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Orangutan facts: how well do you know the orangutan?

Orangutans have many interesting quirks. Here are 10 facts about one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom – where you can learn about their talent for engineering, what…

by Richard George February 15, 2020

Forests

10 incredible tiger facts to share with friends

Tigers have loads of unique and fascinating features. Did you know that each tiger has the word "king" written on it? Or that a tiger's roar can temporarily paralyse human?…

by Richard George February 15, 2020

Climate change

Supermarkets pushing chicken sales despite links to climate change

People often opt for chicken over beef for environmental reasons. But new Greenpeace research shows that the chicken sold in the UK is a major driver of deforestation, and supermarkets…

by Alia Al Ghussain January 21, 2020

Thousands of chickens crowded together in an industrial shed

Climate change

Eating chicken is better for the environment than eating beef. But that doesn’t mean it’s good.

Eating chicken has a lower climate impact than eating beef. But rearing chickens on a large scale still causes some serious environmental problems.

by Greenpeace UK December 20, 2019

Forests

Brazilian Indigenous leaders journey through Europe to demand respect for their rights

Over the last six weeks, 11 Indigenous leaders and activists from across Brazil have travelled through Europe demanding action against the escalating threats to their lives, lands and forests under…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson November 22, 2019

Forests

For Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples, protecting nature is a matter of life and death

Indigenous Peoples are on the frontlines of the climate crisis – and are some of the best defenders against it. But they are threatened with violence and structural, institutionalised racism.…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson November 15, 2019

A truck piled high with palm fruit drives on a dirt road through a plantation

Forests

5 problems with ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Palm oil is used in all sorts of everyday products from shampoo to chocolate, but it’s been disastrous for the world’s forests. Here are five not-so-fun facts about ‘certified sustainable’…

by Richard George November 1, 2019

Forests

Brazil’s environment minister Ricardo Salles’ PR fail tour

Brazil’s environment minister Ricardo Salles went on a tour of the US and Europe to reassure governments and business over the fires crisis in the Amazon. It did not go…

by James North October 15, 2019

Forests

McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC: Stop the Amazon fires

The Amazon is on fire and global fast food companies can put a stop to it. They must stop buying meat, chicken and soya from Brazil until the Amazon and…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 6, 2019

Climate change

Amazon fires: why is the Amazon burning and what’s the UK got to do with it?

The Amazon fires are no accident – the rainforest is being deliberately burned for profit. Here’s how UK and European food supply chains worsen the devastation, and what must change.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 2, 2019