From Richard George @ Greenpeace. I signed it. A subject close to my heart as an ex forestry worker. Rare Amazon trees are being cut down by criminal loggers and turned into luxury garden decking. And it’s for sale at builders merchant Jewson! We’ve reported Jewson to the UK government regulator. But if we kick off a big enough threat to their reputation as a responsible company, we could get them to stop selling dodgy wood in days, not months. We can do it with a huge and fast-growing petition. Sign the petition to Jewson now. The Amazon rainforest is living, breathing, vast and beautiful. It’s home to millions of animal, plant, insect and bird species. Yet criminal loggers smash roads right through it to get to rare trees, roads that are often later used to start fires for illegal land clearance. Recently, together we got Oriental & Pacific Tuna to stop using fishing methods that kill turtles and sharks after targeting their biggest retailer, Tesco. And we got Procter & Gamble to agree to stop buying palm oil from companies that destroy Indonesia’s rainforests. Now let’s do it for the Amazon. Thanks, Richard PS: Jewson claims that the wood it sells is legal but the only evidence they can point to is exactly the same paperwork used by criminal gangs to disguise illegal timber. Time to call them out - sign now. https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/illegal_timber
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:10:47 +0000