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Featured Case: Rainforest Action Network defends Indonesian forests

In 2010 Rainforest Action Network launched an innovative campaign to defend Indonesian forests from exploitation by General Mills. This is is one of over 140 environmental campaigns in this database. A full account is featured here. (Image by Madeleine H)

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Geographical Mapping of Campaigns

Nonviolent action campaigns are waged all over the world. See a distribution of the campaigns across the globe in our new interactive map.

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New Campaigns Added Weekly!

There are now over 860 campaigns described on this database, and new cases are added every week. These campaigns come from all over the world and address a wide range of issues.

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Waves of Nonviolent Action

Some campaigns inspire others, creating a kind of "wave" of campaigns within or across countries. The 2011 'Arab wave' is an example. On the database we have grouped campaigns into several waves

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