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.

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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 -

HSBC adverts are just greenwash, so why not make your own?

If this man's tree-top home was in the way of profit, do you think HSBC would really stop the bulldozers?  Update: Thanks to the thousands of emails sent...
Posted by jamie - 3 June, 2010 - 11:08 -

HSBC adverts are just greenwash, so why not make your own?

If this man's tree-top home was in the way of profit, do you think HSBC would really stop the bulldozers?  Update: Thanks to the thousands of emails sent...
Posted by jamie - 3 June, 2010 - 11:08 -

$4bn fund to protect Indonesia's forests while president announces partial halt to deforestation

Building dams at a Greenpeace camp in Sumatra. International funds and a moratorium would make this a thing of the past While our campaign to stop HSBC...
Posted by jamie - 27 May, 2010 - 15:48 -

$4bn fund to protect Indonesia's forests while president announces partial halt to deforestation

Building dams at a Greenpeace camp in Sumatra. International funds and a moratorium would make this a thing of the past While our campaign to stop HSBC...
Posted by jamie - 27 May, 2010 - 15:48 -

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