Protect the Amazon rainforest
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.
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The Amazon's Silent Crisis
The timber industry in the Brazilian Amazon is currently a key
driver of forest degradation and a catalyst for deforestation.
Logging, particularly for...
In pictures: the silent crisis in the Amazon
Today Greenpeace published a 2-year investigation that shows how the logging industry threatens the Amazon rainforest. These photos show the illegal logging...
Why is Jewson selling timber that's been plundered from the Amazon?
Illegal logging is the norm in the Brazilian Amazon, where timber laundering - covering illegal timber with phony papers - happens on an industrial scale. So...
Why is Jewson selling timber that's been plundered from the Amazon?
Illegal logging is the norm in the Brazilian Amazon, where timber laundering - covering illegal timber with phony papers - happens on an industrial scale. So...
Exposed: how loggers plunder the Amazon and get away with it
For two years, Greenpeace has been investigating logging in the Brazilian Amazon. We found that criminals were ransacking the forest - and that the systems set...
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