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
Greenpeace in the Amazon: helping the Deni Indians to protect their land from loggers
In July 2003, a Greenpeace team helped the indigenous Deni Indian communities in the Amazon to demarcate their homeland. The land was under threat from a...
State of Conflict
An investigation into the landgrabbers, loggers and lawless frontiers in Para State, Amazon
Summary
During Greenpeace investigations it became clear that...
Receiving stolen goods
The UK Government turns a blind eye to illegal Brazilian mahogany shipmentsFollowing on-the-ground investigations by Greenpeace in the Brazilian Amazon, the...
A Greenpeace investigation into illegal and destructive logging
All three international companies targeted by Greenpeace's Amazon campaign in Brazil - Malaysian based WTK/Amaplac, Eidai from Japan and French based Lapeyre...
Investigation into criminal imports of timber into the UK
Behind closed doors: A major Greenpeace investigation Publication date: July 2000 Summary During the last 10 months Greenpeace...
