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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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Actress Q'orianka Kilcher joins 7 day Amazon action

Actress and human rights activist Q'orianka Kilcher today joined the Greenpeace occupation of the anchor chain of a cargo ship in Brazil to protest the...
Posted by Eoin D - 22 May, 2012 - 10:40 -

Investigating deforestation for soya in the Amazon

In February this year, I went to the Amazon to help monitor new deforestation for soya and to make a film to document it. Flying over the forest frontier and...
Posted by Sarah Shoraka - 17 May, 2012 - 11:58 -

Occupying an anchor chain to protest deforestation in Brazil

Right now Greenpeace activists have attached themselves to the anchor chain of a massive cargo ship here in Sao Luis, at the mouth of the Amazon. As long as...
Posted by James Turner - 16 May, 2012 - 12:24 -
Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary

Where's the forest protection in APP's ‘new’ forest protection policy?

This morning in Jakarta APP invited journalists to the launch of what it’s PR people grandly referred to as the ‘biggest announcement yet’ which would ‘reveal...
Posted by Bustar Maitar - 15 May, 2012 - 10:23
Peter Mandelson

Why has APP hired Mandelson, Prince of Darkness?

A Guardian investigation has revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper has contracted the former EU trade commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson (aka The Prince of Darkness...
Posted by andy.t - 11 May, 2012 - 12:23

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