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U.S.

America's Keystone Forests: Mapping the Next 100 Years of Forest Protection

January 03, 2005

Greenpeace, in cooperation with the Big Sky Conservation Institute, has created a map showing the "keystone forests" of the United States.

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Canada

Executive summary - Turning Up the Heat : Global Warming and the Degradation of Canada's Boreal Forest

April 10, 2008

A new report released by Greenpeace on the 10th of April 2008 finds that logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest is making global warming worse by releasing greenhouse gases and reducing carbon storage. It also finds that logging makes the forest more susceptible to global warming impacts like wildfires and insect outbreaks, which in turn release more greenhouse gases. Here is a selection of some pictures that can be found in the report.

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Turning Up the Heat : Global Warming and the Degradation of Canada's Boreal Forest

April 10, 2008

A new report released by Greenpeace on the 10th of April 2008 finds that logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest is making global warming worse by releasing greenhouse gases and reducing carbon storage. It also finds that logging makes the forest more susceptible to global warming impacts like wildfires and insect outbreaks, which in turn release more greenhouse gases. Here is a selection of some pictures that can be found in the report.

Executive summary

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South America

Eating Up the Amazon

April 06, 2006

In 2004, Greenpeace began to investigate the Amazon soy industry. Our research has identified three U.S.-based agricultural commodities giants - ADM, Bunge and Cargill - at the heart of the Amazon destruction.

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State of Conflict

November 03, 2003

This report focuses on the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará, where industrial activities are surging ahead leaving the law behind. It concentrates on the two most aggressive industrial frontiers in Pará State: the regions of Porto de Moz and Prainha, and the Middle Land. Logging and cattle ranching are now the main driving forces behind the illegal assault on land in these regions.

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Europe and Russia

Certifying Extinction? An Assessment of the Revised Standards of the Finnish Forest Certification System

October 01, 2004

With this report, the undersigned Finnish environmental organisations want to emphasise the urgent need for better forest management and better protection for the remaining old-growth and high-conservation-value forests in Finland.

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The Paper Trail

August 01, 2004

A Greenpeace guide to sourcing ancient forest friendly paper for the UK book publishing industry.

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Africa

Forest Crime File: Danzer Group (Revised 2nd Edition)

November 01, 2004

REVISED & UPDATED JANUARY 2005 In June 2004, Greenpeace published an initial report outlining how the Swiss based Danzer Group had been knowingly financing illegal logging in Africa. The Danzer Group quickly responded, but their response failed to address key allegations including their admission in documents obtained by Greenpeace that showed they had a policy of paying off government officials. Greenpeace has now obtained additional evidence of further unscrupulous behaviour including suspected forgery and carrying out business dealings with an arms trafficker who is blacklisted by the UN Security Council.

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Asia Pacific

Sharing The Blame

March 29, 2006

China’s hunger for wood consumption is reshaping the global wood market and trade. In less than 10 years unprecedented economic growth, coupled with a shortage of domestic forest resources, has driven China to become the world’s largest importer of unprocessed logs and tropical timber and the world’s second largest importer of wood products. China is becoming the world’s factory for plywood, furniture and paper, and its export of wood products is growing at a faster rate than domestic consumption.

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Caught Between Two Worlds

April 21, 2005

Describes the problems large-scale industrial enterprises like logging and plantations cause for families and communities in the Solomon Islands. The report reinforces the importance of village based development in the rebuilding of the nation.

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Solutions and Politics

Roadmap to Recovery: The World's Last Intact Forest Landscapes

March 21, 2006

We have created new maps of the world's forests, based on the most up-to-date, high resolution satellite imagery and a consistent set of criteria. World governments can use these maps to identify which forest areas are most in need of protection and to fast track setting up a global network of protected areas.

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