Bulldozers are about to destroy a sacred wildlife corridor, high in the peaks of Nepal.

It's home to red pandas, Himalayan black bears, and some of the last snow leopards on Earth.

But in just a few weeks, hydropower companies want to start building three massive dams -- creating an endless lake that would drown the valley and all the life it holds.

Indigenous communities are fighting back in court, but winning isn't guaranteed.

So now they have an emergency plan: to buy specific pieces of land that would make building the dams impossible. It's totally brilliant -- with our help they can block the only viable routes for new roads into the mountains. Without roads, nothing else can go ahead.

Our donations could provide the emergency deposit for every piece of strategic land. This would block the bulldozers and keep the entire wildlife corridor out of reach -- 160,000 hectares of life, protected.

We know this tactic works: Avaaz members have already helped to protect other critical habitats in this way -- thank you. Now let's make this plan work!

Everything is lined up, and there's just enough time before the diggers move in. Together we can stand with Indigenous communities to defend this precious mountain wilderness!

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