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Palm oil: Cooking the Climate

Palm oil: Cooking the Climate

Feature story | 8 November, 2007 at 1:00

If, as you read this, you're tucking into a KitKat or dipping into a tube of Pringles, you might be interested to know that these products contain palm oil that is linked to the destruction of forests and peatlands in Indonesia. As our new report...

Statement on Moratorium and Work of the Amazon WG (GTS)

Publication | 17 June, 2008 at 21:19

Alliance of European Consumer Companies welcomes the extension of the Amazon soy moratorium

How the palm oil industry is Cooking the Climate - full report

Publication | 8 November, 2007 at 1:00

Every year, 1.8 billion tonnes (Gt) of climate changing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are released by the degradation and burning of Indonesia’s peatlands – 4% of global GHG emissions from less than 0.1% of the land on earth. This report shows...

How the palm oil industry is Cooking the Climate

Publication | 8 November, 2007 at 1:00

Every year, 1.8 billion tonnes (Gt) of climate changing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are released by the degradation and burning of Indonesia’s peatlands – 4% of global GHG emissions from less than 0.1% of the land on earth. This report shows...

Indonesia's Rainforests and Climate Change

Publication | 23 November, 2009 at 1:00

Forest destruction accounts for about a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all the world’s trains, planes and cars put together; world leaders must agree a robust plan to end global deforestation before 2020.

Cutting to the truth on Congo Basin deforestation

Cutting to the truth on Congo Basin deforestation

Blog entry by Danielle Van Oijen | 25 July, 2013 5 comments

The Congo Basin is home to the second largest tropical rain-forested area on earth.  New research publicised this week suggests that the rate of deforestation in the region is actually slowing.  However this message does not...

EU's new timber laws face early test

EU's new timber laws face early test

Blog entry by Raoul Monsembula | 11 April, 2013

Last month Greenpeace Africa released a report on how the illegal logging sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in a state of organised chaos, with numerous companies flouting regulations and threatening the country’s...

Organised chaos reigns in DRC logging sector

Organised chaos reigns in DRC logging sector

Blog entry by Danielle Van Oijen | 4 March, 2013

The port of Kinkole in Kinshasa in DR Congo is habitually abuzz with activity. When Greenpeace visited recently huge logs were being brought up river and offloaded. Many of the scores of huge unmarked logs that have been felled are...

Massive land grab of Papua New Guinea’s remaining forests results in violence against local people

Massive land grab of Papua New Guinea’s remaining forests results in violence against...

Blog entry by Sam Moko, Forest Campaigner in Papua New Guinea | 14 October, 2011 6 comments

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the few places on earth where indigenous people still control their land, with just three percent of the country controlled by the government or private enterprise. Customary ownership is partly...

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Photo essay | 1 March, 2009 at 15:47

PNG's (Papua New Guinea) remote location suits illegal and unethical logging companies. It makes it very difficult to prove workers' claims of mistreatment and poor conditions. Conditions for PNG forest communities and logging workers were mostly...

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