Finger lickin' good news 4APR13

THIS shows that participating to calls to action, signing on line petitions, sending e mails and tweets and making phone calls does make a difference. From Greenpeace......

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Thanks to you, KFC is committing to this monumental breakthrough in rainforest conservation! Rainforests are worth a lot more than greasy napkins and chicken buckets. And finally KFC is starting to agree. Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, has officially released new policies that – if they stick – would prevent its restaurants from using throw-away paper packaging made from rainforest destruction. It is a huge shift that will affect almost 40,000 restaurants around the world. This is a big deal for the 400 Sumatran tigers left in the Indonesian rainforest. And this breakthrough is no coincidence. It was a result of your efforts. After Greenpeace showed that wood fiber from rainforest trees was ending up in chicken buckets, you and activists around the world spoke up, telling KFC and Yum! Brands executives that trashing tiger forests was not acceptable. Thank you for lending your voice to the orangutans, Sumatran tigers and other species who call the Indonesian rainforest home. You made this change possible. Only weeks ago I got to share with you that Asia Pulp & Paper, a major rainforest destroyer, had announced its commitment to end its deforestation. Now one of the world’s biggest fast food companies is taking another huge step forward to protect the world’s forests, making two big breakthroughs for the forest in this year alone. With this momentum, imagine what is possible in the years ahead. Of course, we are watching Yum! Brands closely to ensure that it really honors the commitments it has made and fills in the details of its plan. The company also has a long way to go to phase out palm oil, which is linked to rainforest destruction. Turning a blind eye to the problems with palm oil – from pushing orangutans to extinction in Indonesia to trashing rainforests and people’s rights in Africa – is not an option, especially when solutions to those problems are beginning to grow. We will continue to push Yum! Brands and other fast food restaurants to do more to end their part in deforestation. And if there is one thing that 2013 has made clear, it’s that your emails, tweets, Facebook posts and donations can help make even the biggest corporations change their tune. Thank you for all you made possible. Now let’s get back to work and do it again.  For the forests, Rolf Skar Greenpeace Forest Campaign Director

KEN DUMPS BARBIE OVER SUMATRAN TIGERS 7JUN11

400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, the last of the three species of tigers that used to be in Indonesia. How much longer can they hold on? Not long if you don't participate in this campaign by Greenpeace, just click the link...

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Say it isn’t so, Barbie! The packaging used for Mattel toys is having a devastating impact on tigers in Indonesia. We have to act NOW or lose the species forever. Write Mattel executives today and tell them to give Asia Pulp & Paper the boot! Ken has dumped America’s sweetheart Barbie. Why? Because of Sumatran tigers. That’s right, Mattel is using packaging linked to notorious Indonesian rainforest destroyer Asia Pulp & Paper. The rainforests on Asia Pulp & Paper's chopping block are critical for endangered Sumatran tigers as well as protectors of our shared climate. Every day, Asia Pulp & Paper is driving rainforest destruction at an alarming rate to provide the packaging for Barbie and other Mattel products - leaving the tigers with no where to go. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Mattel can act RIGHT NOW to save Sumatran tiger habitat. They have been ignoring this problem for too long -- now its time for them to hear from you. Don’t let this be the end of the Sumatran tiger. Send your letter to Mattel and urge them protect forests and dump Asia Pulp & Paper today! Just one year ago, Greenpeace estimated 9,300 acres of Indonesian forests were being destroyed every day- that’s the equivalent to 7,200 football fields!! Loss of habitat means loss of food and shelter, forcing the tigers to roam closer to villages where conflicts with humans- and the killing of tigers- happens all too often. The Sumatran tiger is found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. And it wasn’t that long ago that the Sumatran tigers thrived in those forests, free from the threat of losing their habitat. Today there are only 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild.  What will this look like a week from now? A month? A year? At this current rate of destruction, the forecast for these critically endangered animals isn’t looking good. Companies like Asia Pulp & Paper are driving the destruction of tiger forests, bringing the species closer to the brink of extinction every day. And they show no signs of letting up.  As Asia Pulp & Paper operations gets bigger and bigger, tiger populations grow smaller. Soon the Sumatran rainforests could be a thing of the past. And sadly, the Sumatran tigers will disappear with them. It’s not too late, Mattel can stop buying packaging from Asia Pulp & Paper and other forest destroyers. But it won’t be easy, and that’s where you come in. Help us turn up the heat on Mattel and tell them to stop wrapping toys like Barbie in forest destruction. Send your email today. Thanks for your help, Rolf Skar, Senior Forests Campaigner P.S..- Did you know at one time, there were THREE tiger species that existed in Indonesia? But not anymore. Only the Sumatran tiger remains. How much longer before they meet the same fate as the other species? We have to take a stand for tigers, and fast. Send your letter to Moe today and them to stop wrapping toys in forest destruction!