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GRA# N.America Campaigns Status 2/05 Protect Mangroves and Shark Habitat / The Bahamas Ongoing 3/99 No New Oil Exploration / Arctic Ocean Archived 5/98 Save a Sea Turtle Nesting Beach / Mexico Victory 4/98 Stop Buying Ancient Forest Destruction / Canada Victory 2/98 Clean Up Toxic Waste / Haiti Victory 3/97 Stop Using Plutonium in Space Missions / USA Archived 1/96 Cultural and Environmental Destruction / Canada Archived 4/95 Endangered Species Act / USA Archived 9/94 Native Rights and Forest Protection / Sierra Madre-Mexico Archived 3/94 Zinc-Copper Mine / Native American resource destruction-USA Archived 3/93 Uranium Enrichment Plant / Environmental Racism-Louisiana Victory 2/93 Offshore Oil Drilling / Alaska Archived 1/93 Usumacinta Hydroelectric Project / Mexico Archived 11/92 Temperate Rainforest Protection / Canada Archived 6/92 Toxic Exports - Pesticides / U.S.-Bahamas Victory 5/92 Beringia Heritage International Park Archived 3/92 World Bank Forestry Project Archived 1/92 Earth Summit / Global Warming Convention Archived 9/91 Air and Water Pollution / Maquiladoras Archived 8/91 Marine Mammals / GATT Archived 4/91 Ethyl Corporation / Hazardous Exports Victory 3/91 Hydro-Quebec / James Bay Power Project Victory 2/91 Prince William Sound Temperate Rainforests Archived

Back to Worldwide Map If we didn’t know it before, last year’s devastating tsunami in South and Southeast Asia taught us that mangrove forests provide the best protection for life and property when hurricanes and tidal waves strike. While Indonesia plans to spend nearly $44 million for mangrove restoration along its wave-swept shores, people in the hurricane-prone Bahamas are stunned by a recent government decision to permit a developer to destroy Bimini island’s protective mangrove ecosystem and replace it with a tourist resort. Stop BP Amoco's Northstar project to protect arctic ecosystem and indigenous populations. Stop hotel construction on Mexico's X'cacel beach and provide permanent protection to sea turtles and more than 30 other endangered species. VICTORY! Urge The Home Depot to stop purchasing wood and wood products derived from ancient forests. VICTORY! Clean up and remove toxic ash from Philadelphia that was dumped on a Haitian beach ten years ago. VICTORY! Stop using deadly plutonium for electrical power in US space missions. Stop the destruction of an indigenous culture in Canada and the exploitation of its natural resources by multinational corporations. Request US Senators and Representatives to support a strong Endangered Species Act. Protect native rights and encourage forest protection in Sierra Madre, Mexico. Stop copper mining damage to native American fishing resources, wild rice harvests, and indigenous cultures in Wisconsin, US. Oppose the construction of an uranium enrichment plant in Louisiana. VICTORY! Request that the US drop plans to include Alaskan off-shore oil lease sales in the 1992-1997 Outer Continental Shelf oil development program. Urge that environmental impact assessments be taken before a hydroelectric project is undertaken on the Usumacinta River in Mexico. Request a permanent logging ban in the 850,000-acre Clayoquot Sound old-growth forest in Canada. Immediately retrieve all toxic wastes and pesticides (including Agent Orange) from an abandoned sugar mill in the Bahamas. VICTORY! Protect the cultural and natural resources shared by Alaska and Russia. Request information on a forestry project which threatens ecosystems and indigenous cultures in Mexico. Urge US participation in the signing of agreements to reduce CO2 emissions, which cause global warming. Stop air and water pollution in Maquiladoras. Protest a GATT panel ruling declaring the US Marine Mammal Protection Act an unfair barrier to trade. Protest plans to double production of developmental toxin tetraethyl lead (a gasoline additive) for export from Canada to Third World countries. VICTORY! Demand an environmental impact assessment before a massive, destructive hydroelectric project is begun in Quebec. VICTORY! Protect ancient temperate rainforests from massive clear-cut logging in Alaska.