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Palm oil: what you need to know

In the last few months we’ve stepped up our campaign to make brands come clean about palm oil. Here’s everything you need to know. What is palm oil? It’s made from the fruits of African oil palm trees, which are mainly grown on… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 22nd September 2018

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Real-life Rang-tan: baby orangutan found crying and alone

A few weeks ago, a baby orangutan was found crying and alone by workers on a palm oil plantation in Borneo, when I watched the footage of this little orangutan, I was reminded of a line I’d heard in a film you might’ve seen… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 21st September 2018

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Telling the toxic truth

Three planned tar sands pipelines in North America could devastate many local communities, says Ocean Hyland from the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. So, backed by thousands of Greenpeace supporters, she’s speaking directly to Barclays – the only UK bank still choosing to fund tar sands pipelines. Read More

Greenpeace UK - 18th September 2018

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Wings of Paradise: drawing attention to rainforest destruction

For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities.  Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to be driven by the bottom line whatever the cost to humanity or biodiversity, have played a major role… Read More

Angela Glienicke - 17th September 2018

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What a Global Ocean Treaty means—and why it matters to all of us

We have paddled the first nautical miles of a long voyage. The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters about a treaty to protect all the oceans which lie beyond national borders is coming to an end. It’s been two weeks of political meetings, origami turtles, too many… Read More

Louisa Casson - 17th September 2018

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