Indonesia's rainforest is one of the richest, most varied eco-systems on earth – teeming with animals and plant species so numerous that we’re still discovering new ones. Orang-utans, elephants, Sumatran tigers, hundreds of bird species and thousands of plant species all rely on this rainforest for their survival. It’s also home to millions of people who depend on the forest for their livelihood and way of life.
Posted by jamie — 3 October 2007 at 6:29pm
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A burnt area of the Amazon rainforest in Itaituba 2, a protected area (Photo: Daniel Beltra)
Seven years? It's a tall order but we have a cunning plan. Together with eight other national campaigning organisations, our Brazilian team have launched an ambitious proposal with a goal of zero deforestation by 2015. The plan sets out specific targets that could see deforestation drop gradually over the next seven years, pushing for a cut of 25 per cent in the first year compared to figures for 2005/6. It's thinking on a massive scale, but we believe it can be done - with deforestation rates already falling and with a concerted effort it really could happen.
Last edited 14 September 2007 at 11:28am
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Posted by jamie — 29 August 2007 at 2:53pm
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Back in April, at the World Bank's spring meeting, there was much talk about the plight of the Congo rainforest. We'd just published a big report detailing how in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) logging titles were being granted in breach of a moratorium that the bank had been instrumental in establishing. The report launch was so high profile, we were able to force DRC's rainforest high onto the agenda of the World Bank meeting and have also managed to secure another session at the upcoming autumn meeting.
Posted by jamie — 29 August 2007 at 10:39am
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There have been further developments in the Amazon. As we reported last week, Greenpeace Brazil published its investigation into deals between a Brazilian government agency and logging companies over areas of rainforest under the guise of a land settlement programme.
Posted by jamie — 23 August 2007 at 4:13pm
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 Our exposé earlier this week about how a Brazilian government agency is handing out areas of the Amazon rainforest to logging companies under the guise of a land settlement programme has set the proverbial cat among the pigeons. The government, has been stressing that deforestation levels are falling but has also said it will launch a full investigation into the situation.
Andre Muggiati, one of our Amazon campaigners, has been doing a slew of interviews for the Brazilian and international media, including the main national radio station in Brazil where he was followed by Guilherme Kassel, the Minister for Rural Development who is responsible for the National Institute of Colonisation and Land Reform (Incra). An impromptu debate ensued during which Muggiati invited the minister to join him on a visit to Santarém to see for himself the impact these underhand deals are having on the rainforest.
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