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The Climate Bomb is Ticking -- Call for Zero Deforestation to Protect the Climate

Publication | April 3, 2008 at 0:00

Tropical forest destruction is responsible for about one-fifth of current global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Keeping the global temperature increase below 2ºC (compared to pre-industrial levels) means GHG emissions must peak by 2015 and by...

Greenpeace campaign forces Unilever u-turn on palm oil

Press release | May 1, 2008 at 16:48

Greenpeace today welcomed Unilever’s call for a moratorium on rainforest destruction in Indonesia, that is wiping out orang-utans and devastating the climate.

Dutch Timber Traders destroying Paradise

Publication | April 23, 2007 at 10:16

A staggering 80% of the world’s ancient forests have already been destroyed or degraded and much of what remains is under threat from illegal and destructive logging. The member states of the European Union (EU ) play a key role in fuelling the...

Merbau's last stand

Merbau's last stand

Feature story | April 17, 2007 at 0:00

Consumer demand for luxury flooring and furniture is driving a rare tree species to commercial extinction. And it will take more than the Australian government's global illegal logging fund to save it.

East Asian meeting on illega timber ban

East Asian meeting on illega timber ban

Press release | March 6, 2006 at 0:00

Greenpeace today called on participant countries to the East Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) to put words into action and take steps to seriously address the problem of illegal logging in the region.

Greenpeace activists block palm oil shipment in Indonesia

Greenpeace activists block palm oil shipment in Indonesia

Feature story | November 10, 2008 at 0:00

In the latest stage of the Esperanza's Forests for Climate tour around south-east Asia, activists have arrived in Dumai, Indonesia to block a palm oil shipment from departing for Europe.

An urgent message from PNG forests

An urgent message from PNG forests

Feature story | May 7, 2007 at 0:00

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

merbau report

Publication | April 18, 2007 at 0:00

The beautiful tropical hardwood species merbau, once so abundant throughout the Asia-Pacific region, is today hovering on the brink of commercial extinction due to the increasing demand for luxury hardwood timber products. Unless current trends...

Illegal Timber Supplies Axed by B&Q

Illegal Timber Supplies Axed by B&Q

Press release | June 12, 2007 at 10:05

Companies supplying China with illegal timber were dealt a major blow today when the world's third largest home improvement retailer, B&Q, announced a scheme to root out illegal supplies and guarantee within three years all products will be from...

Slice of paradise arrives in Japan

Slice of paradise arrives in Japan

Feature story | May 11, 2006 at 8:25

First we intercepted the MV Ardhianto when it was loading a thousand cubic metres of destructively logged plywood in Sorong harbour, Papua. Today, as the ship prepared to unload a slice of the Paradise Forests in Yokohama harbour, Japan, our...

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