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In the Paradise Forests, the profits from ecoforestry are shared among communities. The money made from just one tree can send a child to school for a year.

In the Paradise Forests, the profits from ecoforestry are shared among communities. The money made from just one tree can send a child to school for a year.

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Only 20 per cent of the world's ancient forests remain in large, intact tracts. Of these, the Paradise Forests are among the most threatened.

Illegal and destructive logging is flattening the ancient Paradise Forests. Greenpeace exposes the governments and industries responsible for the destruction. We help forest communities reclaim their land and forge ecologically sustainable solutions like ecoforestry. 

We can all take action to protect the Paradise Forests. What can you do?

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Securing the future, an alternative plan for Solomon Island forests and economy Enlarge image

Securing the future: An alternative plan for Solomon Island forests and economy.

April 25, 2008

The Solomon Islands forests are in crisis. The International Monetary Fund recently predicted a rapid collapse of logging, with all commercial natural forests cut down by 2014. The environmental, financial, economic and social impacts of this will be serious. The report, Securing the future, presents an alternative plan for Solomon Island forests and economy.

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More than 30 Greenpeace volunteers work with local people constructing dams in peatland canals in recently cleared forest. This prevents the peatland from drying out and releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide. Enlarge image

Indonesian forest destruction dammed

Our volunteers and local forest communities have halted swamp forest destruction in Sumatra, Indonesia, by damming five canals. The damming stops the peatland from drying out and releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide.

Precious merbau timber is imported into China. Enlarge image

Merbau's last stand

Consumer demand for luxury flooring and furniture is driving a rare tree species to commercial extinction. And it will take more than the Australian government's global illegal logging fund to save it.

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Eco-forestry in action

The first batch of ecotimber from Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea, has arrived in Australia. Follow the journey as Greenpeace helps local forest communities wrestle their land back from illegal and destructive loggers to set up their own small-scale ecoforestry ventures.

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