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Save Endangered Species in Malaysia from Unnecessary Logging!

Target: Dato' Sri Mohd Najib, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Sponsored by: Care2

In the region of Terengganu, Malaysia, a stretch of forest filled with endangered wildlife is disappearing. In preparation for a new hydroelectric project, the Terengganu state government is logging and then flooding the forest. But here's the twist: They are logging three times more land than is needed.

As this valuable forest disappears, so will many species that inhabit the area, such as the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the Malayan tiger. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has deemed 94 plant and animal species in the region threatened by extinction. In the face of reckless logging, these species have little hope of survival.

Urge the Malaysian prime minister to protect the wildlife and stop the unnecessary logging of the high-value forest in the Terengganu region.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 35,000

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Dear Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib,

I am alarmed by the proceedings of the hydroelectric project in Terengganu, which involve logging three times more forest than is needed. This project will dam the Sungai Terengganu Mati and Sungai Tembat rivers, creating two reservoirs, which will flood 6130ha of forest reserves. However, the state government plans to log an additional 12,620ha surrounding this area.

This logging is completely unnecessary and as the valuable forest disappears, so will many species that inhabit the area, such as the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the Malayan tiger. There are also 94 species of plants and animals in the forest that the International Union for Conservation of Nature has deemed Red Listed as threatened by extinction.

Although a Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) on the project predicts that logging will have a high impact on the wildlife, logging has begun illegally, prior to the approval of the DEIA. I urge you to protect the wildlife and stop the unnecessary and unlawful logging of this high-value forest in the Terengganu region.

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Thank you for helping to save these forests.

Sincerely,
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We took action on “Save Endangered Species in Malaysia from Unnecessary Logging!”!

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9:54 pm PST, Nov 20, Soo Thacker, Alaska

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8:47 pm PST, Nov 20, Weng Hing, Malaysia
Please perserve our most treasurable and most valuable biodiversity. Once it gone, it will be gone forever! Think for the next generation! NOt just the MONEY! Now it is the time you do something good to the environmant and the nature (earth)

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2:37 pm PST, Nov 14, Elaine M. lapinsky, Pennsylvania
LEAVE THE TREES. THEY CLEAN THE AIR.

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10:52 am PST, Nov 14, Michael Gregory, New Mexico

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9:34 am PST, Nov 14, Joyce Veishlow, New York

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9:16 am PST, Nov 14, Deb Ezzo, Michigan
Once the forest and animals are gone, it's something that can never be fixed. To disregard the grievous harm you are doing to animals and plants that have been deemed threatened by extinction shows an abuse of your leadership.

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8:56 pm PST, Nov 12, Allyson Sites, Indiana
Global warming is bad enough.

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