I grew up in West Papua, which sits in the far west of the world’s biggest archipelago. I studied forestry in the province’s capital, but grew up in another city called Jayapura. If West Papua is considered frontier land, then Jayapura is certainly th... Read more >

This week Greenpeace and other leading environmental groups including Sierra Club California, California Environmental Justice Alliance, Asia Pacific Environmental Network, and Friends of the Earth sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown in w... Read more >

This week, politicians, scientists and fisheries managers from around the world are coming to Mauritius to attend the annual Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting. This organisation is charged by governments to protect tuna stocks across the Ind... Read more >

World  governments, the public, and the UN now recognize that the human population number matters in achieving ecological sustainability for human communities.

For forty years, since the first United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm in 1972, ... Read more >

The next time you see a bee buzzing around, it’s worthwhile remembering that much of the food we eat depends significantly on pollination these insects provide. But bees and other pollinators are declining globally, particularly in North America and E... Read more >

On the shimmering blue high seas, there is a grey area. Known as transshipping, this common practise of transferring fish catches from one vessel to another is also a loophole, as it can lead to fish from illegal sources getting into the chain of cust... Read more >

At 10:48 am on 17 April in Beijing, Greenpeace made a bit of history: we joined the first batch of around 50 rooftop solar PV projects that connected to the grid in China.

And to our surprise, we learned that our modest five-kilowatt solar system i... Read more >

Witbank, a town just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, has some of the world’s most polluted air – that’s according to new research reported yesterday.

The massively high levels of pollution can be directly linked to the national utility company... Read more >

This morning three Greenpeace polar bears chained themselves to oil barrels in front of Norwegian energy firm Statoil’s office in central Moscow. Holding banners reading “Arctic worth more than oil” and “Arctic not for sale,” our brave polar bears d... Read more >

A key plank of Greenpeace's work on protecting forests around the world is an obvious yet important message of putting "people and forests first".

Yet it is a message that needs repeating, often to the many companies that use forested areas to furthe... Read more >

It’s World Penguin Day today, and a fine excuse to celebrate the majesty and silliness of fine-flippered friends. In that spirit, I thought it would be good to pull together some fun facts about penguins. Some are fun, some are facts, and some are bot... Read more >

Last week Greenpeace International released the results of an investigation, which revealed that Gap Inc. (the company behind global brands including Banana Republic, Old Navy and its namesake Gap) is in business with a polluting supplier in Indonesia... Read more >

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15 September 2011

Forest Clearance for Palm Oil in Riau © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Today, an organisation with the declared aim of ensuring environmentally responsible palm oi... Read more >

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Sarah Burton at the 18th Annual Commonwealth Law Conference in South Africa. ©Greenpeace

It's been a long time since I practiced... Read more >