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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Luis Morago - Avaaz.org <avaaz@avaaz.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "dharao4@yahoo.co.uk" <dharao4@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 24 May 2012, 14:48<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Hours to Save the Amazon - let's hit 2 million! <BR></FONT></DIV><WBR>
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<DIV><I>Our petition is being delivered to the Presidential Palace in hours! Let's hit 2 million before the meeting -- sign below and forward this email to everyone</I><WBR><WBR>Dear friends, <WBR><WBR>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; BORDER-TOP: #000 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #000 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 10px"><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><A href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?cl=1828702173&v=14625" rel=nofollow target=_blank><IMG border=0 src="http://avaaz_images.s3.amazonaws.com/1359_Deforestation-Amazon-1024x667_3_200x100.png"></A> <BR><BR><B>Brazil's Congress has just passed a bill</B> that gives loggers and farmers <B>free rein to cut down huge swaths of the Amazon.</B> Only <B>President Dilma can veto it.</B> Domestic pressure is mounting, but a massive global outcry will prove her international reputation is at stake. Let's tip her over the edge to stop the Amazon chainsaw massacre -- <B>sign the urgent petition and tell everyone:</B> <BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><WBR><A href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?cl=1828702173&v=14625" rel=nofollow target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="Sign the petition" src="http://avaazdesign.s3.amazonaws.com/btn_signthepetition.png" width=200></A></DIV></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The Brazilian Congress has just passed a catastrophic forestry bill</B> that gives loggers and farmers free rein to cut down huge swaths of the Amazon. Now <B>only President Dilma can stop it.</B><WBR><WBR>Fortunately, the timing is on our side -- in weeks Dilma will host the world’s biggest environmental summit and insiders say <B>she cannot afford to open it as the leader who approved the destruction of the rainforest</B>. She’s facing mounting domestic pressure, with 79% of Brazilians rejecting this new bill. Now, if we join them we can turn up the global heat and push her to axe the bill, not the rainforest.<WBR><WBR><B>Dilma will make
her decision in the next 48 hours!</B> Let's get her to veto the bill. <B>Click below to sign the urgent petition to stop the Amazon chainsaw massacre</B> and if you have already signed -- <B>send this to everyone</B>:<WBR><WBR><A href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?cl=1828702173&v=14625" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?vl</A><WBR><WBR><B>The Amazon is vital to life on earth</B> -- 20% of our oxygen comes from this magnificent rainforest, and it plays a key role in mitigating global climate change. Over the last decade, <B>Brazil has vastly reduced deforestation rates</B>, achieving a 78% decline between 2004 and 2011. The reason? A world-acclaimed forestry law, strong enforcement and satellite monitoring.<WBR><WBR><B>But this dangerous new bill would open up an area larger than the size of Rajasthan and Maharashtra combined to
clear-cutting</B> and gives loggers amnesty for all past deforestation crimes. This <B>would not only spark total forest devastation</B> in Brazil, it would also set a bad precedent for other countries. That’s why it’s so crucial that we all protect it.<WBR><WBR>Brazil is a rapidly developing country, battling to lift tens of millions out of poverty. Despite evidence that growth does not require deforestation, Dilma is under pressure from the powerful agriculture lobby that helped her get elected to cut down rainforest for profit. And it is an ugly battle -- activists are being murdered, intimidated and silenced. But <B>ex-Environmental Ministers and people across Brazil have sent a clear message to Dilma that they want to save the Amazon</B>. Now, it’s up to all of us to stand with them and urge President Dilma to remain strong.<WBR><WBR><B>The fate of Brazil’s rainforests is dangling by a thread.</B> But,
with President Dilma so vulnerable to public pressure right now, we can bring the global force of people power to get a win for our planet! <B>Sign the urgent petition below and tell everyone</B> -- the petition will be delivered by Brazil’s former Environment Ministers directly to Dilma:<WBR><WBR><A href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?cl=1828702173&v=14625" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global_final_push/?vl</A><WBR><WBR>In the last three years, we have won battle after battle against the odds. Now, let’s come together before it is too late to stop the destruction of the Amazon, protect our planet and herald Dilma as a true international environmental leader.<WBR><WBR>With hope and determination,<WBR><WBR>Luis, Pedro, Maria Paz, Alice, Ricken, Carol, Lisa, Rewan and the entire Avaaz team <WBR><WBR>MORE INFORMATION: <WBR><WBR>Brazil's Congress approves controversial forest law
(BBC)<WBR><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17851237" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17851237</A> <WBR><WBR>Brazil Forest Code Passes In Defeat For Dilma Rousseff (Huffington Post)<WBR><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/brazil-forest-code_n_1457149.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/brazil-forest-code_n_1457149.html</A> <WBR><WBR>Revised Brazilian Forest Code good for environmental criminals, bad for forests (IB Times)<WBR><A href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20120501/revised-brazilian-forest-code-environmental-criminals-forests-common.htm" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20120501/revised-brazilian-forest-code-environmental-criminals-forests-common.htm</A> <WBR><WBR>Amazon deforestation record low (BBC)<WBR><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8358094.stm" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8358094.stm</A> <WBR><WBR>Brazilians reject axing of forest protections (WWF)<WBR><A href="http://wwf.panda.org/?uNewsID=200698" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://wwf.panda.org/?uNewsID=200698</A><WBR><WBR><IMG border=0 src="http://open.avaaz.org/act/open/1828702173.gif"><WBR>
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