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From the anti-whaling protest in Albany, Western Australia on 28 August 1977 - the first protest under a Greenpeace banner in Australia - to the anti-nuclear campaigns of the 80s and 90s and early climate change protests, Greenpeace has been a key player in the history of social and environmental activism in Australia and the Pacific.
Greenpeace Head of Campaigns Steve Campbell said, “Greenpeace thanks Australian supporters on our 30th birthday for the donations which have allowed us to remain truly independent for the past three decades.
“The best birthday present we could receive today would be if Prime Minister Howard immediately ratified the Kyoto Protocol, committed to reducing Australia’s greenhouse emissions by 30% by 2020 and committed to a responsible phase-out of Australia’s involvement in the coal industry,” he said.
Key achievements of Greenpeace Australia Pacific include:
1978: The last whaling station in Australia closes down
1989: The UN passes a moratorium on large-scale driftnets, saving thousands of Pacific marine animals and birds from a cruel and unnecessary death
1995: A Greenpeace anti-nuclear peace flotilla protests French nuclear testing in the Pacific, and over 7 million people sign petitions calling for an end to testing
1998: Following a 15 year campaign the Environmental Protection Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty comes into force, banning mining in Antarctica for 50 years
2000: The Sydney 2000 Olympics becomes the first ever Green Games
2002: Illegal logging in the Kiunga-Aiambak region of PNG is stopped
2002: Greenpeace launches the inaugural True Food Guide, and six food companies declare their products free of GE-derived ingredients
2003: The greenhouse-polluting Stuart Shale Oil Project in Queensland stops
2004: The commercial release of GE canola in Australia is stopped
2005: Mitsubishi Paper agrees to stop buying woodchips sourced from Tasmania’s ancient forest.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Sydney’s CarriageWorks arts space will host a photographic retrospective from 15-30 September. For more information visit www.greenpeace.org.au
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Greenpeace Head of Campaigns Steve Campbell said, “Greenpeace thanks Australian supporters on our 30th birthday for the donations which have allowed us to remain truly independent for the past three decades.
“The best birthday present we could receive today would be if Prime Minister Howard immediately ratified the Kyoto Protocol, committed to reducing Australia’s greenhouse emissions by 30% by 2020 and committed to a responsible phase-out of Australia’s involvement in the coal industry,” he said.
Key achievements of Greenpeace Australia Pacific include:
1978: The last whaling station in Australia closes down
1989: The UN passes a moratorium on large-scale driftnets, saving thousands of Pacific marine animals and birds from a cruel and unnecessary death
1995: A Greenpeace anti-nuclear peace flotilla protests French nuclear testing in the Pacific, and over 7 million people sign petitions calling for an end to testing
1998: Following a 15 year campaign the Environmental Protection Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty comes into force, banning mining in Antarctica for 50 years
2000: The Sydney 2000 Olympics becomes the first ever Green Games
2002: Illegal logging in the Kiunga-Aiambak region of PNG is stopped
2002: Greenpeace launches the inaugural True Food Guide, and six food companies declare their products free of GE-derived ingredients
2003: The greenhouse-polluting Stuart Shale Oil Project in Queensland stops
2004: The commercial release of GE canola in Australia is stopped
2005: Mitsubishi Paper agrees to stop buying woodchips sourced from Tasmania’s ancient forest.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Sydney’s CarriageWorks arts space will host a photographic retrospective from 15-30 September. For more information visit www.greenpeace.org.au
Photos/video
Photos/video available for download at http://media.greenpeace.org.au
Username: photos | Password: green
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Zoe Porter, media officer, 0409 048 260
