deforestation

Forests - the problems

Last edited 14 November 2006 at 3:02pm

Ancient forests around the world are threatened by destructive logging and land clearance to make room for agriculture.

We are destroying ancient forests at an unprecedented rate. As demand for anything made from wood increases - whether it's books, furniture, construction materials or even toilet paper - we risk stripping away the last remaining ancient forest areas.

Article tagged as: agriculture, climate change, deforestation, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, rainforests

Greenpeace shuts down soya export terminal of leading Amazon destroyer

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

European companies urged to reject criminal cargo from Cargill

Sao Paulo/London, 19 May 2006

A team of climbers from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise shut down Cargill's illegal soya export facility in the heart of the Amazon rainforest today. The soya, which is exported to Europe as animal feed, is grown in deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest.

Article tagged as: amazon, arctic sunrise, deforestation, press releases, south america, soya

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

Trashing of the Amazon continues - highest year of forest destruction on record

Last edited 19 May 2005 at 8:00am
19 May, 2005

New Amazon deforestation figures released by the Brazilian Government yesterday evening (18th May 2005) showed that 26,130 square kilometres of rainforest were wrecked between August 2003 and August 2004, an area larger than Wales.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, forests, lula, press releases, south america

State of Conflict

Last edited 29 August 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 November, 2003

An investigation into the landgrabbers, loggers and lawless frontiers in Para State, Amazon

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Article tagged as: amazon, deforestation, development, forests, government, reports

Precious mangroves threatened by shrimp and prawn farming July 26th: International Day of the Mangroves

Last edited 24 July 2003 at 8:00am
Mangrove in Equador

Mangrove in Equador

Article tagged as: deforestation, fishing, mangrove, shrimp farms

Environmental effectiveness and loopholes

Last edited 19 July 2001 at 8:00am
Under threat - polar bear

Under threat - polar bear

In Kyoto in 1997 at the third Conference of the Parties (COP 3), the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. Thirty-eight industrialised countries agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by varying amounts with an overall reduction of 5.2% below 1990 levels by the year 2010. It also provided a series of 'flexible mechanisms' to help them achieve this.

As negotiations have proceeded it has become clear that these 'mechanisms' have become potential loopholes that, if adopted, would allow industrialised countries to do very little or nothing in the way of real emissions reduction and still appear to meet their targets.

Article tagged as: carbon sinks, climate change, co2, deforestation, emissions trading, forests, impacts, kyoto protocol, loopholes