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.

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The Broadback Valley "Endangered Forest", one of Quebec’s last intact Boreal for

9 facts you need to know about forests and trees

Trees are incredible. They can live for thousands of years and grow hundreds of metres tall. There is not a species on the planet that doesn’t owe its...
Posted by petespeller - 21 March, 2014 - 17:19

Sending a resolute message to a forest destroyer

Resolute Forest Products is suing two of my colleagues for exposing its destruction of Canada's Boreal Forest. So this morning ten Greenpeace activists went to...
Posted by Richardg - 18 March, 2014 - 16:03

Sending a resolute message to a forest destroyer

Resolute Forest Products is suing two of my colleagues for exposing its destruction of Canada's Boreal Forest. So this morning ten Greenpeace activists went to...
Posted by Richardg - 18 March, 2014 - 16:03

Pressure mounts on Procter & Gamble as Mars agrees to protect rainforests

Procter & Gamble still has its head in the sand about its dirty palm oil use - so this morning our campaigner paid a visit to one of its suppliers, Musim...
Posted by Richardg - 10 March, 2014 - 18:31

Protect forests or destroy forests? Time to take a side

It's been over a week since we asked Procter & Gamble to stop buying palm oil from forest destroyers. The company's not budging - so this morning we asked...
Posted by Richardg - 7 March, 2014 - 13:40

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