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.

Campaign updates

Will notorious forest destroyer Sinar Mas come clean?

Guest blogger Laura Kenyon from our international office reveals the latest evidence we've collected showing how Sinar Mas breaking its own commitments on...
Posted by victoria.chan - 29 July, 2010 - 09:59 -

HSBC drops shares in forest trashing Sinar Mas

Wahey, you've scored another victory! After receiving nearly 10,000 emails (and seeing some excellent spoof adverts), HSBC has sold its shares in Sinar Mas,...
Posted by jamie - 8 July, 2010 - 09:21 -

Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia's rainforests too

Like orang-utans, the future of Sumatran tigers is being jeopordised by the relentless destruction of their habitat by paper giant APP Even though we've had...
Posted by jamie - 6 July, 2010 - 09:56 -

HSBC adverts are just greenwash, so why not make your own?

If this man's tree-top home was in the way of profit, do you think HSBC would really stop the bulldozers?  Update: Thanks to the thousands of emails sent...
Posted by jamie - 3 June, 2010 - 11:08 -

$4bn fund to protect Indonesia's forests while president announces partial halt to deforestation

Building dams at a Greenpeace camp in Sumatra. International funds and a moratorium would make this a thing of the past While our campaign to stop HSBC...
Posted by jamie - 27 May, 2010 - 15:48 -

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