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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Success! Ferrero supports the palm oil moratorium
Primary rainforest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. © Davison/Greenpeace
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Palm oil has a huge carbon footprint © Solness/Greenpeace
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an immediate moratorium on deforestation and...
Unilever takes the lead to stop deforestation in Indonesia
You may have noticed
that we had quick win in
our campaign to stop deforestation from palm oil a couple of weeks back.
Unilever made an announcement...
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Potentially good news for orang-utans - Unilever announced this morning that they're now supporting our calls
for a moratorium to protect Indonesia's...
