Forests

This huge Amazon dam was just stalled – but now we need to stop it.

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 22nd April 2016
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It’s a good week for the Amazon rainforest! Just yesterday, Brazil’s environmental agency – Ibama – announced it was suspending the license to build the massive São Luiz do Tapajós dam on the Tapajós River. The reason? The agency recognized the risks the dam project would pose for nearby Munduruku… Read More

Time is running out for destructive palm oil company IOI

Posted by Richard George - 22nd April 2016
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As Indonesia’s president announces a temporary ban on palm oil development, one of the world’s biggest palm oil traders faces a customer revolt over its deforestation in Borneo… and it could lead to some big wins for forest protection. Earlier this month, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) finally… Read More

In Pictures: Damning the Amazon

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 13th April 2016
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A report published this week by Greenpeace Brazil shines a spotlight on technology giant Siemens’ involvement in a massive hydropower dam planned for the Tapajós River. The dam would not only flood huge parts of… Read More

Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef

Posted by Richard George - 1st April 2016
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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. Greenpeace… Read More

Indonesia: Is the world still looking away?

Posted by India Thorogood - 30th March 2016
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‘Indonesia is burning – so why is the world looking away?’ Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a massive climate crisis – now it looks like they could be… Read More

Sumatran rhino found while forest habitat is lost

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 30th March 2016
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Good news for rhino fans: last week, researchers announced the first live encounter with a Sumatran rhino in Borneo for over 40 years. But the human pressures that have pushed this species to the brink of extinction are still very much in play. An excited WWF team released… Read More