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Fishing

Open letter: strengthening UK ocean protection

An open letter to Rebecca Pow MP and Victoria Prentis MP, Ministers for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

December 15, 2020

A woman in a bright blue sea waering a snorkel mask uses a long ruler to measure a flaoting bush of sargassum seaweed

Oceans

Exploring the Bermuda Triangle: Greenpeace in the Sargasso Sea

Scientists and activists are on board a Greenpeace ship in the Sargasso Sea – one of the world’s most ecologically rich places you’ve probably never heard of. They’re making the case for it to become the first new ocean sanctuary under the Global Ocean Treaty.

by Henry Fry May 7, 2024

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Nature and wildlife

Free nature wallpapers for your phone

Bring a splash of nature into your life with our free phone wallpapers.

November 19, 2024

Forests

Amazon deforestation alerts in January are 5 times more than last year

Brazilian Space Agency INPE estimates that 430 km² of forest were cleared in just one month New Data from the Brazilian Space Agency INPE’s DETER-B deforestation monitoring system registered the…

by Alison Kirkman February 11, 2022

Climate change

Lack of climate investment creating ‘planet-sized debt’ for our kids, new Chancellor warned

18 civil society organisations, supported by millions of British people, have warned Sajid Javid that the government is on course to miss its net zero target without a big investment in climate and nature.

by Graham Thompson September 2, 2019

Forests

‘Certified sustainable palm oil is a con’

Consumers are being misled by a labelling scheme widely used by UK supermarkets to claim that the palm oil they use is 100% certified sustainable, says Greenpeace. Analysis published…

by Alison Kirkman November 4, 2019

Climate change

Bastille’s Dan Smith performs unreleased song in the Bermuda Triangle

Bastille’s frontman Dan Smith has recorded a live performance of an unreleased song called Blue Sky & the Painter from onboard a Greenpeace ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

by Alexandra Sedgwick June 6, 2024

A semi-submerged camera angle shows seaweed floating in the ocean with the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the background, bathed in golden light as the sun sets on the horizon.

Nature and wildlife

Open letter calling for a Sargasso Sea ocean sanctuary

This open letter from Bermudian civil society urges the UK Government to recognise and support Bermuda’s leadership in protecting the Sargasso Sea by swiftly ratifying the High Seas Treaty, collaborating with Bermuda on a new high seas ocean sanctuary, and ensuring our permanent role in its governance.

July 14, 2025

How we can protect the oceans

Our planet is 70% oceans and seas, but only a tiny fraction is currently protected. We need a global network of ocean sanctuaries to protect oceans from overfishing, oil drilling and plastic pollution. The new UN Global Ocean Treaty will help in this vital step for ocean conservation.

by Fran Grobke August 8, 2019

Sargassum seaweed floats in the foreground of the ocean with the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and an inflatable boat in the background

Nature and wildlife

The Sargasso Sea: what we discovered beneath the waves

Greenpeace spent three weeks exploring the mysterious Sargasso Sea in the West Atlantic. Here's what we found.

by Alexandra Sedgwick September 1, 2025