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Priya Pillai speaks to UK MPs despite being barred from travelling to the UK

Posted by petespeller — 15 January 2015 at 4:47pm - Comments
Priya Pillai speaks to members of the UK APPG on Indo-British relations via Skyp
All rights reserved. Credit: John Cobb / Greenpeace

Undeterred by the government of India trying to halt her speech when she was barred from boarding her flight to London, Greenpeace India campaigner Priya Pillai stuck to her commitment of taking the voices of struggle from Mahan to a global stage and addressed a gathering of MPs at the Parliament in London on Wednesday.

Article tagged as: APPG, coal, Essar Energy, forest, Mahan, Priya Pillai

We're using GPS trackers to expose illegal logging in the amazon

Posted by Richardg — 15 October 2014 at 1:39pm - Comments
Logging truck in the Amazon
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My colleagues - and friends - in Brazil spent two months placing GPS trackers on illegal loggers in the Amazon. It's dangerous - but it helps us expose their crimes to the world.

Article tagged as: amazon, europe, export, forest, george, gps, illegal, rainforest, richard, timber, trackers, trade, trees, wood

We're using GPS trackers to expose illegal logging in the amazon

Posted by Richardg — 15 October 2014 at 1:39pm - Comments

My colleagues - and friends - in Brazil spent two months placing GPS trackers on illegal loggers in the Amazon. It's dangerous - but it helps us expose their crimes to the world..

Article tagged as: amazon, europe, export, forest, george, gps, illegal, rainforest, richard, timber, trackers, trade, trees, wood

Pressure mounts on Procter & Gamble as Mars agrees to protect rainforests

Posted by Richardg — 10 March 2014 at 6:31pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti
Greenpeace activists expose deforestation at one of P&G's palm oil suppliers

Procter & Gamble still has its head in the sand about its dirty palm oil use - so this morning our campaigner paid a visit to one of its suppliers, Musim Mas, to show P&G just what it's buying.

Article tagged as: forest, indonesia, mars, palm oil, Procter & Gamble, rainforests

Business leaders give forest destroyer April one year to reform

Posted by Richardg — 17 January 2014 at 3:32pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: John Novis
Forest destruction by APRIL in Sumatra, Indonesia

Pressure is mounting on April, the notorious forest destroyer that is determinedly trying to pulp what’s left of Indonesia's rainforests. This afternoon, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development gave April an ultimatum: put down the chainsaws or get out of the clubhouse.

Article tagged as: APRIL, forest, indonesia, pulp and paper, rainforest, sumatra
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