Protect the Amazon rainforest

Last edited 22 October 2010 at 3:03pm

As the largest remaining rainforest on Earth, the Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world; almost half of all known species live in the Amazon. Sadly, it's also experiencing one of the highest rates of deforestation on the planet. While our Amazon campaign has had some remarkable successes over the past few years, there is still much more to do to protect the Amazon.

Campaign updates

Amazon deforestation gets the Panorama treatment

If you haven't had your fill of news from the Amazon lately (we've recently had live webcasts and slideshows from regions where fires have swept through),...
Posted by jamie - 5 September, 2008 - 18:10

Fires raging through the Amazon

It's currently the dry season in the Amazon and, as the live webcast last week demonstrated, fires have been decimating large areas. The video crew weren't...
Posted by jamie - 3 September, 2008 - 14:19

Fires raging through the Amazon

It's currently the dry season in the Amazon and, as the live webcast last week demonstrated, fires have been decimating large areas. The video crew weren't...
Posted by jamie - 3 September, 2008 - 14:19

Live and direct from the Amazon

On Friday, a Greenpeace team broadcast a live webcast from the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in an area which was still-smouldering after a recent forest...
Posted by jamie - 1 September, 2008 - 16:58

Live and direct from the Amazon

On Friday, a Greenpeace team broadcast a live webcast from the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in an area which was still-smouldering after a recent forest...
Posted by jamie - 1 September, 2008 - 16:58

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