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Our cyberactions give you the opportunity to be proactive and show your support for our international campaigns without leaving home. With one simple email, which takes no more than a couple of minutes to send, you can make a difference to the lives of people across the globe struggling against a multitude of injustices.

What difference can one email make? A whole lot when added to thousands of other emails from around the world making the same demands. The more emails, the louder the voice of protest becomes and the more difficult it is to ignore.

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	Help Paraguay fight the soy invasion The global food giant Cargill has built its own port on the banks of the River Paraguay with plans to expand it to cater for their soy production operations. It's only 500 meters upstream from the city's main water intake and a spill could affect the water supply for over 1.2 million people. Call on Paraguay's President Lugo to stand up to big business and guarantee clean water for Asuncion.
	demand the immediate closure of the marlin mine On May 20, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ordered an open pit mine in Guatemala to be closed. Months later the mine is still open and the communities resisting the project are met with violence. Find out more and take action!
	ban mining with cyanide in Costa Rica Please call on the new President of Costa Rica to ban the environmentally and socially disastrous Crucitas mining project. Find out more and take action
	human rights observers killed in Mexico Human rights activist Betty Cariño and Finnish international observer Tyri Antero Jaakkola were murdered last month by armed paramilitaries as they took part in a humanitarian mission to take food and medicine to an autonomous community in Oaxaca. Find out more and take action
	Stop the crop: protect a gmo-free europe The European Commission has recently approved growing genetically modified crops for the first time in 12 years, putting the GM lobby's profits over public concerns. Call on the President of the European Commission to put a moratorium on the introduction of GM crops.
	chile earthquake rebuilding fund On February 27, 2010 the country of Chile suffered a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, followed by a series of aftershocks and tsunamis. The catastrophes devastated the cities of Concepción and Talca, as well as numerous coastal towns and villages. Please help Chile with their rebuilding efforts.
	stop the eviction of families in the Lacandon Jungle Friends of the Earth International strongly condemn the police operations in the state of Chiapas, which have evicted families from the Biosphere of Montes Azules, Lacandon Jungle. The evictions were made to make way for palm oil plantations. Your help is needed in calling for an end to the evictions and the proposed development. Take action
	Justice for the assassinated Union Fenosa activists On February 17, 2010, Victor Galvez a leader of the Natural Resources and Indigenous Peoples Rights group (FRENA) became the third member of the group to lose his life in suspicious circumstances. FRENA is involved in exposing the excessive charges levied by energy company Unión FENOSA in Guatemala. Your help is needed in calling for an investigation into these deaths. Take action
	Haiti earthquake solidarity fund Up to 200,000 people are thought to have lost their lives in the Haiti earthquake. Friends of the Earth Haiti are there assisting with the relief effort. Please help them by donating to our solidarity fund Photo: Photo/Sophia Paris. www.un.org/av/photo/
	Justice for Gilberth Rojas and the Ostional Community On the night of December 6, 2009 the house of the community leader Gilberth Rojas was burnt down. Gilberth, his wife and three volunteers narrowly escaped death. This was not an isolated event. Your help is needed to denounce these attacks and protect the Ostional community in Costa Rica. Take action
	stop gas flaring Damning evidence reveals Shell’s complicity in crimes against humanity as a landmark case is resolved in favour of families of executed Nigerian environmental leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and others after a 14 year legal battle. Keep the pressure on Shell and call on them to end gas flaring. Take action
previous cyberactions
	Take action on tar sands Efforts to tackle climate change are under threat from the disastrous practice of tar sands excavation carried out by some of the major oil companies. Together with the UK charity Fair Pensions we called on pension providers to pressure BP and Shell to disinvest in tar sands. Find out more
	halt the four major rivers restoration project Call on the government of South Korea to halt a project that will potentially prevent fish from laying eggs in the river shallows, eliminate wetlands inhabited by endangered species and pollute drinking water sources used by majority of South Koreans. Find out more and take action.
	support hondurans against the coup Friends of the Earth International calls on the international community to pressure the illegitimate authorities in Honduras to step aside and allow for the return of the the elected president. Read our latest statement and donate to the solidarity fund.
	Investigate the killing of innocent protesters in guatemala During the Global Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth a 19-year-old man was tragically killed as he took to the streets to peacefully demand that the Guatemalan state respect its peoples and Mother Earth. Please join us in condemning his and others' assassinations and in calling on the government of Guatemala to bring the perpetrators to justice. Take action now!
	help indonesia's earthquake survivors On September 2, 2009, the island of Java, Indonesia was hit by a powerful earthquake causing the loss of around 100 lives and widespread destruction. Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Walhi) are responding with emergency and long term support. Find out how you can support them on Walhi's website.
	Investigate massacres of colombia's indigenous people On 26 August 12 indigenous Awá people were assassinated as they slept. The police are not investigating these murders or any other indigenous murder that has taken place so far this year. Call on the Colombian authorities to investigate the murders and protect the rights of indigenous peoples. Find out more and take action
	Stop soy greenwash The 'Roundtable on Responsible Soy' is about to confirm its criteria, which will greenwash soy cultivation rather than solve its urgent problems. However, multinational Ahold says it's a great solution. Take action now.
	stop the lethal repression against indigenous peruvians Call on the government of Alan Garcia to end the massacre of the indigenous peoples of Peru and to pay for its crimes. Act now
	protest against the closure of Acción Ecológica On Monday, May 11, the Ecuadoran Ministry of Health reinstated the organization's legal status and annulled a former ruling that had cancelled its registration. The notification, welcomed by Acción Ecológica, enables them to resume their work as a normal functioning non governmental organization. Find out more
	release the sarawak three Friends of the Earth Malaysia is calling for the release of three indigenous Malaysians who have been held without charge since December 2008. The detained come from families who have continually defended their ancestral land from plantation and logging companies. Take action
	stop the costa rican gold mine The Costa Rican government has declared the proposed opening of a gold mine near the San Juan border with Nicaragua as in the public interest. This will have a disastrous social and environmental impact. Take action
	stop the indonesian mud flow An eruption of mud brought on by drilling for gas and oil continues to devastate lives in Java two years on. Call on the government and the company responsible to do more. Take action
	Indigenous communities under fire Police in Colombia have violently suppressed peaceful protests from indigenous groups by firing bullets and throwing tear gas. Take action
	stop killings and intimidation in swaziland We called on the Prime Minister of Swaziland to uphold the rights of local communities evicted from their land and intimidated in the name of conservation. We await his response.