Forests

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Environmental justice

Victory for the Munduruku People and their forest home

After almost 20 years of struggle, the official recognition of Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land by the Brazilian government is a triumph for the Amazon and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

by Greenpeace UK October 4, 2024

Two people in red suits and helmets carry a long hose, with smoke and fire among the grasses and trees behind them

Forests

Big banks and investors are making a killing from destroying nature. Together we can stop them

Watch and share to expose Paste this link into group chats, social posts and anywhere else you like: Copy link The world’s rainforests, wetlands and savannahs are…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 5, 2024

Giant Virtual Pig SOW is seen on the new app at Tesco, Hackney

Climate change

Giant pig appears on top of Barclays HQ and Tesco to expose links to industrial meat

A giant, virtual, female pig has appeared on top of Barclays’ Canary Wharf HQ, two Tesco stores in London and Liverpool, DEFRA and other locations [1] in a…

by Alison Kirkman November 27, 2023

Aerial photo. A giant seed paper banner lies on bare earth ready to sprout. The banner reads

Activism

Artists guerrilla-plant giant living artwork at Tesco site to defy the industrial food industry

An allotment-sized living artwork called The Waiting List was guerrilla-planted by volunteers at a disused Tesco-owned site in Litherland, just north of Liverpool, this…

by Alison Kirkman October 12, 2023

A 30 metre banner is held open by volunteers on a pavement outside an office. The banner reads

Activism

Giant living artwork unfurled at Westminster as waiting lists for allotments double in a decade

A 30-metre-long living artwork made of seed paper was unfurled and displayed at Westminster this morning by artists and allotmenteers. They are urging the…

by Alison Kirkman October 11, 2023

An Indigenous woman in traditional dress holds up a red-stained hand to the camera. In the background there's a Hyundai-branded building and an inflatable digger covered in red handprints.

Activism

Victory in the Amazon: Hyundai stops supply of diggers to illegal gold miners destroying Indigenous Lands

Nearly half of all diggers supplied to gold miners devastating Indigenous Lands were from one company. Here's how Greenpeace activists stopped the supply.

by Greenpeace UK June 28, 2023

A group of Chinese people sitting and standing around a table, with a Chinese window frame in the background. One woman is standing in the centre smiling; two men are sat at the table wearing face masks

Air pollution

How Greenpeace campaigns in China

Greenpeace has been campaigning on the world’s most important national energy transition for two decades. And they’re getting results. How do they do it? Greenpeace’s Chief China Representative Yuan Ying…

by Yuan Ying April 4, 2023

Birds fly above crisp blue water with clumps of yellow grasses on a bright day.

Climate change

Why wetlands are vital for biodiversity and climate change

These biological super systems store up to 50 times more carbon than rainforests and are home to all sorts of life. See stunning images and learn why wetlands are important…

by Angela Glienicke February 23, 2023

Gulls swarm around a giant fishing net as it's pulled out of the water, weighed down with an enormous catch.

Fishing

30×30 target agreed at COP15 but lacks crucial detail to stop mass extinction

Montreal, Canada, 19 December 2022 – Despite agreeing the important 30×30 target to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, and recognising the rights of Indigenous Peoples,…

by Alison Kirkman December 19, 2022

Climate change

Open call for artists and activists to create work to disrupt the UK’s industrial food system

Open call launches with three £10,000 grants in first-of-its-kind initiative for Greenpeace UK Recognising that there are inequities built into the industrial food system, the project will prioritise the…

by Alison Kirkman November 28, 2022