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Greenpeace shuts down Cargill plants in Europe

22 May 2006

Greenpeace Activists in Brazil Block Cargill Soy Facility
Greenpeace shuts down soya export terminal of leading Amazon destroyer

19 May 2006

KFC frying the Amazon as violence erupts

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.

Slave worker at work in the Amazon Rainforest. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace prevents soya from Amazon rainforest destruction entering Europe

07 April 2006

Greenpeace activists prevented a ship loaded with Amazon soya docking in the port of Amsterdam this morning. The soya comes direct from the heart of the Amazon rainforest, which is being illegally destroyed at an alarming rate to grow soya for Europe's farm animals and fast food chains.

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)

Greenpeace activists occupy an area in 1,645 hectares of the Amazon that has been illegally deforested and unfurled a huge 2,500 square meter banner. The President of the Agricultural Producers Association in Santarem, – José Donizetti – is held directly responsible by the Brazilian Environmental Agency IBAMA for this illegal deforestation. Enlarge Image

100 per cent crime

06 March 2006

Greenpeace turned the spotlight on the man accused by the Brazilian Environment Agency (IBAMA) of being responsible for a major 'forest crime' in the heart of the Amazon - the destruction a vast area of pristine rainforest.

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