MAP Action Alerts

Tell the UN Now: United Nations Must Order Cyclone Nargis Aid Be Allowed Inside Burma

Send a message to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urging him to take action to ensure that international aid reaches the people of Burma. (7 May 2008) US Campaign for Burma

Please Sign on to the STOP GE Trees Campaign

Industry is moving rapidly forward with plans to commercially release GE trees. The Campaign to stop them is building and we are going to the United Nations in May to demand a ban on the release of GE trees into the environment. It is critical that we show widespread support for the campaign to bolster this effort. (21 Apr 2008) Global Justice Ecology Project

Letter of Protest to FAO Concerning Shrimp Farming in Niger Delta

Please write letters of protest to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN expressing your concern about the FAO’s current policies which are actively promoting shrimp aquaculture in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. (17 Apr 2008) CEHRD

Help win historic case to save pristine mangroves and coral reefs in the Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands Environmental Council (VIEC) needs your help to win a groundbreaking legal case to save the British Virgin Island's (BVI's) Hans Creek Fisheries Protected Area from certain destruction at the hand of a pending mega resort development. (11 Mar 2008) VIEC

Bimini Island Under A New and Added Attack

Letters Needed To Protest Additional Mangrove Clearing On Bimini Island. (7 Jan 2008)

Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr Appeal

Special request for assistance to help cyclone victims to survive, recover, rebuild, and for rehabilitation of the coastal environment. (8 Dec 2007) CCEC

Redmanglar Internacional in Solidarity with Fishworkers of the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras

Take action in support of the struggle in Honduras. (3 Dec 2007) CODDEFFAGOLF

Emergency Action: Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria

Since 1979 the government of Nigeria has been setting deadlines for oil companies to stop their wasteful and toxic practice of gas flaring. The current deadline to stop gas flaring is January 1, 2008. (1 Dec 2007) Global Response

Take action! Tell the Corps to dump the Yazoo Pumps!

Some of the richest natural resources in the nation are in the heart of the Mississippi River flyway. The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) wants to spend $211 million of your tax dollars on a project that could drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of the wetlands in this area. (26 Nov 2007) ED

How to help Bangladesh cyclone victims

Aid agencies are accepting contributions to help those affected by the cyclone in Bangladesh. (19 Nov 2007) AP

Stop Port Construction - Save Ridley Sea Turtles (Orissa, India)

Environmental organizations and fishing unions in Orissa urge us to help them stop construction of the Dhamra port by sending letters to TATA Steel and Orissa government officials. (4 Nov 2007) Global Response

Lampung Declaration Against Industrial Shrimp Aquaculture

Outcome of meeting in Lampung, Indonesia, to address the continuing expansion and associated impacts of industrial shrimp aquaculture. (6 Sept 2007) WAHLI

Support Dalits' Call Against Aquaculture (India)

Support the struggle of the Dalit community for immediate closure of illegal shrimp pond. (20 August 2007) PCSF Secretariat

Letter from Brazilian Social Organizations to FAO Concerning Aquaculture Certification

Sign on to product of one-day workshop to discuss the aquaculture certification process in preparation of the FAO Expert Workshop in Fortaleza, Brazil. (30 July 2007) Instituto Terramar

Support Brazilians wrongly "blamed" for loss of Ypioca Cachaça organic certification

Sign on to letter of support and protest (29 July 2007) MAP

Mangrove Action Day (26 July) - A Global Call to Action

This year's theme is "On Behalf of Indigenous and Traditional Communities and Food Sovereignty." (15 July 2007) MAP

A Big Threat Looms over Gulf of Mexico

The development of large scale commercial fish farming in Gulf of Mexico ocean waters! (18 July 2007)

Developers Entice Bahamas National Trust with Large Donation (Guana Cay)

Please write the Bahamas National Trust and the appropriate government officials to express your concern. (3 July 2007) Save Guana Cay Reef Association

Tata Port Development Threatens Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Orissa, India)

Letters are needed to help stop destructive development of Dhamra Port Facility (29 June 2007) Greenpeace-India

Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Needed in U.S.