Blog: Forests

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. 

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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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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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Rainforest protection plans are rewarding industries that destroy forests

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 6 April 2011 at 4:57pm - Comments
Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests
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Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests

You’d be forgiven for remembering the UN Copenhagen climate talks (in December 2009) only for their epic failure to deliver a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions. But there was at least one important issue agreed which has the potential to have a significant impact on the climate - as well as protecting biodiversity.

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Great Bear Rainforest model provides 'greenprint' for forest protection

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 5 April 2011 at 12:28pm - Comments
A Grizzly Bear on a river ledge in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Co
All rights reserved. Credit: Andrew Wright / www.cold-coast.com

Canadian forest campaigner Eduardo Sousa marks the 10th anniversary of a historic achievement to protect rainfoersts:

The United Nations declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. This is a time to celebrate the planet's forests, but it's also an opportunity to shed a much needed spotlight on the significant deforestation that continues around the world.

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Draft moratorium on Indonesian deforestation falls short

Posted by Jess Miller - 28 February 2011 at 5:02pm - Comments
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The red areas are those forests and peatlands left unprotected by the proposed moratorium

Days before the president of Indonesia is set to announce a moratorium on forest destruction, we’ve got a copy of the draft moratorium, crunched the numbers and the news is not good. The data shows this proposed moratorium does little to protect areas that are not already off limits under Indonesia's existing laws.

Article tagged as: deforestation, GAR, indonesia, maps, moratorium, palm oil, pulp and paper, rainforest, sinar mas

Another break for rainforests as palm oil company reveals plan to halt destruction

Posted by Laura K - 9 February 2011 at 11:20am - Comments
Orang-utan in Indonesia
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Orang-utan in Indonesia

Last year Golden Agri Resources' (GAR) biggest claim to fame was being the palm oil arm of notorious forest destroyer Sinar Mas group, Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp and paper supplier. This is the same company who lost their palm oil contract with Nestlé after the huge online outcry following the launch of our Kit Kat campaign.

Article tagged as: climate change, GAR, indonesia, palm oil, rainforests, sinar mas

APP's latest PR volley reveals more about its deforestation plans than intended

Posted by andy.t - 4 February 2011 at 3:24pm - Comments
Destroying Sumartran rainforest to make way for APP pulpwood plantations
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Destroying Sumartran rainforest to make way for APP pulpwood plantations

For a while now I’ve been watching closely as Sinar Mas’s pulp and paper arm, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has cranked up its PR machine to start spouting out more and more nonsense, trying to bamboozle their customers (and others) about the reality of their operations in Indonesia.

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Rumble in the jungle

Posted by jamesturn - 14 December 2010 at 3:05pm - Comments
James Nesbitt performing in front of the Banksy piece in 2002
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James Nesbitt performing in front of the Banksy piece in 2002

Interesting to see that a fancy auction house in London is selling an original Banksy image that the great man designed for us, which featured in our forest campaign back in 2002.

The Times are reporting (pay wall warning), as well as the Daily Mail,  that we ran a mile when Disney roared its disapproval and claimed breach of copyright. Not true. As the picture above proves, we used the image in all sorts of places (the image above shows James Nesbitt performing comedy in front of it) and only withdrew after the campaign had run its natural course.

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Are forests in the UK for sale?

Posted by jamie - 6 December 2010 at 6:11pm - Comments

Image by Lee Jordan

The government recently announced it is considering selling off large areas of woodlands. Forested areas in the UK are important for local biodiversity, and while Greenpeace campaigns are focused on tropical rainforests, the Woodland Trust is all about our own trees. Guest blogger Kaye Brennan from the Trust explains what's going on in our own backyard.

For the latest news on the proposed forest sell-off, visit the Woodland Trust's website.

First of all, let me say that yes, we are worried, and no, we're not campaigning... yet!

Shocking news burst our peaceful Sunday bubble recently, as the Guardian and several other newspapers announced that Defra were considering the mass sale of at least half of the public forest estate.

Several petitions were swiftly started, between them gathering signatures from hundreds of thousands of concerned people and they are still growing in numbers. Online, views were made clear in the hundreds of comments left on articles, blog posts, Facebook pages and tweets.

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