Protect forests

The Earth's ancient forests form some of the most diverse ecosystems known to science and are vital in regulating the world's climate. But eighty per cent of them have already been destroyed or degraded, and the remaining forests are under threat. Greenpeace is working to end illegal and destructive logging of the world's ancient forests, and to protect the rights of the indigenous peoples and species that depend on them.

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Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary

Where's the forest protection in APP's ‘new’ forest protection policy?

This morning in Jakarta APP invited journalists to the launch of what it’s PR people grandly referred to as the ‘biggest announcement yet’ which would ‘reveal...
Posted by Bustar Maitar - 15 May, 2012 - 10:23
Peter Mandelson

Why has APP hired Mandelson, Prince of Darkness?

A Guardian investigation has revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper has contracted the former EU trade commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson (aka The Prince of Darkness...
Posted by andy.t - 11 May, 2012 - 12:23

Rainbow Warrior in the Brazilian port city of Belem

The Rainbow Warrior is moored in the port city of Belem, here at the mouth of the Amazon river in Brazil. It’s a historic city, over 400 years old, which was...
Posted by James Turner - 9 May, 2012 - 16:16
Jaguar in the Amazon rainforest

President Dilma - veto this Amazon forest code hatchet job

Following years of intense pressure from the agribusiness sector, Brazil's parliament yesterday afternoon approved sweeping reforms to the country's forest...
Posted by bex - 26 April, 2012 - 13:51
The Rainbow Warrior in the Amazon

Brazil's Sarah Palin - will she support Zero Deforestation?

As the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was sailing down the Amazon I participated in an event that was very different from our day-to-day campaigning for...
Posted by Pat Venditti - 16 April, 2012 - 15:03

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