PHM-Exch> Urgent Alert: Support Peasants and Indigenous Peoples to Defend their Rights to Health & Life (Isabela, Philippines)

[Tanya Roberts]

Dear PHM and IPHU Colleagues:

Below is a petition in support of the rights of small peasant farmers  
and Indigenous Peoples who are defending their rights to health and  
livelihood as they try to get support for their campaign to stop an  
11000 hectare sugarcane plantation for biofuel from taking over their  
land, and a pending application for large scale mining. Please support  
our campaign by clicking the link below and signing the petition.
And also feel free to forward to your respective networks!

Thanks.

In Solidarity

Tanya

Tanya Roberts, IBON International/Peoples Coalition for Food Sovereignty
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Please Forward Widely:

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To All Who Defend the Rights to Food and Health, Peasant Farmers'  
Rights, Women's Rights, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, All who believe in  
Environmental, Climate, Social and Economic Justice, and All who seek  
an End to Militarization of Rural Communities:

Peasant farmers and Indigenous Peoples are calling for international  
attention to the urgent situation of land grabbing, militarization and  
the pending destruction of local small farm lands to make way for the
establishment of 11, 000 hectares of monocrop sugar cane plantations  
and processing facilities for a biofuel project in the municipality of  
San Mariano in Isabela, Philippines.

Take action now to support their efforts! Sign the online petition  
that will be sent directly to government authorities and chief  
executive officers of the companies involved in the biofuel project:

http://foodsov.org/html/petition13.php

For more information, check out statements from the recent  
international fact finding mission (IFFM) in Isabela available at:

http://www.foodsov.org  and http://www.asianpeasant.org

Interested in Continuing to Act in Solidarity with Affected Farmers  
and Indigenous People in Isabela?

As residents of Isabela confront the urgent situation of land  
grabbing, displacement, exploitation and human rights
violations, and continue to proactively mobilize for justice, they are  
seeking your valuable support. Your help will contribute to supporting  
community members:
-defend their human rights and legitimate land rights claims;
-stop evictions;
-improve peasant and Indigenous Peoples' livelihoods;
-promote genuine agrarian reform and the recognition of Indigenous  
Peoples' ancestral domain;
-promote state subsidies of local food crop staples and indigenous  
seed cultivation;
-promote sustainable agricultural practices;
-press for an increase in farm workers' wages and improvement of  
labour conditions;
-advance calls for accessible universal social programmes;
-promote genuine protection of the environment for generations to come;
-strengthen organizing and capability building efforts.

To receive updates, similar action alerts, and more information on  
what you can do, email us:PCFS <secretariat at foodsov.org>; APC  
<apcsecretariat at asianpeasant.org>; KMP <kmp at kilusangmagbubukid.org>;  
IBON Int'l <troberts at ibon.org>

In Solidarity,

Peoples' Coalition for Food Sovereignty (PCFS), Asian Peasant  
Coalition (APC), Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), IBON  
International, and Danggayan Dagiti Mannalon ti Isabela (DAGAMI)