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Finnish forestry: Destroying forests, destroying livelihoods.

Publication | 8 September, 2003 at 2:00

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. These forests are crucial for maintaining biodiversity and the traditional livelihoods of the...

Prime Opportunity to Protect Life on Earth Today

Press release | 10 November, 2003 at 1:00

Greenpeace activists this morning unfolded banners that read:  "Protect Life on Earth today", while three Ents, the giant living trees that fought against their destruction in Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, welcomed government delegates from...

Patagonia: A Protected Reserve of Life or home of a Giant Aluminum Smelter?

Publication | 17 September, 2003 at 2:00

Greenpeace is campaigning for the protection of the Aysén region from large-scale destructive development projects, such as proposed by Noranda, and maintains its support for the "Reserve of Life" proposal by local people. Greenpeace is calling...

Cattle industry giants unite in banning Amazon destruction

Press release | 5 October, 2009 at 2:00

In a major step forward for climate protection, today four of the largest players in the global cattle industry - JBS-Friboi, Bertin, Minerva and Marfrig – joined forces to ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested areas of the Brazilian...

Tanjung Puting National Park under Seige

Publication | 5 January, 2004 at 1:00

Illegal logging is rampant and out of control in Indonesia. It has permeated virtually every forest including areas that are protected from exploitation. In Central Kalimantan, the once pristine Tanjung Puting National Park is one of many...

Indonesia's Forests in Crisis

Publication | 5 January, 2004 at 1:00

Indonesia is an archipelago of 17,000 islands stretching from the waters off Malaysia to the island of New Guinea. Indonesia's forests are home to 10% of the planet's diversity of plants and animals. Orang-utans, elephants, tigers, rhinoceros,...

GREENPEACE POSITION ON PROTECTED AREAS

Publication | 30 September, 2003 at 2:00

Greenpeace campaigns to protect the world's biological diversity, particularly forest and ocean ecosystems. We campaign to ensure that its use is ecologically and socially responsible and includes the establishment of networks of protected areas...

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