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UK volunteers help Amazon Indians cut boundary in forest to keep illegal loggers out of their land

Last edited 11 September 2001 at 8:00am
11 September, 2001

Greenpeace calls for demarcation of all Indian lands in the Brazilian Amazon

The Deni Indian community with help from UK volunteers today began to physically cut a border in the Amazon rainforest to demarcate their lands in a bid to protect their traditional territory from industrial exploitation. Without this demarcation the Deni lands would be vulnerable to land grabs by logging companies after the wealth of natural resources which belong to the Deni. This is only the second time that an Indian group has, without government assistance, demarcated their lands in the Amazon.

Article tagged as: amazon, arctic sunrise, demarcation, deni, forests, press releases

The Amazon rainforest: history

Last edited 4 September 2001 at 8:00am
Illegal logging in the Amazon

Illegal logging in the Amazon

The world's ancient forests are in trouble. Only one fifth of original forest cover globally remains in large tracts, and almost half of that is under threat from activities such as mining, agriculture and, most importantly, commercial logging. Of the remaining ancient forests, the largest is the Amazon. The size of Western Europe - an area of 370 million hectares - the Brazilian Amazon alone comprises one third of the world's remaining tropical forests.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, destructive logging, forests, history, tropical timber

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

Expedition updates from Rebecca Lerer, Greenpeace press officer and writer

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am
deni group 
Arua River, Macahaini camp, Deni lands, Friday, February 23rd and Saturday, February 24th

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Deni expedition update

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am

nilo & shamen 

 

 

 

Cuniua River, Deni lands, Tuesday, February 20th

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deni, expeditions, forests

Expedition updates from Rebecca Lerer, Greenpeace press officer and writer

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am

piun free zoneCuniua River, Sunday, February 18th

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Expedition updates from Rebecca Lerer, Greenpeace press officer and writer

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am

Amazon: flooded forest 

 

 

 

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Expedition diary from Rebecca Lerer, Greenpeace press officer and writer

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am
savioSolimoes River, February 12th

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Into the heart of the Amazon - The Greenpeace Deni Indian expedition February - March 2001

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am

deni bannerGreenpeace is developing projects in close partnership with local communities and organisations by supporting the self-demarcation of the Deni indigenous peoples lands. Greenpeace is providing a step towards the protection of a remote forest area under threat from multinational logging companies.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, CIMI, demarcation, deni, expeditions, forests, investigations, OPAN

Expedition updates from Rebecca Lerer, Greenpeace press officer and writer

Last edited 19 March 2001 at 9:00am

canoe 

 

 

 

Cuniua River, Deni Lands, February 26th

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