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Canada Commits to Legislate Protection of more than 5 Million Acres of Great Bear...

Media release | February 6, 2006 at 18:00

Vancouver, BC, February 7, 2006 — A coalition of four leading environmental groups today, along with industry leaders and indigenous groups, celebrated success after a decade long campaign to protect the globally unique Great Bear Rainforest.

One year after Nestlé committed to giving rainforests a break

Feature story | May 23, 2011 at 9:40

It’s now been one year since pressure from thousands of people around the world convinced the world’s largest food and drink company - Nestlé - to give Indonesian rainforests and their inhabitants a break by removing products responsible for...

African Rainforests

Page | January 27, 2010 at 20:12

The vast forest of the Congo Basin is the second largest tropical rainforest on earth and the lungs of Africa. Its incredibly rich and diverse ecosystem provides food, fresh water, shelter and medicine for tens of millions of people, and is home...

Massive Arrests in Amazon Rainforest Expose Corruption and Illegal Logging

Feature story | June 2, 2005 at 18:00

Brazilian federal police have launched their largest operation in the Amazon to date, arresting 89 people – including corrupt agents of the Brazilian environmental agency, known as IBAMA, and loggers. The arrests have effectively dismantled a...

McDonald's pledges to help protect the Amazon

Feature story | July 24, 2006 at 18:00

Soy

Page | January 27, 2010 at 20:09

The Amazon is the largest expanse of tropical rainforest in the world, but it is disappearing at an alarming rate. Since the 1970s, an area of rainforest the size of California has been lost. While most people know that the Amazon is under threat...

Burger King cancels palm oil contract with rainforest destroyer Sinar Mas

Media release | September 2, 2010 at 14:34

Greenpeace welcomes Burger King’s cancellation of its palm oil contracts with one of the worst rainforest destroyers on the planet, Sinar Mas, becoming the first company to do so since the producer’s audit was made public last month.

Amazon Rainforest

Page | January 16, 2010 at 8:12

The Amazon Rainforest is home to thousands of animal and tree species, making it a biodiversity hotspot. It is also critical in the fight to stop global warming. Since the 1970s, an area of ancient rainforest the size of California has been lost.

Nothing YUMmy About Amazon Destruction

Feature story | May 17, 2006 at 18:00

Rainforest Destruction in Africa

Feature story | April 10, 2007 at 18:00

The Congo rainforest is the life support system for millions of people in the 'green heart' of Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone, 40 million people depend on the forest. Like all large intact forests, it's also crucially...

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