Protect forests

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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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New Amazon forest law comes one step closer

While the EU has just voted to ban illegal timber, yesterday Brazil came a step closer to severely weakening the forest code which has helped protect the...
Posted by jamie - 7 July, 2010 - 17:27 -

Victory! After 10 years of campaigning, EU votes to ban illegal timber

Exposing illegal timber used in the construction of the new Home Office building in 2003 © Greenpeace/Cobbing It's been a long time coming but finally -...
Posted by jamie - 7 July, 2010 - 17:18

Victory! After 10 years of campaigning, EU votes to ban illegal timber

Exposing illegal timber used in the construction of the new Home Office building in 2003 © Greenpeace/Cobbing It's been a long time coming but finally -...
Posted by jamie - 7 July, 2010 - 17:18

Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia's rainforests too

Like orang-utans, the future of Sumatran tigers is being jeopordised by the relentless destruction of their habitat by paper giant APP Even though we've had...
Posted by jamie - 6 July, 2010 - 09:56 -

Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia's rainforests too

Like orang-utans, the future of Sumatran tigers is being jeopordised by the relentless destruction of their habitat by paper giant APP Even though we've had...
Posted by jamie - 6 July, 2010 - 09:56 -

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