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Posted by jossc — 15 September 2009 at 12:38pm
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Last March hundreds of Thai Greenpeace supporters, volunteers and farmers took part in an amazing experiment - to create a giant, beautiful organic work of art in the rice fields of Thailand's Central Plains.
Posted by jamie — 20 February 2009 at 1:12pm
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Volunteers in Jakarta get the climate message to Hillary Clinton's convoy (not pictured) © Greenpeace
Our colleagues in Indonesia have been very busy this
week - with visiting foreign dignitaries and an outrageous decree from their own
government following in quick succession.
Posted by jamie — 23 December 2008 at 11:23am
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Fire burns through forest in Sumatra, clearing the area for plantations © Greenpeace/Novis
It's been a few weeks since the Esperanza's
tour of Indonesia
wrapped up with an exhausting
but thrilling week of direct action focused on various palm oil tankers, and
I've since left those humid equatorial climes to return to a chilly British
winter. But even though the ship has moved on to other countries and campaigns,
the palm oil campaign continues and in the past few weeks there have been some developments.
The most obvious has been annual meeting of
the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Bali - this could have been
the moment the industry got its act together and did something other than spin the
usual load of greenwash over its involvement in the destruction of south east
Asia's rainforests. Sadly, it was
not to be. Although our ship painting/blockading actions drew a lot of
attention, as did our earlier revelations about United
Plantations and their 'sustainable' palm oil, no real progress was made.
Posted by jamie — 22 September 2008 at 5:31pm
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Following the recent fun with a timber cargo ship in Papua New Guinea, the Greenpeace team on the Esperanza has sent through some more material which throws the spotlight on what's happening in the country's forests. The video below explains how local communities are being short-changed by logging companies, with things like schools and medical centres promised by these companies simply not materialising:
Posted by jamie — 5 September 2008 at 3:56pm
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Oil palm saplings waiting to be planted © Behring/Greenpeace
Last week, campaigners from Greenpeace
South-East Asia met with palm oil producers and traders to discuss the
challenges faced by the industry if it's going to get a grip on the problem of
deforestation. The seminar was designed to get these companies thinking about
the impact their trade is having on forests in the region, and working groups
brought together industry reps and campaigners to discuss the issues involved,
particularly our demand for a moratorium on clearing forest areas for palm oil
plantations.
Posted by jamie — 3 September 2008 at 5:49pm
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A Greenpeace team occupies the Harbour Gemini, carrying illegal timber from Papua New Guinea and bound for China
© Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace
As we wait for the European
Commission to consider
legislation to prevent illegal timber from entering Europe, a Greenpeace
team in Papua New Guinea
have stepped in to prevent a ship from loading up with wood of dubious
provenance.
The ship, Harbour Gemini, was loading timber at
Paia Inlet in Gulf
Province, when four
activists from our ship the Esperanza climbed a loading crane to hang a huge
banner reading 'Protect Forests, Save Our Climate'. Looking on were groups of
local people in boats, while others held their own
peaceful protests at the port and nearby logging camps.
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One of the largest single stores of carbon on the planet is a step closer to lasting protection, according to the environmental group Greenpeace. The Indonesian province of Riau has pledged to halt the destruction of its carbon rich peatlands and forests in a move which could prevent billions of tonnes of carbon from entering the atmosphere.
Posted by jamie — 4 July 2008 at 12:11pm
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We're still working to build a coalition of
companies which are determined to reform the palm oil industry so no more
forest is lost due to the expansion of their plantations in South East Asia and
with Unilever's help we're in contact with other major players in the palm oil
trade. However, some are less keen than others to co-operate and need some
persuading.