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2012 Amazon Ship Tour

Hub | May 16, 2012 at 9:23

Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior is in the Amazon for a two month tour to highlight the beauty and importance of protecting the rainforest, to expose who is responsible for its destruction and to champion the solutions needed to achieve zero...

Make AWS Green

Page | December 5, 2012 at 15:02

Amazon is responsible for storing and delivering the data behind a massive portion of the Internet via its Amazon Web Services (AWS) business, including Netflix, Pinterest, Spotify, and Smugmug.

Government Announces Second Highest Rate of Amazon Deforestation in Brazilian History

Media release | May 18, 2005 at 18:00

Greenpeace today reacted with condemnation and outrage to the new Amazon deforestation figures released by the Brazilian government. The annual rate of Amazon deforestation for August 2003-August 2004 reached 26,130 square kilometers, the...

Driving Destruction in the Amazon

Publication | May 11, 2012 at 9:43

Wood charcoal is burning up more than what’s for dinner at backyard barbeques. In Brazil- the world’s largest consumer of wood charcoal, almost all of the wood charcoal is used to process pig iron ( a key ingredient for steel). Turning iron ore...

Greenpeace Investigation Links U.S. Agribusiness to Rainforest Scandal

Media release | April 5, 2006 at 18:00

Greenpeace International in the Netherlands released evidence today exposing the role of Cargill in rainforest destruction,and revealing the company’s ties to slavery and land-grabbing in the Amazon. As a result of the investigation, Greenpeace...

Forest Code : Millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest threatened

Publication | July 6, 2011 at 18:42

The threat to the Forest Code and tens of millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest is real.

Into the Heart of the Amazon - The Greenpeace Deni Indian Expedition

Feature story | October 17, 2001 at 18:00

In September 2001, Greenpeace sent three international teams of volunteers into the Amazon to help the Deni Indians demarcate their land to save it from loggers. On October 2, the Brazilian government attempted to stop the demarcation. The Deni...

Nun Assassinated Defending Amazon

Feature story | February 13, 2005 at 18:00

Sister Dorothy Stang, a longtime advocate for the disempowered in the Brazilian Amazon, was assassinated on February 12, 2005 in the State of Pará, Brazil. The 74-year-old American-born nun was shot by two gunmen as she was traveling to a...

Big Win for Amazon Communities

Feature story | November 9, 2004 at 18:00

If the U.S. election still has you down, try this for a pick-me-up: Five million acres of Amazon rainforest are now federally protected, thanks to an agreement signed by Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on November 9. The decision...

Amazon Deforestation Rate Could Be Highest Ever

Feature story | December 1, 2004 at 18:00

Manaus, Brazil, 02 December 2004. Greenpeace believes that Amazon deforestation levels for the period from August 2003 to August 2004 are much higher than the figures released by the Brazilian government indicate and may be a new record.

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