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Greenpeace activists hang a banner with the message "Forest Destruction: You can stop this" from the top of a loading crane in the port of a major pulp mill facility in Riau Province 900 kilometers (600 miles) Northwest of Jakarta. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace activists in frontline of battle against climate change shut down climate destroyer

November 25, 2009

Twelve days before the critical UN Copenhagen Climate Summit, Greenpeace activists today shut down the export facilities of a major pulp mill operated by Sinar Mas-owned pulp and paper company APP, in the heart of Indonesia's rainforests. Sinar Mas is a leading driver of global climate change due to its widespread role in forest destruction. Two Filipinos join ten other international and local activists in blocking cranes at the port to stop pulp exports, and displayed banners reading: "Forest Destruction: You can stop this", urging world leaders including Indonesia’s President Yudhoyono to take strong leadership to avert climate chaos and to provide a global fund for forests (1) to end tropical deforestation as part of a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate deal at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December.

Greenpeace activists wearing face masks of US President Obama and Indonesian President Yudhoyono’s pose in front of a banner which reads “Stop talking, start acting, save the forests for our future” in front of Jakarta’s Monumen Nasional (National Monument). More than a hundred Greenpeace activists and supporters from Surabaya, Semarang, Bandung and Jakarta rallied in Indonesia’s capital in support of President Yudhoyono’s international commitment to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. Enlarge Image

Hundreds of Greenpeace activists and supporters call on SBY to take climate action

November 21, 2009

Hundreds of Greenpeace activists and supporters from several of Java’s main cities today rallied in support of President Yudhoyono¹s international commitment to reduce carbon emissions from Indonesia. They called for his promise to be immediately put into practice by halting deforestation which is driving runaway climate change. More than hundreds activists gathered early in the morning at Monas and marched down Jl. Sudirman to Bunderan Hotel Indonesia where they unfolded a banner reading, “Stop talking, start acting ­ save the forests for our future”.

Greenpeace calls on Indonesian government to arrest forest destroyers instead of harassing climate defenders

November 20, 2009

Greenpeace today marched to the Indonesian Embassy to call on its government to carry the full extent of environmental law on companies that are destroying the carbon-rich peatlands of Indonesia’s Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra. The group, rallying behind a banner that said “stop forest destroyers, not climate defenders”, delivered a letter addressed to Ambassador Irzan Tandjung.

Indonesian authorities evict climate defenders under pressure from forest criminals

November 15, 2009

The Indonesian police authorities, under orders from the Governor of Riau Province, will today begin the eviction of Greenpeace activists and local community members participating in the Climate Defenders camp on the threatened Kampar Peninsula in the heartland of Sumatra’s rainforest. Police and immigration authorities have also ordered the deportation of 11 international activists who participated in a non-violent direct action to expose and stop blatant and illegal destruction of peatlands by Asia Pacific Resource International Holdings (APRIL).

Greenpeace activists and 200 local community members take part in a traditional ceremony to mark the completion of the ‘Climate Defenders’ Camp’, which they built together on the threatened Kampar Peninsula. The Camp was built to bring urgent attention to the role that deforestation plays in driving dangerous climate change, a critical issue to be addressed at the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit in December. Enlarge Image

STOP PRESS : Climate defenders to stay; Police reverses eviction order under pressure from communities

November 15, 2009

In a surprising move, the chief of police of Pelalawan district revoked an earlier order of Governor of Riau to evict Greenpeace activists participating in the Climate Defenders camp on the threatened Kampar Peninsula and has permitted them to stay following massive support from local communities.

Global paper giant cancels APRIL contract to stop Indonesia rainforest destruction

November 13, 2009

Even as Greenpeace activists, who took direct action on Thursday to stop the destruction of peatlands in Kampar peninsula by Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Limited (APRIL), are being detained by the police in Indonesia, the global paper giant, UPM-Kymmene, has said that it will stop buying pulp from APRIL, who operates one of the world’s largest pulp mills in Riau and is responsible for causing widespread rainforest in Indonesia.

A nipa hut quitely sits amidst fields of organic rice standing witnessing hardwork and persistence of the farmers in Sitio Canaan, Barangay Crossing, Magallon, Negros Occidental. Enlarge Image

GMO myths debunked with Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)

November 13, 2009

A new Greenpeace report released today in Manila effectively puts genetic engineering where it belongs—into the dustbins of history. The report “Smart Breeding: Marker Assisted Breeding, a non-invasive biotechnology alternative to genetic engineering of plant varieties” focuses on the technical possibilities of Marker Assisted Selection or MAS and its strengths compared to genetic engineering. Particular attention is given to rice crops, drought tolerance, harnessing of biodiversity and breeding for better nutrition. The report shows how MAS renders genetic engineering—which is expensive and unsafe—obsolete and completely unnecessary.

Membukaan lahan yang di lakukan APRIL di Semenanjung Kampar. Lokasi yang tidak jauh dari Kamp Pembela Iklim Greenpeace di Teluk Meranti, Riau Enlarge Image

SBY: revoke permits for pulp giant APRIL clearing Kampar Peninsula

November 09, 2009

Greenpeace today released fresh evidence of pulp and paper giant APRIL rampantly destroying peatland forests in the Kampar Peninsula, Sumatra. On the basis of the photos and map released today, Greenpeace is calling on Indonesian President Yudhoyono to immediately order his Forestry Minister to revoke APRIL’s permits to clear the carbon-rich deep peat forests.

Obama rates worst at climate negotiations, Yudhoyono needs to walk the talk

November 06, 2009

Greenpeace today released a Guide to Climate Politics, highlighting the failure of world leaders to match their climate rhetoric with climate action. The guide demonstrates that we have no industrialized world climate leaders, only losers.

Greenpeace tackles climate change at frontline of Indonesian rainforest destruction

November 04, 2009

This morning, fifty Greenpeace activists took action to prevent the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests and called on world leaders to end global deforestation, which is responsible for about a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions (1). The call came as negotiators meet in Barcelona, Spain for the final round of talks before December’s critical UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

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