Stop Samling

The timber giant wants to take Borneo’s forest defenders to court   Timber giant Samling wants to take Borneo’s forest defenders to court for exposing its destructive logging. Will you add your name to the petition demanding Samling drop the lawsuit? [Parent gibbon with baby gibbon on lap in green trees] [ Sign the petitionÂ]( {NAME}, Global timber giant Samling is logging Indigenous land in Borneo without consent. When four forest defenders exposed Samling they were slapped with a lawsuit designed to silence and bankrupt them. The timber corporations' logging is also fueling the climate crisis and destroying the habitats of endangered gibbons, clouded leopards and pangolins. Samling could drop the lawsuit at any time - so let’s stir up a global outcry to force them to.  Will you help, {NAME}? [Add your name to the petition demanding Samling drop the lawsuit against Borneo’s forest defenders.]( The family that owns Samling is worth over $400 million and this isn’t the first time destructive practices have been revealed. A Samling subsidiary has been fined for bribing forestry officials. A company setup by one of the founders was ordered by a court to pay millions in compensation to Indigenous communities in Papua New Guinea. And just last month the sustainable forestry certification program launched an investigation into Samling’s logging and violation of human rights. Samling’s lawsuit against the small four person grassroots organisation, SAVE Rivers, is the act of a bully. Even the UN says the lawsuit may be unfounded and has issued a public statement expressing concerns to the Malaysian government about Samling's dodgy practices. [Sign the petition calling on Samling to stop legal action and respect the rights of Indigenous communities.]( Thousands of us have already chipped in to help fund this legal fight so far. Now we can help by getting the case dropped. Samling might have millions of dollars, but we have millions of people around the world who can shine a spotlight on the lawsuit and demand Samling stop destroying Indigenous land. Ekō members like you have done this before when more than 200,000 people took action to support Máxima, an Indigenous Peruvian farmer, to keep her land safe from the world's second biggest gold mining corporation. Let’s do it again in Borneo. [ Sign the petitionÂ]( Thanks for all that you do, Nish, Angus and the team at Ekō More information: [Malaysia: UN experts express concern over Samling's alleged SLAPP against SAVE Rivers]( Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. 2 November 2022. [How Sarawak's Timber Barons Samling Are Evading A Multi-Million Dollar Court Judgement In PNG]( Sarawak Report. 1 February 2020. [FSC investigation into Samling]( Forest Stewardship Council. 1 May 2023. [300 Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on their land]( SAVE Rivers. 10 March 2021.     --------------------------------------------------------------- Ekō is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we’re not afraid to stand up to them when they don’t. Please help keep Ekō strong by chipping in $3 [Chip in $3]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe](   --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us On Social Media [Facebok]( [Instagram]( [Youtube](Eko.Movement) [Twitter]( [TikTok](eko.movement) [Telegram](