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Indigenous Pacific leaders call on countries to support ban on deep sea mining
Video projections featuring civil society leaders from the Pacific region calling for a halt to deep sea mining were seen throughout the weekend in Mexico City, Mexico, Toronto, Canada, Dover, UK, and Kingston, Jamaica.
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Bottom trawling ban needed to save plummeting fish populations
New information showing plummeting numbers of orange roughy on seamounts and other features demonstrates why bottom trawling must be banned from these biodiverse areas, say Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
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Government subsidies to Fonterra “just a drop in the bucket” for climate
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s announcement on action to reduce the dairy industry’s climate pollution, but says the move to subsidise Fonterra’s shift away from coal for milk dehydration…
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Time for Labour to up their game on the climate crisis
Greenpeace is calling on the Labour Party to up their game on climate change, after the Party’s campaign slogan launch and leader’s speech were silent on the climate crisis.
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Greenpeace welcomes Greens’ manifesto but says proof will be in the pudding
Greenpeace is encouraged by Green Party inclusion of Climate Shift asks in 2023 manifesto, but says proof will be in the pudding on climate change policy.
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Aotearoa wants a Container Return Scheme but the government isn’t listening
This month the Ministry for the Environment published the results of its Transforming Recycling submissions process, where 98% of respondents supported the implementation of a national container return scheme.
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European Court of Human Rights rules ‘Arctic 30’ were arbitrarily detained
Amsterdam – The European Court of Human Rights issued its ruling today in the long-running case of the Arctic 30 v Russia, finding that Russian authorities arbitrarily detained the 28…
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Call for halt to NZ importing products linked to deforestation
A Greenpeace petition signed by nearly 16,000 people was delivered to Parliament today calling for the New Zealand government to stop the import of products that are linked to forest…
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Hauraki Gulf Alliance Petitions Parliament to Protect Marine Park from Destructive Fishing Practices
Today, a diverse range of recreational fishing, environmental, law, corporate and business organisations united as the Hauraki Gulf Alliance will deliver a petition calling for bottom trawl methods to be banned from within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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Coral cost of bottom trawling – 200 tonnes destroyed in 13 years
A damning new report shows bottom trawling destroys coral at alarming rates.
