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How have we protected ancient forests?

Greenpeace offers solutions to deforestation

 


Whether it’s convincing Barbie to go for greener packaging or partnering with the music industry to promote responsible-sourced instruments, our team can fortunately celebrate several victories for the forests.  

Great news for Indonesian rainforest: Asia Pulp & Paper commit to forest conservation policy

BOS Foundation (Borneo Orangutan Survival)We primarily focus on consumer power to protect vulnerable ancient forests. When an individual makes an environmentally-conscious choice, it is an important step for conservation. But when a corporation implements an environmentally-conscious policy, that impact is amplified thousands of times over.  Often times, it takes the power of the consumer to pressure a company to do the right thing.


And all the amazing creatures who call those forests home can thank mindful consumers for making that important step in the conversation process.

 

The latest updates

 

Draft moratorium on forest destruction falls short

Blog by Jess Miller | February 28, 2011

Days before the President of Indonesia is set to announce a moratorium on forest destruction, we’ve got a copy of the draft moratorium, crunched the numbers and the news is not good. The data shows this proposed moratorium does ...

Chevron guilty of polluting the Amazon

Blog by Phil Radford | February 22, 2011 2 comments

Last week a judge in Ecuador found Chevron guilty of polluting the Amazon rainforest and ordered the company to pay $9 billion in damages. Chevron plans to challenge the ruling. One top Chevron official has been quoted as saying that...

Community excited about huge rain forest announcement

Blog by Michelle Frey | February 11, 2011 3 comments

Earlier this week the world's second biggest palm oil company, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest . The response from concerned citizens has been amazing! Check out what...

Palm Oil Giant Announces Plan to Stop Forest Destruction

Blog by Rolf Skar | February 9, 2011 4 comments

The global Greenpeace effort to end deforestation in Indonesia has enjoyed unprecedented success in the last year.  From the world’s largest food company and the world’s largest bank , to a global restaurant brand and one of...

Two severe Amazon droughts in five years alarm scientists

Blog by Phil Radford | February 4, 2011 1 comment

Tropical rainforests are called the lungs of the earth, because they suck in pollution and breath out clean, healthy air. There is a darker side to this story, though – without protection, these same forests could actually speed up...

The State of the Union and the Environment

Blog by Phil Radford | January 25, 2011 4 comments

In these challenging times it will not be surprising if President Obama glosses over critical environmental issues in his State of the Union address January 25. The nation is struggling to find jobs for the unemployed, we are still...

Protecting ancient forests

Image gallery | January 11, 2011

Pizza Hut Execs Play Ostrich, Won’t Talk to Orangutans

Blog by Rolf Skar | January 5, 2011 4 comments

Pizza Hut has a problem. Greenpeace has documented the restaurant buying palm oil linked to deforestation in Indonesia - destroying the homes of the endangered orangutan. It's a problem other companies - like Nestle and ...

What do damp apes and Pizza Hut have in common?

Blog by Elise Nabors | December 21, 2010 6 comments

Last weekend, Southern California saw some of the heaviest rainfall in decades.  And if you were in Irvine, California you saw wet, dedicated apes and activists.  These damp orangutans visited a local Pizza Hut chain to deliver a...

The Year in PIctures 2010

Image gallery | December 20, 2010

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