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MCKINSEY Advice on Rainforest Schemes Fundamentally Flawed

Press release | April 7, 2011 at 16:17

London, 7th April 2011— A new Greenpeace report Bad Influence has revealed how advice given by global consultancy firm McKinsey to national governments could lead to an increase in the destructive logging it is intended to prevent.

Major palm oil company promises to protect forests

Blog entry by Annisa Rahmawati | April 28, 2017

There's been a major development in our campaign to protect Indonesia's forests. IOI, one of the largest palm oil traders in the world, has just made  a significant commitment to protect rainforests . If put into practice, this...

Barbie Wrapped in Rainforest Destruction Scandal

Press release | June 8, 2011 at 10:21

Barbie, the most famous toy in the world, is involved in rainforest destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation can today reveal. Packaging for the doll is produced using timber from the rainforests of Indonesia, home to endangered...

Preventing and Extinguishing Fires For Forests Without Fires

Blog entry by Annisa Rahmawati | September 22, 2017

The forest fire crisis of 2015, one of the worst crises in Indonesia’s history is still fresh in our memory. The disaster in Sumatra and Kalimantan led to the destruction of around 2.6 million hectares of forests and peatlands, causing...

Greenpeace calls on ASEAN governments to abandon nukes on Chernobyl anniversary

Press release | April 26, 2011 at 14:00

Bangkok/Jakarta/Manila, 26 April 2011— Greenpeace today marked the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a call to governments of Southeast Asia to abandon all plans to develop nuclear power plants in the region to ensure safety of...

Forest and Peatland Still Being Destroyed despite Moratorium in Indonesia

Press release | November 23, 2011 at 15:01

Jakarta, 23 November 2011: Indonesia’s forests and peatlands are continuing to be destroyed in the many areas that are not covered by the Government’s moratorium on deforestation, according to evidence collected by a coalition of environmental...

Even Deep Peatlands Are Destroyed in Our Tigers Habitat

Press release | September 28, 2011 at 11:21

Pelalawan, 28 September 2011: On the eighth day of the Greenpeace "Tiger Eyes" tour, Greenpeace activists continued to bear witness to the pathetic sight of Sumatran forests being destroyed by pulp and paper companies.

Indonesian Rainforest Destroyer Asia Pulp and Paper Loses More Contracts

Press release | November 2, 2011 at 13:05

Greenpeace today called on Indonesian company Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to commit to ending its destruction of the country’s rainforests, in response to news that yet more companies around the world are cutting ties with the paper giant.

Greenpeace calls upon Japanese government to extend Fukushima evacuation zone to...

Press release | March 30, 2011 at 10:36

Around 100 Greenpeace activists and supporters held a candlelight vigil at Bundaran HI in Jakarta today to express solidarity with victims of the earthquake, tsunami and the unfolding nuclear disaster at the Fukushima/Daiichi nuclear power plant...

Greenpeace greener electronic ranking shows how actions speak louder than words for...

Press release | October 26, 2010 at 1:32

The latest edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics (1) shows significant separation between companies that are failing to keep their environmental commitments and those that are making significant gains in phasing out toxic...

ASEAN must demonstrate leadership in UN climate negotiations

Press release | April 4, 2011 at 12:19

Southeast Asian climate activists wearing winter jackets, rain gear and beach wear to portray climate chaos that is wreaking havoc across the region, met Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on...

Climate change main threat facing Southeast Asia

Press release | May 9, 2011 at 17:35

At the conclusion of the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta today, Greenpeace called on ASEAN Heads of State to act with greater urgency and show political unity in addressing climate change. The call came as the environment group criticized ASEAN’s...

Celebrating Malaysia Day away from home, for the sake of our forests

Blog entry by Nur Sakeenah Binti Omar | October 3, 2017

The 16th of September is personally significant to me in many ways. Aside from celebrating Malaysia Day, it also marks my father’s birthday. Every year, on his birthday, we as a family would dine out as a simple way to celebrate.

Girl power at its finest: The women of Greenpeace Tim Cegah Api

Blog entry by Nur Sakeenah Binti Omar | October 11, 2017

I've recently journeyed to Ketapang, in West Kalimantan, Indonesia to see the Greenpeace Tim Cegah Api (TCA) , or the Forest Fire Prevention Team, in action. Why? Because I wanted to see how forest fires happen and how it can be...

Barbie Drops Rainforest Packaging

Press release | October 5, 2011 at 17:47

Toy giant Mattel, the company behind Barbie, announced today that it will stop buying paper and packaging linked to rainforest destruction following a global campaign by Greenpeace.

I am the voice for the voiceless

Blog entry by Ezra Wilson | February 17, 2017

It is hard to imagine a world without forests. It will certainly be a morbid and desolate kind of future. Unfortunately, we are still threatened by this dark possibility. Our survival depends on the state of our forests and we owe it...

Wings of Paradise: Drawing attention to rainforest destruction

Blog entry by Alexander Navarro | September 18, 2018

Wings of Paradise mural by award-winning Malaysian artist Lee Hui Ling in Kuala Lumpur's historic Chinatown district.  © Greenpeace For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning...

SBY can make 2011 a Landmark Year for Indonesia’s forests and global efforts to curb...

Press release | January 7, 2011 at 17:05

Greenpeace today called upon President Yudhoyono to fast track implementation of the two year moratorium on forest conversion, by ensuring transparency in the decision making process and allowing community involvement to put in place effective...

10,000-strong ‘human chain’ calls on Thai government to quit coal

Press release | February 24, 2011 at 16:07

Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand — Greenpeace today called on the Government of Thailand to make a clean energy future a reality for Thai communities by abandoning plans to build more coal fired power plants and prioritizing solutions such as...

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