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Preserving Paradise

November 26, 2008

This report outlines the value of protecting Papau New Guinea's forests for the sake of the global climate.

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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

Solomon Islands forests are in crisis. The International Monetary Fund predicts a rapid collapse of logging, with all commercial natural forests cut down by 2014. This will bring serious environmental, financial, economic and social impacts. This report presents an alternative plan.

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How the palm oil industry is cooking the climate

November 08, 2007

This report shows how food, cosmetic and biofuel industries drive the destruction of peat lands and rainforests that contributes to climate change.

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Greenpeace activists abseiled off the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby, where delegates were gathering for the start of the 42nd International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) committee meeting. The activists unfurled a banner which read "ITTO Stop Forest Destruction". Unless something is done now to stop wholesale forest destruction there may be nothing left to save. Enlarge image

Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and Sustainable Forest Management in Papua New Guinea

May 29, 2007

Full report of the Diagnostic Mission

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Face in the crowd beneath the Crowne Plaza. Activists abseiled off the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby, where delegates were gathering for the start of the 42nd International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) committee meeting. The activists unfurled a banner which read "ITTO Stop Forest Destruction". Unless something is done now to stop wholesale forest destruction there may be nothing left to save. Enlarge image

Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and Sustainable Forest Management in Papua New Guinea

May 07, 2007

Executive summary of the Report of the Diagnostic Mission

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A loader piles logs along the coast of Biak Island in Papua. This picture is taken from the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, which sailed into Papua to highlight the destruction of the Paradise Forests, the last ancient forests in the Asia Pacific region. The ancient forests of Indonesia are being destroyed faster than any other forests on Earth, fuelled by demands from the European Union, US, Japan and China. Enlarge image

Merbau's Last Stand briefing paper

April 17, 2007

How industrial logging is driving the destruction of the Paradise Forests of Asia Pacific

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