Saving Indonesia's rainforests
Indonesia's rainforests are a biodiversity hotspot, rich in endemic species, and vital in regulating the Earth's climate. But these forests are being torn down for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations - making Indonesia the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter and threatening endangered species such as orang-utans with extinction. Greenpeace is campaigning globally to protect Indonesia's rainforests.
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Campaign updates
APP's latest PR volley reveals more about its deforestation plans than intended
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...
Forest trasher APP goes for another spin in the greenwash cycle
Forest campaigner Daniela Montalto assesses APP's latest attempts to convince everyone that it really does like trees. Honestly. It didn't take too long...
Historic Indonesian forest protection deal at risk from industry
Plantations, like this eucalyptus one in Sumatra, are gradually replacing Indonesia's rainforests (c) Beltra/Greenpeace Laura Kenyon from our Making Waves...
Protection Money: bankrolling deforestation in Indonesia
How industry expansion plans would use climate funds to bankroll deforestation and undermine President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to low-carbon...
Man chews orang-utan finger, wins short film award
Some great news to start the week - the spoof KitKat video we made to protest Nestlé's use of palm oil has won an award. Our German colleagues entered it into...
