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The Earth's ancient forests form some of the most diverse ecosystems known to science and are vital in regulating the world's climate. But eighty per cent of them have already been destroyed or degraded, and the remaining forests are under threat. Greenpeace is working to end illegal and destructive logging of the world's ancient forests, and to protect the rights of the indigenous peoples and species that depend on them.

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A man with his mouth gagged

How the lobbying bill became the charity gagging bill

When David Cameron described the access of business lobbyists to government as "the next big scandal", we thought he was making a prediction. But his lobbying...
Posted by John Sauven - 3 September, 2013 - 14:37
An excavator creates a canal in Riau Province, Indonesia, despite heavy smoke

It says it's sustainable, but the palm oil industry is still destroying the rainforest

The palm oil industry is desperate to paint itself as sustainable. Yet for the last couple of years, palm oil plantations have been the number one cause of...
Posted by Richardg - 2 September, 2013 - 16:26

In pictures: the chimps' threatened home in Cameroon

I am fascinated by chimpanzees, these most human-like mammals that nurse their babies until they are three years old, use simple tools like twigs to poke into...
Posted by Angela Glienicke - 14 August, 2013 - 16:53

Slideshow: devastating fires sweep through Sumatran forests

Sitting in my comfortable office chair and watching these terrible images come through the picture desk, I feel a desperate need to stop this destruction. The...
Posted by Angela Glienicke - 26 July, 2013 - 16:48

This is what a massive forest fire looks like

The Sumatran rainforests, home to the last Sumatran tigers, orangutans and rhinos, are on fire. Our team have been on the ground documenting the disaster....
Posted by Richardg - 25 June, 2013 - 11:31

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