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In the forest
Greenpeace works in the Paradise Forests at the invitation of local landowners. For more than a decade, Greenpeace has been working with customary landowners and local non-government organisations. We have helped close down corrupt forestry activities and set up community-operated alternatives, such as ecoforestry, in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
We expose the illegal dealings of illegal logging companies, such as Rimbunan Hijau. In 2003, Greenpeace and its partners helped customary landowners remove Malaysian logging company, Concord Pacific (controlled by Datuk Yaw of Samling), from land around Lake Murray, PNG. Concord Pacific was charged with trespassing during its illegal logging activities.
Greenpeace is starting a project in Papua, a province of Indonesia, to set the stage for eco-enterprises. We are stepping up work with communities in Papua New Guinea. Together, these initiatives will help protect what is left of the largest intact, pristine region of the Paradise Forests, a prime target for the logging industry to exploit.
Greenpeace in Lake Murray, PNG
Outside the forest
Some of our most effective work is done outside the forest, using our global reach and more than three decades of international campaigning expertise.
We lobby politicians and industry to stop illegal and destructive logging and ban the illegal timber trade.
We inform consumers how they can buy good wood and paper.
We bear witness to forest destruction and expose the forest destroyers to the world.
