Maize has been genetically engineered (GE) in a number of ways to produce different types of GE maize, including pharm GE maize types, which produce pharmaceuticals in the plant. However, commercial GE maize consists of only two major types,...

4 page summary of a report commissioned by Greenpeace in Dec 2005. We cannot afford more Biodiverisity loss: the urgency of protected area financing

We cannot afford more Biodiversity Loss: the urgency of protected area financing. A report Commissioned by Greenpeace International Dec 2005

This crime file focusses on logging companies such as Kayu Lapis Indonesia, which operate with total disregard of Indonesia’s logging laws. Companies like this are destroying Indonesia’s ancient forests at an alarming rate.

This crime file follows the chain of rainforest destruction from the heart of the Amazon, where huge areas of forest are being cleared to plant soya, back to Europe, where McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are sold to millions of people every week.

The governments who are party to the East Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) process have not implemented ANY rigorous measures to stop the illegal trade of timber from the region, despite the fact that they committed to do so in...

Coexistence is the term used for measures to separate genetically engineered (GE) and non-GE crops and foods. But mounting evidence shows that coexistence is impossible and that GE organisms, which are living organisms, once released into the...

Ancient forests are one of the planet’s vital natural resources. Thousands of years old, they are primary and old growth forests found in a variety of climates from temperate to tropical regions of the world.Some of the ancient forests under...

Greenpeace comments on Article 18.2(a) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety regarding labeling and identification of living modified organisms (LMO) intended for food, feed or processing (FFP)

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSP), now ratified by 132 states of the world, sets common minimum standards for transboundary movements of living modified organisms (LMOs, outside the protocol usually called genetically modified organisms...

Paper has played an important role in civilisation, and the history of paper-making is one in which the industry has continuously evolved to meet challenges and achieve entrepreneurial development and technological change. The twenty-first...

Frequently asked questions about the European Environmental Paper network's vision for transforming the European Paper Industry.

The legal system governing marine areas beyond national jurisdiction has not kept pace with the rapid expansion of human activities and impacts. The oceans beyond national jurisdiction lack adequate institutions, rules and enforcement mechanisms...

FEBRUARY 2006 - Opening Statement to the UN General Assembly Ad-Hoc Open Ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

Comprehensively protecting marine life on the high seas for now and for the future: The case for a new UNCLOS Implementing Agreement to protect biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

Greenpeace position paper on the merger of DLH and tt Timber Group.

Open letter to all participants of the first intergovernmental meeting on great apes and the great apes survival project (GRASP) held in kinshasa - September 2005.

The threats to forests from trade liberalization under the WTOVast tracts of ancient forest around the world stand on the brink of extinction. 10 million hectares are vanishing every year, or a soccer pitch every two seconds. This updated study...

European eels from 20 locations in 10 countries across Europe were found to contain varying levels of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and/or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Some of the chemicals analysed are in current use while others have...