Some good news just in from Brazil, where soya traders have reinforced their commitment to boycott soya grown in newly deforested areas of the Amazon.
Clearing-cutting to make space for new soya plantations has been one of the main causes of rainforest destruction in recent years, which is why we campaigned successfully for a moratorium (temporary ban) three years ago.
Posted by jossc — 2 April 2009 at 10:48am
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We've got a message for the leaders of the richest nations in the world who are gathering here in London for the G20 meeting to discuss the global economic crisis - put the climate and people first.
15 activists unfurled this 50m x 30m banner from the bridge at the Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Posted by jamie — 12 March 2009 at 3:53pm
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There are some alarming stories in the press
today about how
much of the Amazon rainforest will be lost due to climate change. According to a new report from the Met Office's Hadley Centre, up to 85 per
cent of it will disappear if we see a 4C rise in global temperatures.
It's a nightmare scenario and on the face of
it, it makes you wonder if we shouldn't just throw in the towel - I have to
admit to the occasional dark thought along those lines myself. But on the
contrary, information like this illustrates yet again how crucial it is that we
address climate change and deforestation together, and do it now before
we get locked in to huge temperature rises.
This map shows the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil and highlights some of the effects of the cattle industry on the Amazon rainforest. You can see how the slaughterhouses (the black dots) are strung along the roads through the state, which have cut through the green areas of forest and savannah.
Click on the Greenpeace placemarkers for more information and photos.
Posted by jamie — 20 February 2009 at 12:42pm
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One of the great things about working for an
international organisation is that my inbox is constantly filling with emails
from around the globe detailing what other Greenpeace offices are working on. A
thread I've been following particularly closely is the stream of messages
coming from the Arctic Sunrise which is currently back in Brazil on a two-and-a-half month tour of the country.
The purpose of the tour - which goes under the
name of 'Save The Planet Now... Or Now!' - is to highlight the important role Brazil (as the fourth largest emitter of
greenhouse gases on the planet) can play in fighting it in the lead-up to the
UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen this December.
