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Deforestation photo essays

Stopping a ship loading rainforest timber from the Paradise Forests

September 2008: Greenpeace stopped a ship bound for China, carrying piles of logged timber from the Paradise Forests. Our peaceful action was greeted joyously by local people who watched from boats, singing and dancing.

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Activists send a message for PNG forests

Delegates of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) received a surprise when Greenpeace activists unfurled a huge banner reading "ITTO Stop Forest Destruction" outside their hotel in Port Moresby.

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Wildlife of the Paradise forests

The tropical forests of Asia Pacific that span New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the nearby archipelagos is home to a beautiful variety of life. Explore the region through the award winning photographs of Takeshi Mizukoshi who has devoted his life to photographing the world's remaining ancient forests.

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Evidence of Indonesian wood inside the EU Commission building

We have gained secret photos from the renovations of the European Commission's Berlaymont Building, detailing the amount of timber from dodgy companies in Indonesia.

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Brisbane timberyard action

12 December, 2005: A Greenpeace non violent direct action against TLB timber yard in Brisbane, Queensland. The timber yard stocks illegal ancient rainforest timber from Papua New Guinea and West Papua.

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