Protect forests

Last edited 4 February 2014 at 3:24pm

The Earth's ancient forests form some of the most diverse ecosystems known to science and are vital in regulating the world's climate. But eighty per cent of them have already been destroyed or degraded, and the remaining forests are under threat. Greenpeace is working to end illegal and destructive logging of the world's ancient forests, and to protect the rights of the indigenous peoples and species that depend on them.

Campaign updates

Making timber from rainforests the sustainable way

Greenpeace volunteers and Lake Murray clansmen marking out boundaries in 2006 Long-time readers may remember that two years ago a team of Greenpeace...
Posted by jamie - 3 March, 2008 - 19:09

Fire and ice: images from the Amazon and the antarctic

One of the pleasures of working at Greenpeace is having access to a truly incredible photo library and there's been more than one occasion when, looking for...
Posted by jamie - 3 March, 2008 - 13:44

Army brought in to help illegal Amazon timber crackdown

An illegal logging camp in the Amazon © Greenpeace/Daniel Beltra Stung by the recent rise in deforestation rates in the Amazon, the Brazilian...
Posted by jamie - 29 February, 2008 - 12:45

Army brought in to help illegal Amazon timber crackdown

An illegal logging camp in the Amazon © Greenpeace/Daniel Beltra Stung by the recent rise in deforestation rates in the Amazon, the Brazilian...
Posted by jamie - 29 February, 2008 - 12:45

Army brought in to help illegal Amazon timber crackdown

An illegal logging camp in the Amazon © Greenpeace/Daniel Beltra Stung by the recent rise in deforestation rates in the Amazon, the Brazilian...
Posted by jamie - 29 February, 2008 - 12:45

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