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Petitions for Trees & Plants
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Australia & New Zealand
Protect Big Spotty’s Forest - Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Fonterra, stop using palm kernel! - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The Deforestation Scorecard by Greenpeace
Stop Runaway Habitat Clearing - Nature Conservation Council of NSW
SAVE PINE CREEK KOALA HABITAT – Support Forest Bridge Proposal
Protect Tasmania's Native Forests - The Australia Institute



Americas
Please email the Paraguayan authorities!
Brazil: Ban the aerial spraying of pesticides!
NO to tourist trains in the Mayan rainforest!
Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
Stop Royal Caribbean from Bulldozing the Maya Jungle!
Palm oil in Brazil: Return stolen community land, end the violence!
Speak up to Protect Toronto's Trees!
For Canadians (need a postal code)
Sign this petition to stop dirty palm oil!
Tell your MP to stop fuelling wildfires

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Petitions for the Amazon Rainforest
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“To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.” ― Richard Mabey

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Forest Forum Categories - Share your Knowledge

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20% of our oxygen is produced in the Amazon
**Statistics are at least 5 years old
70 % of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, many cannot survive deforestation
Trees absorb and reflect 20% of the intense heat from the sun
More than half of Earth’s rainforests have already been lost due to human demand for wood and arable land
Cattle ranching accounts for roughly 70 % of deforestation in the Amazon
According to the World Wildlife Fund about 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused from deforestation

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ― Chris Maser

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Junk mail kills 2.6 million trees per year
Beef, soy and palm oil are responsible for 60% of tropical deforestation
27,000 trees are cut down each day so we can have toilet paper

Trees cool a city by up to 10°F by shading our homes and streets and releasing water vapor into the air through their leaves
Trees can reduce a household’s energy consumption for heating and cooling by up to 25%
In one year, a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere and exchange it with oxygen
Roadside trees reduce nearby indoor air pollution by more than 50%
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“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.” ― Lucy Larcom

Practice the R's
Refuse
Reuse
Reduce
Rethink
Repair
Repair
It will help lower the need for raw material from trees
Eat less meat, making less grazing land needed
Read newspapers & magazines online
Buy certified furniture and wood
Use recycled / both sides of paper
Go digital with bills, say no to flyers

Look into the companies you buy from
Take a stand on political issues
Write your government about deforestation / tree-cutting
Support non-profit organizations

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“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” — Martin Luther


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