to protect the Amazon – but now their rainforest is facing an immense threat: The government of Peru just passed an anti-forest law that makes it legal for big agribusiness to seize land and destroy the rainforest – just to make more money. Thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets to demand its repeal – but they need our help to shine a global spotlight on the issue. Let's stand with them and build a global call too big for the government to ignore! Reverse the anti-forest law This law was debated in secret and then pushed through quickly to minimize public opposition. Powerful agribusiness lobbies fought tooth and nail to get it - despite the harm it will do to Peruvians and to the Amazon.  But opposition has been growing: protests have broken out across Peru since the law was announced- and the UN Indigenous Peoples' Rapporteur and the governments of Canada, Norway, the UK, and Germany have spoken out against the law! Let's stand with the Peruvian people to create a wave of global pressure that can help get the bill reversed: Reverse the anti-forest law We've already stood in solidarity this year with Indigenous forest defenders in Ecuador. Now, let's stand with those protecting nature in Peru. Together, we can be stronger than corporate greed. With hope and determination, Miguel, Alice, Liliana, Gordon and the whole Avaaz team Peru: Changes to forestry law will threaten survival of indigenous peoples, UN expert warns (United Nations) Peruvian Congress Just Legalized Deforestation (Amazon Watch) Critics decry controversial bill that loosens deforestation restrictions in Peru (Mongabay) Preocupación en Perú por una reforma legal que puede incentivar la deforestación (El País, in spanish)

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