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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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...
Brazil's logging sector is full of crooks - and the Amazon is paying the price
The Brazilian government has made several attempts to take control of logging in the Amazon. But despite high-profile crackdowns, the trade in illegal timber...
Brazil’s biggest slaughterhouses are cleaning up their meat supply. Others must follow suit.
Yesterday the three largest slaughterhouses in Brazil – JBS, Marfrig and Minerva – published an update on their progress to ensure that the meat they produce...
Soya traders choose Amazon protection over greed - for now
Soya traders, companies, NGOs and the Brazilian government met today to debate the future of the soya moratorium - a seven-year-old scheme that stops the soya...
Brazilian slaughterhouses take one more step in the right direction
The three biggest slaughterhouses in Brazil have taken one more step towards ending the cattle sector's involvement in deforestation in the Amazon - and with...
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