hilary benn
Posted by Willie — 19 January 2010 at 4:22pm
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Charismatic megafauna at play. Did we get your attention?
The word 'biodiversity' is often bandied about as shorthand for 'lots of lovely animals
and plants'. We probably think of African plains teeming with herds of
antelopes, zebra and wildebeest, a jungle cacophonous with crickets, monkeys and
birds, or perhaps a coral reef that looks like a still from Finding Nemo.
But that's
because most of us are a little shallow when it comes to the species we
co-inhabit this planet with. We get overexcited by the big things, the cuddly
things, and the wow! things.
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Commenting on Hilary Benn's appointment as Environment Secretary, Robin Oakley of Greenpeace said:
"Mr Benn's job is now one of the most important in government. We'll judge him not on his reputation but on what he does in the coming months and years to fight climate change, the greatest issue of our times. He and Gordon Brown have a big test coming up, when they'll be asked to decide on whether Britain builds new coal-fired power stations. On that issue alone we'll soon know if he’s the real deal."
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We need your help to protect the Congo rainforest. It's the second largest rainforest on Earth (only the Amazon is bigger), supporting millions of people as well as being stuffed full of unique and engandered species, including gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos. And like all large forests, it is crucially important for regulating the local and global climate.
Posted by jamie — 19 April 2007 at 1:43pm
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Our report on the con in the Congo really did catch the attention of the World Bank. They were referenced many, many times in its pages and have taken a keen interest in what we have to say about their role in the destruction of the African rainforest at the hands of the international logging companies.
Such is their interest that a special event was held at the spring meeting in Washington DC last weekend - even though it was in the offing before we released the report, it wasn't on the official agenda and was held as a direct result of the work done by ourselves and other organisations, both globally and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last few weeks.
Posted by jamie — 12 April 2007 at 6:04pm
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Following on from the release yesterday of our major new report about the con in the Congo, our campaigners met with Hilary Benn to ask what he intends to do about it. As the UK governor of the World Bank, he is extremely well-placed to make a big noise about it at the bank's spring meeting this weekend.
Posted by jamie — 11 April 2007 at 9:00am
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As we revealed last week, we've been doing a lot of work recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), researching the threats that currently face the vast rainforest that stretch across the Congo basin.
It's a forest we can ill-afford to lose: 40 million people depend on the forest in one way or another. It is also critical for the survival of our closest animal relatives, including gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos, and like all large intact forests, it's crucially important for regulating the local and global climate.
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A damning new report launched by Greenpeace today exposes that international logging companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are causing social chaos and wreaking environmental havoc. The report, entitled 'Carving up the Congo' (1) uncovers endemic corruption and impunity in the DRC's logging sector at a time when key decisions that will determine the future of these forests are about to be made (2).
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