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Global deforestation – Europe faces up to its dirty secret

Global deforestation – Europe faces up to its dirty secret

Blog entry by Sebastien Risso | July 2, 2013

Have you ever wondered what the impact of one chocolate bar is? Or a tank-full of petrol? Or that hamburger you had for lunch? No, I don’t mean in calories; I am talking about impacts of a planet-wide nature. What we eat, the fuel we...

Europe must act on forest destruction

Europe must act on forest destruction

Press release | July 2, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace unveiled a 12-metre Amazon tree as part of a multi-media installation by the acclaimed Brazilian artist, Siron Franco,(1) at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels today. The trunk taken from an area...

EU President implicated in forest crimes: Greenpeace reveals connections with illegal logging scandal

EU President implicated in forest crimes: Greenpeace reveals connections with illegal...

Press release | September 19, 2006 at 0:00

Helsinki/Brussels, International — A Greenpeace International report released today reveals how illegally logged timber from Russia is being freely imported into Finland to factories including those of Stora Enso, which is partly owned by the...

Illegal rainforest timber likely used in EU headquarters

Illegal rainforest timber likely used in EU headquarters

Press release | December 1, 2006 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Two-and-a-half years after Greenpeace exposed EU building sites as 'Forest Crime Scenes', the European Commission has admitted that 1000m2 of timber used to renovate the Commission's Berlaymont building came from unknown and...

A Future for Forests

A Future for Forests

Publication | March 17, 2008 at 0:00

Amazon case study: Action that must be taken to halt deforestation and illegal logging, preserving both forests and climate.

"Finland: Forest crime file"

"Finland: Forest crime file"

Publication | January 1, 2002 at 0:00

Even in a wealthy, forest-rich nation like Finland, industrial logging is jeopardising the survival of the country’s last ancient – or old-growth – forests. A Greenpeace investigation about forests crime in Finland.

"Indonesia : Partners in Crime"

"Indonesia : Partners in Crime"

Publication | June 1, 2003 at 0:00

Greenpeace has been uncovering UK Government and timber trade use of illegal and destructively logged timber from Indonesia’s rainforests. This investigation has taken us from UK Government building sites and Travis Perkins and Jewson warehouses...

DES ACTIVISTES DE GREENPEACE BLOQUENT UNE CARGAISON DE BOIS ILLÉGAL D’AMAZONIE

DES ACTIVISTES DE GREENPEACE BLOQUENT UNE CARGAISON DE BOIS ILLÉGAL D’AMAZONIE

Press release | March 17, 2008 at 0:00

Un navire chargé de bois provenant d’entreprises forestières impliquées dans des activités illégales en Amazonie a été immobilisé aujourd’hui en France par des activistes de Greenpeace.(1) Cette action survient alors que la Commission Européenne...

Europe’s biofuels plans driving social and environmental destruction

Europe’s biofuels plans driving social and environmental destruction

Press release | November 8, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69 000 square kilometres of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, a new study reveals today [1]. The report finds...

EU prepares to ban illegal timber destroying forests around the world

EU prepares to ban illegal timber destroying forests around the world

Press release | June 16, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Greenpeace is pleased that after two years of difficult negotiations and seven years after the EU first planned to crack down on illegal timber pouring into the EU market, a ban now seems a step away.

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