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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Wanted: your ideas to save species from extinction

By every measurable factor, biodiversity is up the creek with no sign of getting a paddle any time soon. International attempts to reverse the downward trend...
Posted by jamie - 8 September, 2010 - 19:00 -

We got it our way! Burger King ditches Sinar Mas palm oil

The independent audit which Sinar Mas thought would absolve it of deforestation, peatland clearance and law-breaking is now exploding in front of its face...
Posted by jamie - 2 September, 2010 - 14:39 -

We got it our way! Burger King ditches Sinar Mas palm oil

The independent audit which Sinar Mas thought would absolve it of deforestation, peatland clearance and law-breaking is now exploding in front of its face...
Posted by jamie - 2 September, 2010 - 14:39 -

Bad week in business for Sinar Mas

More of Sinar Mas's handiwork, this time in an area known to support endangered Sumatran tigers  There's been a not insignificant amount of fallout from...
Posted by jamie - 25 August, 2010 - 17:18

Bad week in business for Sinar Mas

More of Sinar Mas's handiwork, this time in an area known to support endangered Sumatran tigers  There's been a not insignificant amount of fallout from...
Posted by jamie - 25 August, 2010 - 17:18

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