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Greenpeace welcomes AbitibiBowater decision to stop logging in Grassy Narrows First...

Press release | June 3, 2008 at 17:00

Greenpeace today welcomed a decision by forest-products giant AbitibiBowater to end its logging operations in the traditional territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation and support the community in its struggle for rights over its traditional...

Greenpeace and Cree have erected blockade to protect Broadback Valley Forest

Feature story | November 3, 2010 at 10:00

Greenpeace and the Cree Nation of Waswanipi have erected a symbolic blockade in the heart of Quebec’s Boreal Forest to protest against the construction of logging roads that will open the Broadback Valley Forest to industrial exploitation.

Hackers help destroy the Amazon rainforest

Feature story | December 18, 2008 at 9:41

High-tech smuggling operations may not be what you'd normally associate with the ongoing clearance of the Amazon rainforest, but logging companies intent on plundering it for timber have been using hackers to break into the Brazilian government's...

Palm oil blockade

Feature story | November 25, 2007 at 17:00

On the morning of the second day of the blockade, eight activists added to the pressure by climbing on the nearby tanks of palm oil and hanging a banner saying "Palm Oil Kills Climate & Forests". They were later taken into custody.

Big cheques to Liberals means bad news for Boreal

Press release | April 9, 2007 at 17:00

An investigation released today by Greenpeace revealed that Jean Charest’s Liberals were the big winners in political donations from senior executives connected to member companies of the Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (CIFQ).

FSC at risk – Finland: How FSC controlled wood certification is threatening Finland’s...

Publication | June 26, 2013 at 7:00

Established nearly 20 years ago, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is widely recognised as the highest global certification standard for forest management. Nonetheless, with the FSC’s rapid growth, there is growing concern with the...

Threatened Wilderness: The Last Intact Forests of Ontario

Publication | October 29, 2010 at 12:06

(Brampton) — Greenpeace has released a report, “Threatened Wilderness: The Last Intact Forests of Ontario,” that recommends immediate measures the McGuinty government can take to best safeguard threatened caribou and mitigate climate change by...

The Great Northern Forest Needs You

Blog entry by Greenpeace Canada | March 22, 2017

For thousands of years, it has filtered our water, purified our air and regulated our climate. It is home to countless animals like the caribou and the wolverine, as well as hundreds of Indigenous communities. It is our Great Northern...

Through the Trees: The Truth Behind Logging in Canada

Publication | September 5, 2003 at 19:00

Greenpeace report reveals the truth behind forestry in each Canadian province.

ForestEthics defends an Endangered Forest in Ontario

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, forest campaigner | October 10, 2013

Earlier this week, conservation group ForestEthics took 3M, the maker of Post-it Notes, to task for promoting greenwash through the use of Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) labelling and the destruction of old-growth forests around...

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