Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald, Germany)
@rainforestrescue.bsky.social
Rainforest Rescue is a German NGO that works with over fifty grassroots environmental organizations around the world. From the Congo Basin to the corridors of Brussels, we support our partners’ efforts and amplify the voices of front-line activists.
When speaking truth becomes a legal risk, democracy suffers. Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are rising – 1,300 cases since 2010. We urgently need strong anti‑SLAPP laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1494...
SLAPP lawsuits: dragging democracy into the dock
Across Europe, activists are being intimidated, threatened, and sued simply for speaking out against wrongdoing. A new study on intimidation lawsuits reveals that Germany is among the countries with t...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
When speaking truth becomes a legal risk, democracy suffers. Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are rising – 1,300 cases since 2010. We urgently need strong anti‑SLAPP laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1494...
#Nigeria’s timber export ban should shield forests – yet loggers are back in #Ekuri and police arrested defender Martins Egot after a peaceful action. Power still sides with chainsaws, not communities. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1491...
President strengthens forest protection – but police arrest forest defenders
President Bola Tinubu has banned timber exports to protect forests – yet rainforest defender Martins Egot has been arrested, accused of inciting young people to violence. The activists had stopped mac...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
#Nigeria’s timber export ban should shield forests – yet loggers are back in #Ekuri and police arrested defender Martins Egot after a peaceful action. Power still sides with chainsaws, not communities. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1491...
#GoodNews: After decades of destruction, justice for Sumatra: 28 companies – including Toba Pulp Lestari and the Batang Toru dam – have been shut down. A turning point for forests, wildlife, and Indigenous rights. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1490...
Sumatra: government shuts down dozens of destructive companies
Two months after Cyclone Senyar hit Sumatra, permits for the dam and hydropower plant in the Batang Toru forest have been revoked with immediate effect. The Martabe gold mine, the pulp company Toba Pu...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
#GoodNews: After decades of destruction, justice for Sumatra: 28 companies – including Toba Pulp Lestari and the Batang Toru dam – have been shut down. A turning point for forests, wildlife, and Indigenous rights. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1490...
Nigeria’s forests are vanishing fast. The new timber export ban is a milestone – but without enforcement, it’s meaningless. Tell Nigeria’s leaders: make the ban real protection for forests and people. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Nigeria’s forests cannot wait – enforce the timber export ban now!
Gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants – Nigeria’s jungles shelter some of the world’s most iconic and endangered species. Yet the forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. President Tinubu has n...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Nigeria’s forests are vanishing fast. The new timber export ban is a milestone – but without enforcement, it’s meaningless. Tell Nigeria’s leaders: make the ban real protection for forests and people. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone – and illegal logging continues unchecked. Add your voice to demand action from the Mexican government. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone – and illegal logging continues unchecked. Add your voice to demand action from the Mexican government. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
“Thank you – for believing that the rainforest matters.” Our Nigerian partner Odey Oyama’s message is for every person who has ever signed, shared, or donated. Your support keeps activists safe and forests standing. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1455...
The power of truth and community solidarity
Odey Oyama is one of Nigeria's leading rainforest environmentalists. Director of the Rainforest Resource Development Centre (RRDC), Oyama has been our partner for nine years. In this interview – short...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“Thank you – for believing that the rainforest matters.” Our Nigerian partner Odey Oyama’s message is for every person who has ever signed, shared, or donated. Your support keeps activists safe and forests standing. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1455...
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the #TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance.
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
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#petition Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!
The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the #TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance.
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Our partners in #Brazil tell their stories: In Maranhão, drones and planes douse villages, crops and water with pesticides so agribusiness can seize land. Communities call it chemical warfare. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1454...
Brazil: Checking in with our partners in Maranhão
Guadalupe Rodríguez, Felipe Duran and Klaus Schenck are in Brazil on behalf of Rainforest Rescue to touch base with our partner organizations. Here is their report on the visits in the state of Maranh...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our partners in #Brazil tell their stories: In Maranhão, drones and planes douse villages, crops and water with pesticides so agribusiness can seize land. Communities call it chemical warfare. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1454...
Making our voices heard in Belém at #COP30!
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Making our voices heard in Belém at #COP30!
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
#RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
#RainforestRescue is on the ground in Belém at the Global Climate March as over 40,000 people speak out for forests, climate justice, and Indigenous rights at #COP30. We're standing in solidarity and calling for real action!
#ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
#ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#RainforestRescue is on the ground in Belém at the Global Climate March as over 40,000 people speak out for forests, climate justice, and Indigenous rights at #COP30. We're standing in solidarity and calling for real action!
#ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
#ActForRainforest #PowerToThePeople #NoPlanetB
Please SIGN: Violence in eastern #DRCongo is a disaster for the forest and human rights. Neighboring #Rwanda is driving #BloodMineral mining. Tell the #EU to end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
#petition DRC: Europe’s green transition must not cost Congo’s blood and forests!
The violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an environmental disaster. The exploitation of mineral resources and forests driven by neighboring Rwan...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Please SIGN: Violence in eastern #DRCongo is a disaster for the forest and human rights. Neighboring #Rwanda is driving #BloodMineral mining. Tell the #EU to end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
Please SIGN: Tell the #DRC gov't to stop targeting forest defenders! These unsung heroes, who operate in a war zone to stop illegal logging and mining in Africa's largest #rainforest, deserve protection NOW. www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
#petition DRC: Stop harassing Congo's environmental defenders!
Gorillas, bonobos, okapi – the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Yet illegal logging remains a grave threat. Many Congolese people are standing up to p...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Please SIGN: Tell the #DRC gov't to stop targeting forest defenders! These unsung heroes, who operate in a war zone to stop illegal logging and mining in Africa's largest #rainforest, deserve protection NOW. www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass!
UK: tell your MP to speak out against funding for Drax’s tree-burning: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7
And please SIGN the petition against Drax’s tree-powered data centre plans: tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u
#BigBadBiomass
#RainforestRescue
#ActForRainforest
UK: tell your MP to speak out against funding for Drax’s tree-burning: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7
And please SIGN the petition against Drax’s tree-powered data centre plans: tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u
#BigBadBiomass
#RainforestRescue
#ActForRainforest
Urgent: Please ask your MP to speak out against new funding for Drax’s tree burning
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, Drax, over concerns about its sourcing of wood pell...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass!
UK: tell your MP to speak out against funding for Drax’s tree-burning: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7
And please SIGN the petition against Drax’s tree-powered data centre plans: tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u
#BigBadBiomass
#RainforestRescue
#ActForRainforest
UK: tell your MP to speak out against funding for Drax’s tree-burning: tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7
And please SIGN the petition against Drax’s tree-powered data centre plans: tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u
#BigBadBiomass
#RainforestRescue
#ActForRainforest
Please SIGN: For 30 years, eastern Congo has faced relentless violence. Now rebels hold Goma, and Virunga’s gorillas face new threats. Together we can demand accountability and peace for both people and nature. ✍️ www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
#petition DRC: People and nature in eastern Congo need peace!
For 30 years, the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have endured constant violence. Recently, the conflict has intensified: A rebel militia has taken control of the city of Goma...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Please SIGN: For 30 years, eastern Congo has faced relentless violence. Now rebels hold Goma, and Virunga’s gorillas face new threats. Together we can demand accountability and peace for both people and nature. ✍️ www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12... #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
“Prison was meant to break my spirit,” Bob Baribye says, “but it reminded me why this fight matters.” From Uganda to the world, the call for climate justice grows. #StopEACOP www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1426...
Uganda: “No to fossil fuels, yes to climate justice”
Environmental activist Bob Baribye is fighting in Uganda for the climate and against the EACOP oil pipeline. He spent 85 days in jail for peaceful protest.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Prison was meant to break my spirit,” Bob Baribye says, “but it reminded me why this fight matters.” From Uganda to the world, the call for climate justice grows. #StopEACOP www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1426...
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Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
Final call: tell the EU that nature, not industry, must come first! The EU's online consultation on "simplifying" – i.e. weakening – environmental safeguards closes today. Submit your view! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...
Have your say: EU consultation on “simplifying” environmental laws
The European Commission intends to dilute laws protecting the environment and nature to “regain competitiveness and unleash growth.” To gather public opinion, it has launched an online consultation op...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Final call: tell the EU that nature, not industry, must come first! The EU's online consultation on "simplifying" – i.e. weakening – environmental safeguards closes today. Submit your view! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...
The EU’s plan to “simplify” environmental laws means weakening vital protections for air, water, biodiversity, and climate. Have your say in the consultation by Sept 10. Every voice counts - act now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...
Have your say: EU consultation on “simplifying” environmental laws
The European Commission intends to dilute laws protecting the environment and nature to “regain competitiveness and unleash growth.” To gather public opinion, it has launched an online consultation op...
www.rainforest-rescue.org
September 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The EU’s plan to “simplify” environmental laws means weakening vital protections for air, water, biodiversity, and climate. Have your say in the consultation by Sept 10. Every voice counts - act now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1418...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Join us on Thursday 28th at 4pm for a discussion of aviation biofuels in the UK, how government policy incentivises them, and the consequences for people and planet.
Speakers: Biofuelwatch, @rainforestrescue.bsky.social
#biofuels #aviation #saf #greenwashing #uk
Speakers: Biofuelwatch, @rainforestrescue.bsky.social
#biofuels #aviation #saf #greenwashing #uk
August 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join us on Thursday 28th at 4pm for a discussion of aviation biofuels in the UK, how government policy incentivises them, and the consequences for people and planet.
Speakers: Biofuelwatch, @rainforestrescue.bsky.social
#biofuels #aviation #saf #greenwashing #uk
Speakers: Biofuelwatch, @rainforestrescue.bsky.social
#biofuels #aviation #saf #greenwashing #uk
Pls SIGN: Ecuador voted in 2023 to stop oil drilling in Yasuní NP, a vital rainforest and biodiversity hotspot. Gov’t is delaying. Constitutional Court must enforce the will of the people: keep oil in the ground! #Yasuní #ClimateAction #IndigenousRights
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...
#petition Ecuador: All eyes on Yasuní - Keep the oil in the ground!
Two years ago, the Ecuadorian people voted to leave oil in the ground forever in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. But the government has been dragging its feet for years to delay the...
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August 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Pls SIGN: Ecuador voted in 2023 to stop oil drilling in Yasuní NP, a vital rainforest and biodiversity hotspot. Gov’t is delaying. Constitutional Court must enforce the will of the people: keep oil in the ground! #Yasuní #ClimateAction #IndigenousRights
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...
www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/12...
Pls SIGN: #Brazil: If any law was ever designed to put the proverbial foxes in charge of the henhouse – threatening #Amazon rainforests, Indigenous rights, and our climate – this is it! Urge President Lula to VETO the “devastation bill” now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
#petition Brazil: President Lula, use your veto – stop the “devastation bill”!
With Bill PL 2.159/2021, the Brazilian parliament aims to drastically weaken environmental and rainforest protections. In the future, corporations would be able to issue their own environmental permit...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Pls SIGN: #Brazil: If any law was ever designed to put the proverbial foxes in charge of the henhouse – threatening #Amazon rainforests, Indigenous rights, and our climate – this is it! Urge President Lula to VETO the “devastation bill” now! www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers.
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers.
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
Uganda has imprisoned 11 #StopEACOP activists for 70 days after a peaceful protest at Kenya Commercial Bank. Defending the environment is not a crime! Release the KCB11 now. #FreeTheKCB11 #ClimateJustice www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1399...
Uganda: Release the eleven prisoners!
The government of Uganda is taking harsh measures against environmental activists seeking to stop the EACOP oil pipeline. Eleven critics of the project have been imprisoned for 70 days after attemptin...
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July 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Uganda has imprisoned 11 #StopEACOP activists for 70 days after a peaceful protest at Kenya Commercial Bank. Defending the environment is not a crime! Release the KCB11 now. #FreeTheKCB11 #ClimateJustice www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1399...
One year ago today, five Mother Nature Cambodia activists were imprisoned for defending our environment. Their courage and the creativity of their actions continue to inspire. Stand with us and demand their release. #FreeMotherNatureYouth #JusticeForMNC
July 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One year ago today, five Mother Nature Cambodia activists were imprisoned for defending our environment. Their courage and the creativity of their actions continue to inspire. Stand with us and demand their release. #FreeMotherNatureYouth #JusticeForMNC