Forest Activists United have teamed up with local Conservationist in Nigeria to help stop deforestation for Cocoa & Palm Oil Plantations. Please help by taking the three step actions at the bottom. Together we can put pressure on this situation and save the forest between Cameroon & Nigeria saving the animal species that are considered unique and endangered.
1. Invite People To This Event for more Petition Signers and Supporters of Forest Activists United Action! On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/126943454112809/
2. Ask to Join "FOREST ACTIVISTS UNITED" to join the FIGHT with Locals of Cameroon & Nigeria as well as US, the NETIZENS who Care! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ForestActivistsUnited/
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3. Please SIGN & SHARE the following TWO Petitions:
PETITION ONE: To be delivered to: His Excellency, Liyel Imoke, Governor of Cross River State
Save the Cross River National Park in Nigeria
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_the_Cross_River_National_Park_in_Nigeria/?fhyvFab&pv=4
Why this is important:
A cocoa plantation of 7241 hectares is being built in the Cross River South Forest Reserve and the support zone of the Oban Division of the Cross River National Park. The region is home to many endangered primates including the Nigerian-Cameroon chimpanzee, which is listed as the most endangered of all chimpanzee subspecies. The cocoa project violates the Cross River State of Nigeria Forest Laws and Regulations CAP 55, that prohibits farming activies in forest reserves; The National Park Service Act No. 46, which protects the National Park and prohibits forest-based commercial activities within the delineated National Park support zones as well as the buffer zones; It is contrary to the interests of the indigenous communities and inimical to the peaceful co-existence of the members of the neighbouring communities; and completely in conflict with the contemporary global initiatives on Climate Change, We believe that the concession was an error and are reaching out to Cross River State officials to issue an Order of Revocation of this land title that was given to the cocoa plantation.
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PETITION TWO: ACTION ALERT: KORUP NATIONAL PARK, CAMEROON.
Please sign and share. There is some urgency to this which is why we're only asking 300 names. The RSPO is considering all complaints from environmental groups and scientists worldwide. The area is a biodiversity hotspot and must be protected!
To be delivered to: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Say no to a palm oil plantation in the African rainforest
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Say_no_to_a_palm_oil_plantation_in_the_African_rainforest/?chyvFab
Why this is important:
Herakles Farms USA and its subsidiary SGSOC Cameroon have plans to build a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in the heart of Africa's rainforest. Researchers and scientists worldwide have condemned the location of this plantation as it sits in the middle of two national parks and two protected forest areas. surrounded by Korup national park and the Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve in Toko and and the protected areas of Bakossi Natioal Park and Bayang-mbo Wildlife Sanctuary is a global biodiversity hotspot and habitat for several critically endangered primates including the endemic Drill, Red Colobus and the Nigerian-Cameroon chimpanzee. The plantation will cut off their travel routes as they migrate from one forested region to another in search of food. Cameroonian NGO, Struggle to Economize Future Environment ( SEFE ) has issued an urgent call for worldwide activists support against this oil palm plantation. They have advised of the catastrophic consequences to the biodiversity and natural environment to the region if the plantation goes ahead. The RSPO has received ten complaints against this plantation from environmental groups worldwide and decide on the matter in the summer of 2012 so add your voice here!
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
