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Videos from our forest campaign

Last edited 6 August 2007 at 4:11pm

Greenpeace is committed to protecting the world's ancient forests and the life that they support by restricting destructive logging and industrial-scale farming. You can watch some of our latest campaign videos from around the world here. Scroll through the list by clicking the left and right arrows on either side of the 'playlist button'.

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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.

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Please - stop buying wood that is stolen from my people

Posted by admin — 30 March 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

PNG landowner Brian Baring outside the offices of Montague L Meyer, responsible for rainforest destruction

Brian Baring, a member of the Gingilang clan, hails from Papua New Guinea and has been involved in protecting the country's ancient forests for some time. His clan have been custodians of the land for thousands of years and are now legally the customary landowners.

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Greenpeace launches rescue station to protect rainforest 'Paradise'

Last edited 28 February 2006 at 9:00am
28 February, 2006

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, February 28, 2006
Greenpeace today launched a major initiative to help protect Asia Pacific's last remaining ancient rainforests - the so-called 'Paradise Forests' [1] - by unveiling its Global Forest Rescue Station in a remote part of Papua New Guinea.

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Forest rescue station launched

Posted by admin — 28 February 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Local foresters help Greenpeace volunteers mark out land boundaries near Lake Murray

In the remote forests of Papau New Guinea, illegal and destructive logging continues to threaten both the local communities and the fragile ecosystem. But today Greenpeace launched a major initiative to help indigenous tribes establish their rights to the land they have occupied for generations.

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