#Forests
Help save our great global forests. Our forests are precious beyond imagination. We must protect them for the people living in them and people everywhere. Forests regulate the climate and host an extraordinary array of plants and animals. But to a greedy few, forests are just land, waiting to become pastures, plantations, or roads; sources of timber, rubber, or minerals for profit. Together we can be forest defenders and work towards their restoration for the benefit of all life on earth.
Things you can do
We want you to take action because together we’re strong.
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PETITION: Stop Fonterra using Palm Kernel
Call on Fonterra to end the use of rainforest-destroying palm kernel on its farms.
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GreenpeacePETITION: Save the Amazon
Add your name to tell the Brazilian government to save the Amazon Rainforest and protect the lands of Indigenous and traditional communities.
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GreenpeaceTell big companies to drop dirty palm oil
The time is up for forest-destroying products. We’re calling on big brands like Unilever, Nestlé and Mondelez to keep their promises about dirty palm oil
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GreenpeaceSave the Amazon
Losing the Amazon means losing the home of indigenous and traditional communities, precious habitats, and the fight against climate change. Losing the Amazon means losing the home of indigenous and traditional communities, precious habitats, and the fight against climate change. Preserving rainforests can contribute to solving the climate crisis we’re facing. That’s exactly what indigenous…
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STATEMENT: Fonterra admits to breaching Fair Trading Act
Fonterra Brands and Greenpeace Aotearoa have agreed to settle Greenpeace’s lawsuit over Anchor Butter packaging.
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Fonterra admits false “100% New Zealand Grass-fed” Anchor Butter claims broke the law
Greenpeace is celebrating a win against greenwash as Fonterra admits that it broke the law with misleading Anchor Butter claims.
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2025: A year of wins, action and resistance
2025 was a year of people power, hard-fought wins, and standing up against political and corporate harm.
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Palm kernel imports skyrocketing as climate crisis worsens
Greenpeace is revealing that new data provided by Stats NZ shows that palm kernel imports for the first six months of 2025 are higher than they have been at any…
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Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges
Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the…
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‘Anchor Rainforest Killer’ palm kernel protest continues in New Plymouth
Greenpeace Taranaki protest against Anchor Butter palm kernel connection continues despite police intervention.
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Palm kernel: what’s the problem?
Palm kernel expeller or PKE is a rainforest-destroying animal feed that’s fed to dairy cows when there is not enough grass to feed them. Greenpeace is campaigning for Fonterra to…
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NZ dairy linked to deforestation inside Attenborough orangutan documentary wildlife reserve
NZ dairy has been linked to deforestation inside Attenborough orangutan documentary wildlife reserve.
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Fonterra’s palm kernel supply link to illegal palm operations bad news for Nestlé
Greenpeace Aotearoa says Fonterra’s entire supply chain is tainted with illegal palm products after all of the major importers of palm kernel into New Zealand have been found to be illegally…