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

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

Biofuels protests planned across the UK

The guys at Biofuelwatch have been cooking up a week of protests around (what else?) biofuels. Like us, they're concerned about the rising demand for...
Posted by jamie - 28 January, 2008 - 18:56

Biofuels protests planned across the UK

The guys at Biofuelwatch have been cooking up a week of protests around (what else?) biofuels. Like us, they're concerned about the rising demand for...
Posted by jamie - 28 January, 2008 - 18:56

Amazon gets smaller as deforestation rates rise

Last year, we heard the excellent news that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon had dropped for the third consecutive year. However, yesterday came the...
Posted by jamie - 25 January, 2008 - 16:21 -

Amazon gets smaller as deforestation rates rise

Last year, we heard the excellent news that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon had dropped for the third consecutive year. However, yesterday came the...
Posted by jamie - 25 January, 2008 - 16:21 -

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