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Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef

Posted by Richardg — 1 April 2016 at 12:09pm - Comments

Activists in Sao Paulo put stickers on beef saying 'do you know where your beef comes from?'

Great news: Pão de Açúcar – one of Brazil’s major supermarket chains – has finally agreed to stop stocking beef linked to forest destruction. It's a huge victory for Brazilian consumers, who joined Greenpeace's campaign in their thousands - but it's also big deal for the planet. Here's why.

Article tagged as: amazon, beef, brazil, cattle, deforestation, supermarkets

Tracking trees: How one Amazon Indigenous community is using tech to fight illegal logging

Posted by Fran G — 11 September 2015 at 11:19am - Comments

For the Ka’apor people of Brazil, protecting the Amazon rainforest isn’t just about climate change or wildlife. It is about survival.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, indigenous land, indigenous people

UPDATE: Amazon timber from illegal loggers is heading to Rotterdam

Posted by Richardg — 5 November 2014 at 7:29pm - Comments

A shipment of illegal timber is on its way to Europe

A shipment of illegal timber from the Amazon rainforest is on its way to Europe. We've discovered that the timber is bound for the port of Rotterdam - and it arrives tomorrow.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, forests, illegal logging, illegal timber, logging, timber

Illegal timber from the Amazon is on it's way to Europe. Let's stop it!

Posted by Richardg — 3 November 2014 at 10:42am - Comments

We've caught sawmills in the Amazon rainforest trading illegal timber. Now a shipment of illegal timber from one of those sawmills is on its way to Europe. If we act quickly, we can force the authorities to take action.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, EU, EUTR, forest crime, illegal logging, illegal timber, timber

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The Amazon's Silent Crisis: Night Terrors

Last edited 28 October 2014 at 11:51am

Publication date:

15 October, 2014

In August and September 2014, Greenpeace used covert GPS locator beacons to monitor logging trucks in the Brazilian state of Pará. Night after night, logging trucks smuggle illegal timber out of the Amazon rainforest to sawmills that supply global markets.

Download the report:

gp_amz_silent_crimefile_final_dps.pdf

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, forests, illegal logging, logging, rainforest, timber

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