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Greenpeace activists dump nearly four tonnes of soya at the entrance of Cargillís European Headquarters where the company's managers organise the shipping of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Amazon soya to Europe. Soya expansion is one of the leading causes of deforestation in the Amazon. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace slams US commodities giant for Amazon crimes

22 May 2006

To mark the UN's International Day for Biological Diversity today, Greenpeace activists continued their global actions against the world's largest privately-owned company, US commodities giant, Cargill, for destroying the Amazon rainforest to grow soya to feed Europe's farm animals.

Greenpeace activists display a banner reading 'Cargill out' in a protest against Cargill's illegal soya port in the Amazon rainforest. Soya expansion is one of the leading causes of deforestation in the Amazon. The soya is exported to Europe for animal feed. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace shuts down soya export terminal of leading Amazon destroyer

19 May 2006

A team of climbers from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise shut down Cargill's illegal soya export facility in the heart of the Amazon rainforest today. The soya, which is exported to Europe as animal feed, is grown in deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest.

Aerial view in the rainforest, Para State, Amazon. The forest is being burned by the US based Cargill corporation to clear land for soya plantations. Enlarge Image

KFC exposed for trashing the Amazon rainforest for buckets of chicken

17 May 2006

Greenpeace volunteers unfurled a 300 square metre banner in a massive area of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest this morning with the words 'KFC - Amazon Criminal' - in advance of Kentucky Fried Chicken's (KFC) Annual General Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow.

Greenpeace stops huge consignment of Amazon soya entering Europe

29 April 2006

Sixty Greenpeace activists (1) today prevented commodities giant Cargill from unloading a shipment of Amazon soya in Amsterdam port, to protest against the destruction of huge tracts of the Amazon rainforest to grow soya to feed farm animals in Europe.

Aerial view in the rainforest, Para State, Amazon. The forest is being burned by the US based Cargill corporation to clear land for soya plantations. Enlarge Image

I'm trashin' it!

06 April 2006

Greenpeace today exposed the role played by McDonald's in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. (1)

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