Saving Indonesia's rainforests

Last edited 14 March 2014 at 1:30pm

Indonesia's rainforests are a biodiversity hotspot, rich in endemic species, and vital in regulating the Earth's climate. But these forests are being torn down for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations - making Indonesia the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter and threatening endangered species such as orang-utans with extinction. Greenpeace is campaigning globally to protect Indonesia's rainforests.

Campaign updates

Man chews orang-utan finger, wins short film award

Some great news to start the week - the spoof KitKat video we made to protest Nestlé's use of palm oil has won an award. Our German colleagues entered it into...
Posted by jamie - 22 November, 2010 - 17:24
Orang-utan in Indonesia

Finally! Palm oil companies recognise the value of forests

Helen Buckland, UK director of the Sumatran Orangutan Society, reports on developments at the recent Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil meeting... It's no...
Posted by jamie - 15 November, 2010 - 18:05 -
Orang-utan in Indonesia

Finally! Palm oil companies recognise the value of forests

Helen Buckland, UK director of the Sumatran Orangutan Society, reports on developments at the recent Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil meeting... It's no...
Posted by jamie - 15 November, 2010 - 18:05 -

How our Nestle campaign travelled around the web

The Sinar Mas influence map by Salter Baxter Is it a tube map for spiders? A diagram of the galactic core? No, it's an analysis of our ongoing Sinar...
Posted by jamie - 28 October, 2010 - 14:20

How our Nestle campaign travelled around the web

The Sinar Mas influence map by Salter Baxter Is it a tube map for spiders? A diagram of the galactic core? No, it's an analysis of our ongoing Sinar...
Posted by jamie - 28 October, 2010 - 14:20

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