Blog: Forests

Evidence on McKinsey's bad forest influence grows

Posted by davidritter - 22 June 2011 at 2:53pm - Comments
Logger with a chainsaw on a tree stump in Papua New Guinea
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McKinsey's advice on climate and forests could lead to more deforestation in countries like Papua New Guinea

Back in April, we revealed serious defects in national plans to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation, due to the influence of global mega-consultancy firm McKinsey. Incredibly, McKinsey’s advice to forest nations could actually lead to increased deforestation, more carbon emissions, huge loss of biodiversity and violations of human rights. Now we’ve taken another step in building pressure on McKinsey.

Article tagged as: climate change, forests, McKinsey, papua new guinea, REDD, world bank

'My Barbie is naked!': tales from the treasure hunt

Posted by jamie - 15 June 2011 at 11:38am - Comments
Chainsaw Barbies
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Some of the Chainsaw Barbies that have been apprehended

All over the country, Chainsaw Barbies are being searched out and snapped up as part of our Barbie treasure hunt. St Ives, Hexham, Dundee, Malvern, Scarborough, Newtown, Loughborough – they've all been invaded by malevolent mannequins who, not content with savaging Indonesia's rainforests, have gone awol across the UK.

Article tagged as: barbie, Barbie hunt, deforestation, indonesia, mattel, rainforests, Treasure Hunt

How the toy industry and APP are responding to our Barbie campaign

Posted by Zulfahmi - 14 June 2011 at 3:00pm - Comments
Clearance of forested tiger habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia
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This was once forested tiger habitat. Not any more

It’s been a busy few days since the latest phase of our campaign to stop deforestation in Indonesia got underway. There are now signs that in the toy sector both Mattel and Lego are preparing to make changes in the way they buy their packaging.

Article tagged as: aida greenbury, APP, barbie, deforestation, disney, hasbro, indonesia, lego, mattel

Video: Ken's blanket coverage and Barbie busted outside Mattel HQ in LA

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 10 June 2011 at 4:27pm - Comments

Barbie's lesser known other-half grabbed headlines this week, after he launched our latest forest campaign on Tuesday night - scaling the 15 stories of Mattel's HQ in Los Angeles, to unveil our banner, with the help of blue tux wearing pals, that read simply: "Barbie, It's over."

Article tagged as: actions, activism, barbie, deforestation, indonesia, Ken, mattel, rainforests, USA, videos

Finders keepers: join our nationwide Chainsaw Barbie search

Posted by jamie - 10 June 2011 at 2:41pm - Comments
Barbie's single - and on the rampage across the UK!
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Barbie's single - and on the rampage across the UK!

Ken may have been the one to dump Barbie, but you have exposed Mattel's role in destroying rainforests for cheap packaging. Over 150,000 emails have been sent to Mattel from around the world, but now it's time for something a bit different. Hundreds of Chainsaw Barbies have been hidden around the UK, and it's up to you to track them down. Game on!

Article tagged as: actions, activism, APP, barbie, Barbie hunt, deforestation, indonesia, Ken, mattel, rainforest, Scavenger Hunt, Treasure Hunt

Barbie gets dumped in London

Posted by jamie - 8 June 2011 at 1:14pm - Comments

The Barbie campaign has been unwrapped and is rolling around the world. Everyone's waking up to the fact that, as the Sun so eloquently put it, Barbie kills trees.

Article tagged as: actions, activism, APP, barbie, cohn and wolfe, deforestation, indonesia, Ken, mattel, rainforest

Ken dumps Barbie! He doesn't date girls who are into deforestation

Posted by jamie - 7 June 2011 at 5:22pm - Comments

Heard the news? Ken has dumped Barbie! It's true, and not because the plastic princess has been spotted in the company of certain premier league footballers. No, it's much more serious than that. Get this: Barbie is destroying Indonesia's forests for those pretty pink boxes she likes to wrap herself in.

Article tagged as: barbie, forests, indonesia, Ken, mattel, paper, pulpwood, sumatra

Dark days in Brazil: campaigners assassinated and forest laws threatened

Posted by Sarah Shoraka - 25 May 2011 at 5:20pm - Comments
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The unique biodiversity of the Amazon is threatened by changes to Brazil's forest laws

Yesterday, Brazilian politicians took a decisive step towards opening the door to massive deforestation in the Amazon. They voted in favour of radical changes to the Brazilian forest code, the primary legal instrument for protecting the Amazon. And elsewhere, two forest campaigners were assassinated by gunmen.

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

One year after Nestlé committed to giving rainforests a break, what has been achieved?

Posted by Laura K - 25 May 2011 at 2:00pm - Comments
An orangutan protesting about Nestle
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An orangutan protesting about Nestle

It’s now been one year since pressure from thousands of people around the world convinced Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drink company, to give Indonesian rainforests and their inhabitants a break by removing products responsible for deforestation from their supply chains.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, GAR, golden agri resources, indonesia, moratorium, nestle, palm oil, sinar mas

Amazon turning point? Brazil fights Forest Code changes

Posted by Sarah Shoraka - 24 May 2011 at 11:37am - Comments
Burning Amazon rainforest: deforestation caused by fires so that forest can be c
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Rainforests in Brazil are being destroyed due to potential changes in protection laws

Less than a year ago the Brazilian government announced the lowest rate of Amazon deforestation on record. But this week, the news isn’t as hopeful: deforestation has actually increased by over 570%.

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