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

Rainbow Warrior in palm oil blockade

View from the Rainbow Warrior of the MT Westama, laiden with 30,000 tonnes of palm oil © Greenpeace/Christian Aslund Events in Indonesia have stepped up...
Posted by jamie - 15 November, 2007 - 18:08

Rainbow Warrior in palm oil blockade

View from the Rainbow Warrior of the MT Westama, laiden with 30,000 tonnes of palm oil © Greenpeace/Christian Aslund Events in Indonesia have stepped up...
Posted by jamie - 15 November, 2007 - 18:08

Images from a vanishing forest

Lately, I've been working a lot on our palm oil campaign, so my spider senses are highly atuned to anything coming out of Sumatra and Indonesia in general....
Posted by jamie - 13 November, 2007 - 15:01

Palm oil: once you pop, you can't stop

KitKat, Flora and Pringles are among the brands linked to destruction of forests and peatlands for palm oil © Greenpeace/Oka Budhi If, as you read this...
Posted by jamie - 8 November, 2007 - 10:55

Palm oil: once you pop, you can't stop

KitKat, Flora and Pringles are among the brands linked to destruction of forests and peatlands for palm oil © Greenpeace/Oka Budhi If, as you read this...
Posted by jamie - 8 November, 2007 - 10:55

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