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International brands “cooking the climate” as world’s governments prepare to discuss future of the planet

08 November 2007

A month before the world’s governments gather in Bali to decide on the next phase of international measures to combat climate change, a Greenpeace investigation reveals how a handful of the world’s leading brands are complicit in destroying Indonesia’s peat swamp forests, a potential source of substantial additional emissions of greenhouse gases. Peatlands already account for 4 per cent of global emissions. (1)

Greenpeace welcomes Swedish oil giant's decision not to use palm oil

01 November 2007

Greenpeace welcomes the decision by Swedish petrol giant OKQ8 to abandon plans to use palm oil in their new biodiesel Eco20. The announcement comes after prolonged campaigning by Greenpeace and other environmental groups against palm oil production, which destroys native rainforest, often by burning, to make way for massive palm plantations.

Greenpeace blocks the destruction of Indonesian peatland forests to limit greenhouse gas emissions

29 October 2007

Greenpeace volunteers today halted the destruction of an area of peatland swamp forest held by the PT Duta Palma palm oil company in the Riau province of Sumatra, Indonesia. They are building five dams across three-metre deep canals used in logging and draining peatland for conversion into a commercial palm oil plantation which would breach Indonesian regulations for forest protection and release large quantities of greenhouse gases.

Seven years to end Amazon deforestation - Brazilian NGOs show how

03 October 2007

Nine non-governmental organisations, including Greenpeace, (1) today launched a proposal for a national agreement to end Amazon deforestation (2) at an event attended by the Brazilian Minister of Environment and State Governors. The proposal aims to achieve a broad commitment from sectors of the Brazilian government and civil society for measures to ensure urgent protection for the Amazon rainforest.

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