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
Latest: KFC campaign goes global
This week saw the launch of new global campaign to stop KFC
turning rainforests into trash, by cutting deforestation out of its supply
chain.
All week...
KFC executives have their heads in a bucket
Yesterday we released a report exposing KFC for driving rainforest destruction and pushing tigers toward extinction. Sadly, KFC executives have responded by...
KFC’s secret recipe: rainforest destruction
No matter
what you think about fast food, you’ll no doubt agree that rainforests
shouldn’t be trashed to make packaging destined for the rubbish pile. But that...
Junking the Jungle: how KFC is driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia
Our research has revealed that KFC is sourcing
paper for its packaging products from rainforests. This has been
confirmed in China, the UK and Indonesia....
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...
