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[ [link removed] ]Close-up of Kaieteur Falls in Guyana's Amazon rainforest. Lush
rainforest greenery surrounds the waterfall.

John,

A gold mining boom is threatening to destroy one of the oldest and largest
remaining stretches of intact Amazon rainforest, threatening the home and
livelihoods of the Wapichan peoples of Guyana. 

Together with Rainforest Trust, we can save 2.2 million acres of it –
helping these forest guardians secure their land titles and create
protected areas to stop new mining, logging, and extractive projects for
good.

This is truly one of the last wild places on Earth, and one of our
greatest assets for sustaining biodiversity and combating climate change.
With all of us coming together, we can keep it permanently secure for
nature – and carry on campaigning to protect vital forests everywhere. 

Can you help save this forest home?



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The Wapichan peoples have been the guardians of these forests for
generations. For decades they have worked with local organisations in
Guyana to demarcate their territories, develop maps, and collect
biodiversity data for this area, even continuously identifying new
species!

But an increased demand for gold worldwide is driving the relentless
spread of new gold mines. And without legal protection, these forests
where Indigenous communities like the Wapichan peoples have always lived
are most at risk of exploitation.

Now we can help them secure legal recognition for their ancestral lands
and protect 2.2 million acres of this remote wilderness forever. Then
continue campaigning to protect the natural world everywhere from
corporate exploitation.

Saving this much pristine rainforest would be a game changer for the
Amazon and the Indigenous communities who live there – can you help?



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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Save 2.2 Million Acres of Pristine Amazon Forest From Mining Rainforest
Trust

[ [link removed] ]Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected
Areas World Resources Institute, 23 October 2024

[ [link removed] ]Rapid Gold Discovery in Guyana with Multiple Opportunities For
Expansion Omai Gold Mines Corp.

[ [link removed] ]Omai Gold fast-tracks Guyana drilling to speed resource update
Mining.com, 24 October 2024

[ [link removed] ]Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows
Mongabay, 26 July 2024

[ [link removed] ]Guyana road projects spark concerns for future development on wetlands
Mongabay, 21 May 2024

 

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