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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Indonesia gets its own climate change camp

Climate change and deforestation are inextricably linked. Forest destruction contributes around one-fifth of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions, more...
Posted by jamie - 24 October, 2007 - 13:42

Biofuels: government policy is failing

Back in May we launched a campaign to introduce controls on the way biofuels are produced. We argued that without minimum standards to control production,...
Posted by jossc - 20 July, 2007 - 17:03

Biofuels: government policy is failing

Back in May we launched a campaign to introduce controls on the way biofuels are produced. We argued that without minimum standards to control production,...
Posted by jossc - 20 July, 2007 - 17:03

Biofuels: green dream or climate change nightmare?

As you may have already seen, along with WWF, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and enoughsenough.org, we've placed an advert in several of today's papers...
Posted by jamie - 9 May, 2007 - 00:00 -

Biofuels: green dream or climate change nightmare?

As you may have already seen, along with WWF, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and enoughsenough.org, we've placed an advert in several of today's papers...
Posted by jamie - 9 May, 2007 - 00:00 -

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