Blog: Forests

Amazon campaign director receives UN Forest Hero award

Posted by Jess Miller - 9 February 2012 at 4:47pm - 0 Comments
Paulo Adario
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Paulo's amazing work in the Amazon has been recognised by the UN

Paulo Adario, who heads up our Amazon campaign, may not be your archetypal hero (we’ve never seen him don a pair of tights) but we’re proud to announce that he has just been awarded the honour of Forest Hero by the UN.

Article tagged as: amazon, forests, paulo adario, rainforests, un forest hero

APP pulps trees from its own tiger sanctuary. How dumb is that?

Posted by ianduff - 16 December 2011 at 3:04pm - 3 Comments
Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary
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This was APP's Senepis Tiger Sanctuary, until one of APP's suppliers cut down the trees

Asia Pulp and Paper – the company doing so much to jeopardise the future of Indonesia's rainforests – has done some pretty stupid things in the past. But pulping the trees in its own tiger sanctuary is astonishingly dumb.

And yet that's exactly what APP has done.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, conservation, deforestation, eyes on the forest, tigers, WWF

Amazon devastation delayed as vote on Brazil's new forest law postponed

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 15 December 2011 at 2:59pm - 1 Comment
Samba drummer outside the Brazilian embassy in London
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Samba drummer outside the Brazilian embassy in London

The next stage of voting on Brazil’s new Forest Code – which could have devastating impacts on the Amazon - has been once again postponed before going to President Dilma Rousseff.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, dilma rousseff, forest code, forests

Adios, McKinsey: Papua New Guinea gives consultants the heave-ho

Posted by jamie - 14 December 2011 at 1:58pm - 0 Comments
Child in Papua New Guinea protesting about land grabbing
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Local people, not global consultants, should have a say in how their forests are protected

It seems the bad influence of McKinsey has diminished somewhat recently. The consultancy firm has been kicked out of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where it had been advising the government on how best to protect its rainforests and reduce emissions from deforestation. It seems the new (if controversial) administration has decided to cease doing business with McKinsey.

Article tagged as: deforestation, McKinsey, papua new guinea, PNG, rainforest foundation, REDD, redd+

Save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 7 December 2011 at 1:49pm - 4 Comments

We are edging closer to an "ecological calamity" in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian senate has pushed us closer to the brink.

Yesterday, it voted to approve destructive changes to the laws governing forest protection – called the Forest Code - that would open up the Amazon rainforest to rampant destruction. But it is not too late.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, dilma rousseff, forest code

Bad advice at climate talks could increase deforestation and emissions

Posted by Sebastian Bock - 2 December 2011 at 10:08am - 0 Comments

The big question that currently hangs over climate talks in Durban is whether or not the politicians will agree to sign a legally binding treaty by 2015 with mandatory emissions cuts. But the devil will be in the details, and management consultants pushing bad advice could have a big impact on our climate and rainforests.

Article tagged as: carbon emissions, climate talks, cop 17, deforestation, durban, forests, McKinsey, PNG, rainforests, REDD

Global protests as new Forest Code threatens Amazon rainforest

Posted by Nathalia Clark - 29 November 2011 at 4:55pm - 1 Comment

Last week, senators in Brazil approved a text that condemns the Brazilian forests, a deal between government and agribusiness made in back rooms and secret meetings. They also rejected an amendment that calls for a 10-year moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, forest code

Time to keep promises on protecting the Amazon

Posted by Sebastian Bock - 25 November 2011 at 6:00am - 1 Comment
Burning pasture in the Amazon
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Deforestation in the Amazon will increase if changes to the Forest Code are passed

Copenhagen, December 2009: amidst the general feeling of disappointment due to the lack of leadership at the UN climate conference, Brazil is responsible for one of the very few rays of hope: the chief of cabinet announces a set of very ambitious environmental targets, including a commitment to a 80 per cent reduction in deforestation by 2020. The chief of cabinet's name? Dilma Rousseff. Her job today? President of Brazil.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, dilma rousseff, forest code

Alive and kicking: Indonesia office remains open

Posted by Nur Hidayati - 15 November 2011 at 5:26pm - 2 Comments
Candles spell out 'Don't nuke Asean'
All rights reserved. Credit: Donang Wahyu/Greenpeace
Our Jakarta office remains open, allowing the forest and nuclear power campaigns to continue

Since our office was threatened with closure by the South Jakarta district authority last week, our staff pulled out all the stops to keep the office open.

Article tagged as: APP, asean, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, indonesia, nuclear power

You can close our office, but you can’t stop us

Posted by Nur Hidayati - 14 November 2011 at 1:39pm - 6 Comments
Sumatran elephant
All rights reserved. Credit: Ulet Infansasti/Greenpeace
Working to protect Indonesia's rainforests has led to concerted attacks against our Jakarta office

We have been warned that we may have to move out of our office in Jakarta this week. This is the office that has been leading our campaign to stop Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) destroying the rainforests of Indonesia.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, indonesia
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