Blog: Forests

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

Bad Influence at the World Bank

Posted by davidritter - 18 April 2011 at 10:52am - Comments
Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice
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Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice

In her blog post last week, my colleague Tracy explained why Greenpeace has taken on one of the big beasts of the corporate jungle: the consultancy firm McKinsey. These guys are at the top of the tree when it comes to advising governments on forests, so we’ve published a report investigating  them called Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction. 

Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, congo, Consulting, copenhagen, DC, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, forests, Guyana, indonesia, malaysia, McKinsey, Meeting, papua new guinea, rainforest, rainforests, REDD, report, reports, Washington, world bank

UCL Energy Institute report Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: A Call For Caution

Publication date: 
7 April, 2011

This report reflects the author's research, opinion and conclusions, and not those of the UCL Energy Institute, which does not take positions on detailed issues such as those discussed here.

This report critically reviews various issues relating to the construction and interpretation of marginal abatement cost curves (MACC, or MAC curves) for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, the most well-known and widely used of which have been compiled by McKinsey and Company. It also reveals various weaknesses related to the cost curves and points out their limited usefulness.

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Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, congo, Consulting, copenhagen, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, forests, Guyana, indonesia, malaysia, McKinsey, papua new guinea, rainforest, rainforests, REDD, report, reports, Sarawak

Bad Influence: How McKinsey inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction

Publication date: 
7 April, 2011

McKinsey & Company is a giant, well-connected global consultancy firm which has been working to position itself as the market leader in REDD+ advice. According to McKinsey:

‘Our clients ... look to us for honest, objective, thoughtful, and experienced advice.’

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Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, copenhagen, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, Guyana, indonesia, McKinsey, papua new guinea, rainforests
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