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GRA#Asia CampaignsStatus
1/08 Protect Wetland Bird Paradise / India Ongoing
3/07 Stop Port Construction; Save Ridley Sea Turtles / IndiaOngoing
3/05 Stop Certified Logging / Sarawak, MalaysiaOngoing
3/04 Clean Up and Compensate for Mining Damages / IndonesiaVictory
1/04 Protect Whales and Fishery from Oil Development / RussiaVictory
4/03 Save Saemangeum Wetlands / South KoreaArchived
7/02 Protect Tunkinskii National Park / RussiaVictory
4/02 Stop Financing Forest Destruction / IndonesiaVictory
3/02 Stop Financing Destruction / TibetArchived
5/00 Protect World's Largest Mangrove Forest / BangladeshVictory
3/00 Protect Snow Leopard Habitat / SiberiaArchived
6/99 Stop Dam Construction / Narmada Valley, IndiaVictory
7/97 Stop Port Construction in Ecologically Fragile Zone / IndiaVictory
2/97 Stop Construction of Medical Waste Incinerators / IndiaVictory
6/95 Nuclear Waste Dumping - Environmental Racism / TaiwanArchived
5/95 Copper Mining / IndonesiaArchived
3/95 Industrial Development - Community Challenges DuPont Proposal / IndiaVictory
2/95 Gold Mining / Kamchatka - Russian Far EastArchived
1/95 Chinese "Bear Farms" / ChinaArchived
10/94 Proposed Nuclear Plant / Russian Far EastArchived
7/94 PepsiCo Plastic Pollution / IndiaArchived
6/94 Siberian Tiger Protection / RussiaArchived
5/94 Forest Destruction - Metal Trade / RussiaArchived
1/94 Update: Burma / South Africa / IndonesiaArchived
9/93 Pulp Mill Pollution / IndonesiaArchived
7/93 Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel / SiberiaArchived
6/93 U.S. Oil Multinationals / Gas Pipeline - BurmaVictory
5/93 Toxic Waste Exports/ USA - BangladeshVictory
4/93 Toxic Waste / MalaysiaVictory
10/92 Plutonium Shipments / France-JapanArchived
8/92 Sardar Sarovar DamProject / India - World Bank Resources PolicyArchived
7/92 Siberian forests / ClearcuttingArchived
4/92 Rainforests / MalaysiaArchived
7/91 Malaysian RainforestsArchived
2/90 Burmese Teak ForestsArchived

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The Deepor Beel wetland in India's Assam state is recognized as one of the most significant wetland systems in the world under the Ramsar International Convention on Wetlands. Neglect and mismanagement threaten to transform a vibrant, productive ecosystem into a massive garbage dump for nearby cities. Indigenous people who rely on Deepor's vast resources and the scientific community have joined forces to stop the wanton destruction of Deepor Beel.
Each year, Olive Ridley sea turtles return from their inter-oceanic migrations to the beaches where they were hatched. Hundreds of thousands congregate and mate in the offshore waters. Then, as if on cue, the females lumber ashore to lay their eggs. Their arrival -- by the hundreds of thousands on a given beach -- is heralded by the Spanish term for this remarkable event, the arribada. Arribadas occur in only three locations worldwide. One of the largest is on the coast of Orissa state in India. Now, the construction of a super port on the coast of Orissa threatens the existence of the Ridley sea turtles.
For two decades, the Penan indigenous people have tenaciously defended their rainforest home against the constant incursions of logging companies. In the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, 90 percent of primary forests already have been logged. Now the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) has certified a private logging company to “manage” one of Sarawak’s last remaining primary forests, where over 400 Penan families live.

In June 2004, the Newmont Mining Corporation is closing its Minahasa Raya (NMR) gold mine in Indonesia leaving local communities facing long-lasting environmental damage, economic decline, and health problems. Stop Newmont from walking away from the mess it made in these communities where agriculture and fishing thrived until the company arrived.


Shell Oil development threatens whales, fisheries and the livelihoods of indigenous Nivkh on Sakhalin Island.
Stop construction of a sea wall in South Korea that would destroy a critical stopover habitat for millions of migratory birds.
Withdraw plans to build an oil pipeline through Tunkinskii National Park, which would threaten precious taiga wilderness, snow leopard habitat, indigenous communities, and eco-tourism. VICTORY!
Stop financial support for all oil palm plantation companies that are destroying natural forests and indigenous lands in Indonesia. VICTORY!
Stop environmentally destructive development projects in Tibet and China.
Prohibit oil and gas exploration to protect the Sundarbans mangrove forest and tiger reserve in Bangladesh. VICTORY!
Stop construction of gas pipeline through the pristine Ukok Plateau, critical habitat for snow leopards and 20 other endangered species.
Stop construction of the Maheshwar dam in India, which will destroy some of India's richest agricultural lands and the livelihoods of 40,000 people. VICTORY!
Uphold India's Supreme Court Orders to protect the Dahanu coast from industrial development. VICTORY!
Stop World Bank support for building medical waste incinerators in India. VICTORY!
Urge the Government of Taiwan to cease the dumping of nuclear waste on the island home of the Yami indigenous people.
Change the process for disposing of copper mining tailings that are destroying forests and rivers in indigenous peoples' ancestral homelands in Indonesia.
Stop industrial development of a nylon 6,6 plant in India. VICTORY!
Stop gold mining in Kamchatka's Ichinsky Regional Wildlife Refuge in Russia.
Support international campaigns for the protection of bears in China in captivity and in the wild.
Oppose the location of a nuclear power station in traditional homelands in Russia.
Stop toxic waste dumping in India.
Provide protection from poachers to Siberian tigers in the wild.
Stop pollution of the Norilsky, Russia, metal smelting plants in one of the most heavily polluting industrial complexes in the world.
Letters urging Texaco, RTZ and CS First Boston to stop destructive environmental practices in Indonesia, Burma and S. Africa
Stop an Indonesian factory from discharging chlorine contaminated waste and destroying the rainforest.
Stop plans to build a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant near Krasnoyarsk and to import thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel for storage at the site next to the Yenisei River.
Oppose a gas pipeline that will add to the destruction of teak forests and a wildlife sanctuary in Burma. VICTORY!
Demand that the US and US-based companies return toxic fertilizer waste illegally exported to Bangladesh. VICTORY!
Clean up toxic waste around an industrial plant in Malaysia. VICTORY!
Stop the shipment by sea of tons of plutonium from French nuclear reprocessing plants to Japan.
Encourage the planning and implementation of environmentally sound water projects in India.
Stop logging operations which are threatening to destroy virgin forest tracts in Siberia.
Protest unsustainable logging of rainforests in Malaysia.
Demand an end to unsustainable logging which threatens to destroy Malaysian rainforests of Sarawak and the Penan people who make the forests their home.
Protest destruction of the last great teak forest in the world, Burma.