Blog: Forests

Global protests as new Forest Code threatens Amazon rainforest

Posted by Nathalia Clark - 29 November 2011 at 5:55pm - Comments

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 7:00am - Comments
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.

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Alive and kicking: Indonesia office remains open

Posted by Nur Hidayati - 15 November 2011 at 6:26pm - Comments
Candles spell out 'Don't nuke Asean'
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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 2:39pm - Comments
Sumatran elephant
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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

McKinsey's bad advice is threatening rainforests - it can't be trusted

Posted by John Sauven - 10 November 2011 at 4:10pm - Comments
Devastated forest land in an Asia Pulp & Paper concession, Sumatra April 2010
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Advice from consultancy firm McKinsey will lead to more deforestation, not less as it claims

This week, the Guardian uncovered evidence of global consultancy firm McKinsey profiting from the shake-up to the NHS. At the same time, McKinsey was paid £250,000 a year by the UK government for advice on the transition towards health secretary Andrew Lansley's vision for the service.

Article tagged as: congo, cop17, deforestation, DRC, durban, indonesia, McKinsey, papua new guinea, REDD

Conflicts and logging in Congo’s rainforests: the case of Danzer

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 8 November 2011 at 1:40pm - Comments
Cut logs in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Logging in the Congo rainforest is often accompanied by violence and intimidation

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), violence associated with logging companies is not uncommon, but evidence and testimonies collected by Greenpeace show that the Yalisika community of Bosanga has been punished with exceptional violence.

Article tagged as: africa, congo, danzer, deforestation, DRC, logging

APP is on the attack but still won’t abandon rainforest destruction

Posted by andy.t - 4 November 2011 at 5:38pm - Comments
Forest clearance of mapped tiger habitat in Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) supplier c
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Fact not fiction: Our APP campaign is based on hard evidence like this image tagged with GPS data

A few days ago, we revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper, the world’s most notorious rainforest destroyer, has lost more customers, with lots of big clients walking away because APP keeps on using Indonesian rainforest fibre in its products. And last week, APP’s ill-judged advertising campaign, ‘APP Cares’, was called ‘misleading’ by advertising standards officials in Holland.

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

APP's sinking reputation forces more companies to jump ship

Posted by jamie - 1 November 2011 at 3:02pm - Comments
Logos of companies cancelling contracts with APP
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Companies who have recently ditched APP contracts

There's further bad news for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) as yet more companies around the world ditch their contracts with the unscrupulous forest-trashing company. Hot on the heels of Mattel and Lego, today Hasbro announced a new paper-buying policy.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, cartamundi, delhaize, hasbro, ING, lego, mattel, metcash, montblanc, rainforests, tchibo, the warehouse

VIDEO: These boots are made for walking (just not all over the Amazon)

Posted by jamie - 28 October 2011 at 5:50pm - Comments

Remember the photoshoot we staged outside a fashion industry event in Italy? The one reminding companies that make and use leather that the Amazon is not for walking over? Here's a great little video which I neglected to post last week, showing our models strutting their stuff for the rainforest.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, cattle, deforestation, forests, italy, leather, videos

Rising high to tell Brazilian president to stop the chainsaws

Posted by jamie - 28 October 2011 at 2:00pm - Comments
Hot air balloon rises over Manaus in the Amazon, bearing the message 'Stop the c
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Hot air balloon rises over Manaus in the Amazon, bearing the message 'Stop the chainsaws'

Stephanie Goodwin, a Greenpeace forest campaigner based in Brazil, blogs from the heart of the Amazon.

Almost one year ago to the day, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said something that made a lot of sense: “Brazil can expand its agricultural production without cutting.”  I agree. One year later, however, the president appears more focused on infrastructure projects that will cause further deforestation, rather than to stop it.

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