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Real-life Rang-tan: baby orangutan found crying and alone

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 21st September 2018
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This baby orangutan was found on a palm oil plantation, separated from his mother.

A few weeks ago, a baby orangutan was found crying and alone by workers on a palm oil plantation in Borneo, when I watched the footage of this little orangutan, I was reminded of a line I’d heard in a film you might’ve seen… Read More

Telling the toxic truth

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 18th September 2018
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Three planned tar sands pipelines in North America could devastate many local communities, says Ocean Hyland from the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. So, backed by thousands of Greenpeace supporters, she’s speaking directly to Barclays – the only UK bank still choosing to fund tar sands pipelines. Read More

Wings of Paradise: drawing attention to rainforest destruction

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 17th September 2018
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Artist Vogue poses in front of his mural, Wings of Paradise, on a building in Oakland, California.
All rights reserved. Credit: George Nikitin / Artist Vogue and Dragon School / Greenpeace

For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities.  Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to be driven by the bottom line whatever the cost to humanity or biodiversity, have played a major role… Read More

What a Global Ocean Treaty means—and why it matters to all of us

Posted by Louisa Casson - 17th September 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

We have paddled the first nautical miles of a long voyage. The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters about a treaty to protect all the oceans which lie beyond national borders is coming to an end. It’s been two weeks of political meetings, origami turtles, too many… Read More

In pictures: Saving the blue in our blue planet with a Global Ocean Treaty

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 13th September 2018
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Humpback whale just off the coast of Tonga.
All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace

This September the world’s governments meet at a UN conference in New York to negotiate the protection of the high seas. Creating a network of ocean sanctuaries on the high seas will have global benefits: ensuring healthy, thriving oceans all over our planet. The pictures below give a… Read More