palm oil

Why I’ve dedicated my life to protecting the rainforests

Posted by Annisa Rahmawati - 26th November 2018
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“Suddenly you are surrounded by calmness and fresh air. You are alone. You can listen to the sounds of the forest, the sounds of the birds. Whenever I go inside the forests, I feel always blessed and grateful.”

“I feel like a new person, reborn, when I am in the forest,” Annisa Rahmawati smiles. While Annisa finds peace and a sense of purpose among the trees, she also works every day to protect huge swathes of forest in her homeland, where the sound of bulldozers is threatening to drown out the sound of… Read More

In pictures: orangutans threatened by deforestation linked to the makers of Oreo

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 14th November 2018
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All rights reserved. Credit: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Palm oil suppliers to Mondelēz, one of the world’s biggest brands, known for it’s products like Cadbury chocolate bars, Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers have destroyed 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Indonesia in just two years (2015 – 2017). Mondelēz buys much of it’s dirty palm oil from the… Read More

Palm oil: what you need to know

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 22nd September 2018
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In the last few months we’ve stepped up our campaign to make brands come clean about palm oil. Here’s everything you need to know.   What is palm oil? It’s made from the fruits of African oil palm trees, which are mainly grown… 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

Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”

Posted by Nick Monro aka Dikson - 29th August 2018
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The first time I saw an orangutan in real life, I nearly peed with fright! I heard a great commotion in the trees above me and there he was, swinging through the branches, his huge plate-shaped face staring down. It was… Read More

Iceland ditches palm oil – what does it mean?

Posted by Alison Kirkman - 12th April 2018
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Nyaru Menteng Orangutan reintroduction project near Palanga Raya, Kalimantan/Borneo.

Palm oil. It’s in 50% of all packaged products in supermarkets. There’s no getting away from it. Or is there? Iceland became the first UK supermarket to ditch palm oil this week and the media was all over it. Why is this big news? Does palm oil… Read More