Blog: Forests

Finger lickin' good?

Posted by belinda - 19 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace protesters hold a banner saying Cargill Out in front of Cargills facility in Santarem

The view of the Amazon from the air is spectacular. A broad river winding its way through dense jungle back to source, giant lily pads sit like stepping stones across its tributaries and above, white egrets floating in the breeze. Dotted along the riverside, people can be seen fishing in canoes or transporting produce down river.

KFC = Klearing Forest for Chickens

Posted by admin - 17 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner saying KFC Amazon Criminal in a soya planatation near Santarem, Brazil

As we revealed in early April, McDonald's have been implicated in the clearance of the Amazon rainforest to grow soya for animal feed and, thanks to the thousands of emails and letters you sent, they're talking to us about how they can get out of the Amazon.

The trouble with beans

Posted by belinda - 17 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Soya beans, the cause of huge amounts of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

On Saturday we finally made it into Santarém port, having persuaded the authorities that they had no legal grounds on which they could legitimately keep the Arctic Sunrise out.

Despite rumours that the soy farmers were planning a march, the atmosphere in the port was quiet - except, that is, for the loading of a cargo ship, ironically preparing to transport Amazonian timber to France. It seemed criminal to stand by and watch it load but on this occasion it was not our remit to intervene.

Flying down to Santarém

Posted by belinda - 16 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

A Greenpeace activist parachutes into a soya field in cleared Amazon forest, near Santarem

I'm still expecting to wake up from this dream. A week ago I was standing in the rain and the cold at a bus stop in Hackney. Today, I'm looking over the bow of the Arctic Sunrise, the Greenpeace ship currently sailing along the Amazon River, stunned by the beauty of the rainforest that surrounds us.

From our own correspondent

Posted by admin - 9 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace volunteer Reza Hossain

Deep in the forests of Papua New Guinea, part of the Paradise Forests that stretch across South East Asia, Greenpeace has established a Global Forest Rescue Station. It's purpose: to help the clans and tribes of the region to mark out their lands which are theirs by law but are at risk from the unscrupulous activities of logging companies.

From our own correspondent

Posted by admin - 9 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace volunteer Reza Hossain helps to demarcate traditional land boundaries

Deep in the forests of Papua New Guinea, part of the Paradise Forests that stretch across South East Asia, Greenpeace has established a Global Forest Rescue Station. It's purpose: to help the clans and tribes of the region to mark out their lands which are theirs by law but are at risk from the unscrupulous activities of logging companies.

In the Name of Progress: how soya is destroying the Amazon rainforest

Posted by admin - 2 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Soya farming is chewing up the Amazon rainforest at unprecedented rates as huge areas are cleared to make way for massive monoculture plantations. In the Name of Progress, a film produced by Greenpeace, illustrates the devastating effects that the booming soya market is having on the world's largest remaining rainforest.

Garden furniture league table 2006

Publication date: 
20 April, 2006

The third annual league table shows how garden furniture retailers in the UK compare in terms of selling furniture made from sustainable timber. Some retailers have shown a marked improvement in ensuring their stock is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council while others still have work to do.

Note: The information provided in this league table is based on data provided by companies before May 2006. Please be aware that changes in company practices may have occurred since that time.

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Garden furniture campaign history

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Do you know where your deckchair came from?

Now in its third year, the Greenpeace Garden Furniture campaign has been shaking up retailers and manufacturers alike and resulted in sweeping changes to the industry.

Garden Furniture Guide 2006

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

B&Q are one of the retailers who are at the top of this year's garden furniture league

It's back - the guide that shows which retailers are stocking forest-friendly garden furniture and how they rate against each other in our annual league table.

A British summer beckons and thoughts turn to lazy days in the garden, sheltering from the rain under a parasol on elegant sun loungers whilst watching the barbeque splutter its dying embers over half-thawed sausages.

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