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Illegal fishing coming to waters near you

Posted by Ariana Densham — 17 March 2015 at 2:32pm - Comments
Illegal fishing for Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters
All rights reserved. Credit: New Zealand Defence Force
Crew members aboard the Kunlun fishing illegally in the Southern Ocean haul in a Patagonian toothfish

Illegal fishing is a global problem. Between  €9 - €23 billion is lost every year to illegal fishing and often as a result of international organised crime. Previously, imports of illegal fishing products into the EU were estimated at €1.1 billion. It is often linked to environmental crimes which damage marine habitats and animals, not to mention food insecurity in developing countries, human, drugs and arms trafficking, as well as forced labour on board fishing vessels.

Illegal fishing can happen anywhere and at anytime and last week there were two very interesting developments both at home and abroad. 

Article tagged as: antarctic, Cornelis Vrolijk, fishing, Frank Bonefaas, illegal, netherlands, spain, trawlers, UK

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
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace

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

Illegal rainforest timber used in parliament refurbishment

Last edited 29 September 2006 at 8:00am
29 September, 2006

Illegally logged timber from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is being used during renovation work at the Houses of Parliament.

Greenpeace investigators have found the timber, in the form of at least two tonnes of plywood, in the £5million restructuring of the Press Area. The rainforest wood is protecting floors, stairs and walls while work is being carried out.[1]

And this is the fourth time in as many years that Greenpeace has revealed that the Government is using illegal and unsustainable timber.[2]

Article tagged as: government, illegal, logging, press releases, timber trade

Check your rice is GM free

Last edited 28 September 2006 at 8:00am
Contact your supermarket and ask if the rice you've bought is free from GM contamination

Contact your supermarket and ask if the rice you've bought is free from GM contamination

Article tagged as: contamination, get active, GM rice, illegal, what you can do

Greenpeace investigation exposes Finland's illegal timber trade with Russia

Last edited 19 September 2006 at 8:00am
19 September, 2006

London - 19 September 2006: A Greenpeace International report released today reveals how illegally logged timber from Russia is being freely imported into Finland to factories including those of Stora Enso, which is partly owned by the Finnish State.

In its report, Partners in Crime: A Greenpeace Investigation into Finland's Illegal Timber Trade with Russia, Greenpeace has documented wide-spread illegal logging in the Russian Republic of Karelia.(1)

Article tagged as: europe, finland, illegal, investigations, logging, press releases, russia, stora enso

Illegal GM rice found in the UK

Last edited 5 September 2006 at 8:00am
5 September, 2006

Food products illegally contaminated with genetically modified (GM) rice from China have been discovered in the UK, France and Germany, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace revealed today.

Article tagged as: GM, GM contamination, GM food, illegal, press releases

Developing 'usable' nuclear weapons

Last edited 23 June 2006 at 8:00am
The smaller nuclear weapons become, the more likely they are to be used in areas of conflict such as Iraq

The smaller nuclear weapons become, the more likely they are to be used in areas of conflict such as Iraq

'Usable' nukes
In the past five years the US military has developed an aggressive new nuclear doctrine: military documents such as 2002's Nuclear Posture Review and the 2005 Pentagon paper Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations revealed that that nukes may be used as 'weapons of first resort' as well as being integrated with conventional forces.

Article tagged as: disarmament, hachette, illegal, iran, north korea, nuclear bomb, radioactivity, USA, weapons, WMDs

Greenpeace chickens invade McDonald's across the land

Last edited 6 April 2006 at 8:00am
6 April, 2006

Nationwide protests as fast food giant is linked to Amazon destruction

McDonald's outlets across Britain have been invaded by seven-foot-tall chickens this morning after a new report revealed the role played by the fast food giant in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Overnight, scores of restaurants from Edinburgh to Southampton were fly-posted with images of a chainsaw-wielding Ronald McDonald, while outlets in seven major cities are now occupied by the chickens, which have chained themselves to chairs.

The action comes as Greenpeace releases the results of a year long global undercover investigation into the links between high street brands and logging in the Amazon rainforest. Using satellite images, aerial surveillance, previously unreleased government documents and on-the-ground undercover monitoring, campaigners have for the first time been able to track the trade in soya beans from the Amazon rainforest to the Chicken McNuggets eaten in restaurants across Europe.

Article tagged as: amazon, deforestation, illegal, mcdonalds, press releases, rainforests

Montague Meyer: 'Stop destroying my forest home'

Last edited 30 March 2006 at 9:00am
30 March, 2006

Customary PNG landowner asks the timber trade to source 'good' wood

Today, Brian Baring, of the Gingilang clan on the north coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG), delivered a giant letter to Alchemy Partners, asking them to stop daughter company Montague L Meyer from trashing PNG's rainforests for plywood. Logging in PNG is some of the worst on the planet, with virtually all industrial logging being illegal.

Article tagged as: illegal, indonesia, logging, paradise forests, PNG, press releases, timber trade