May 25, 2009 - Defend Forests and Peoples of the Amazon / Peru Subject: Emergency Action: Defend Forests and Peoples of the Amazon / Peru ... (more)

May 25, 2009 - Save Asian Elephants Emergency Action: Save Asian Elephants The largest single population of Asian elephants in the world  is found in a 5500sq km area where the three Indian ... (more)

Apr 8, 2009 - Emergency Action: Save Roma Families / Kosovo Emergency Action: Save Roma Families / Kosovo Today, April 8, is International Roma Day, celebrating the heritage and promoting the rights of the Roma (Gypsy) people. In Kosovo, the day is being observed in a solemn vigil in refugee camps where Roma children ... (more)

Feb 12, 2009 - Save Tasmania's Forests Emergency Action: Save Tasmania’s Forests Our help is urgently needed to protect Tasmania’s last remaining old-growth forests! Despite a ... (more)

Feb 4, 2009 - Send an Un-Valentine to Walmart! Send an Un-Valentine to Wal-Mart This Valentine’s Day let’s get real about loving the earth by challenging Wal-Mart’s “Love, Earth” jewelry. Wal-Mart claims that the gold in its “Love, Earth” products comes from mines that are ... (more)

Jan 21, 2009 - Protect Rights of Anti-Mining Protesters / Ecuador Emergency Action: Protect Rights of Anti-Mining Protesters / Ecuador Indigenous organizations and communities affected by mining launched coordinated protests January 20 in nine out of Ecuador’s 24 provinces. The protests are ... (more)

Jan 12, 2009 - Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria Emergency Action: Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria Last year, Global Response members urged the Nigerian government to speed up their timetable to stop oil companies’ harmful practice of gas flaring. Instead of speeding it up, they let ... (more)

Dec 4, 2008 - Protect Mangroves and Fishermen / Trinidad Emergency Action: Protect Mangroves and Fishermen / Trinidad Please take a moment TODAY to support environmental groups and fishing families in Trinidad and Tobago who oppose construction of a steel mill and industrial port. These projects threaten marine and ... (more)

Dec 2, 2008 - Protect Great Barrier Reef and Wetlands / Australia Action Alert: Protect Great Barrier Reef and Wetlands / Australia Citizens of the Bowen region of Australia are asking Global Response members to help them prevent industrial pollution that would have disastrous ... (more)

Jul 24, 2008 - Protect Environmental Activists/Mexico Emergency Action: Protect Environmental Activists / Mexico Global Response joins Amnesty International in calling for police investigations into acts of intimidation and violence against citizens who oppose mining in Cerro San Pedro, Mexico. Please read the Amnesty Urgent Action Appeal below, and write letters to Mexican ... (more)

Jul 11, 2008 - Emergency Action: Save the Wild Buffalo / USA Dear Members of Global Response’s “Quick Response Network:” Most Americans don’t know that state and federal agencies including the National Parks Service are collaborating in killing thousands of healthy wild buffalo every year. Native American organizations and wildlife defenders are asking us to join in their efforts to stop this unnecessary slaughter. Held sacred by many Native peoples, the wild buffalo is an iconic ... (more)

Jul 1, 2008 - Prevent Oil Shale Mining in Wetlands / Australia #4/08 Protect the great barrier reef and goorganga wetlands / Australia ... (more)

Jul 1, 2008 - Defend Xingu River and Indigenous Peoples / Brazil Dear Members of Global Response’s “Quick Response Network:” The Brazilian government is ... (more)

Nov 30, 2007 - Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria Since 1979 – almost 30 years ago -- the government of Nigeria has been setting deadlines for oil companies to stop their wasteful and toxic practice of gas flaring. The current deadline to stop gas flaring is January 1, 2008. But Shell and other oil companies say they will just pay the fines and continue the gas flaring. The ... (more)

Oct 4, 2007 - Clean Up Mine Waste / Costa Rica A hidden cyanide leak? In July, the Bellavista gold mine in Costa Rica shut down following a suspected leak of cyanide and metals. Glencairn, the Canadian company that owns the mine, has yet to disclose any details about the leak – including any information about actual or potential damage or risks. ... (more)

Oct 4, 2007 - Stop Dam Construction / Panama Four proposed hydroelectric dam projects threaten free-flowing Panamanian rivers, rare tropical species, indigenous cultures and a biologically diverse World Heritage site in the remote rainforest of western Panama. Promoted by the Panamanian government, the Colombian-owned Hidroecologica del Teribe (HET), and the U.S.-based AES Corporation, the dam projects would forever alter the pristine rivers of the Changuinola/Teribe ... (more)

Jul 24, 2007 - Save Armenia's Forests The Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and a consortium of Armenian environmental organizations have asked Global Response to internationalize their campaign to save the Teghut Forest. ATP’s executive director Jeff Masarjian wrote: “We were successful in 2005 in preventing the Armenian Government from building a highway ... (more)

Jul 24, 2007 - Defend Environmental Defenders / Mexico The following Emergency Action was issued by Amnesty International (UA 130/07 Fear for safety) Environmentalists Aldo and Misael Zamora were attacked allegedly by a group of illegal loggers on 15 May in Santa Lucia, Municipality of Ocuilan, Mexico State. Aldo Zamora was shot dead, and his ... (more)

Apr 13, 2007 - Protect Rights of Protesters / Uganda Yesterday there was a large demonstration in Uganda against the government's plan to allow the magnificent Mabira Forest Reserve to be converted into a sugar-cane plantation. Environmentalists, religious leaders, business leaders, educators and the public at large are demanding protection for Uganda?s remaining forests. The government has been canceling the protected status of many Ugandan Forest Reserves ... (more)