Protect the Amazon rainforest
As the largest remaining rainforest on Earth, the Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world; almost half of all known species live in the Amazon. Sadly, it's also experiencing one of the highest rates of deforestation on the planet. While our Amazon campaign has had some remarkable successes over the past few years, there is still much more to do to protect the Amazon.
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Campaign updates
After Rio +20 - is there hope for change left?
The ‘Future We Want’ is nowhere to be found in the agreement
which world leaders are currently rubber-stamping in Rio. Greenpeace
Executive Director Kumi...
Tesco cuts contracts with JBS over deforestation
Two days after we caught Tesco
stocking beef products linked to trashed Amazon rainforest in Brazil,
the company has been in touch today to tell me that they...
Tesco drove Amazon deforestation through its beef sourcing
The
cattle industry is known to be the biggest cause of deforestation globally and
it has now come to light that Tesco has driven this problem through its beef...
Actress Q'orianka Kilcher joins 7 day Amazon action
Actress and human rights activist Q'orianka Kilcher today joined the
Greenpeace occupation of the anchor chain of a cargo ship in Brazil to protest
the...
Investigating deforestation for soya in the Amazon
In February this year, I went to the Amazon to help monitor
new deforestation for soya and to make a film to document it. Flying over the
forest frontier and...
