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What is happening to 100 million hectares of forests in Russia?
Right now, vast swathes of Russia are covered in “illegal” forests. 10% of all the forest in Russia (that’s an area about twice the size of Spain) lies in areas…
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Federal Court Dismisses Racketeering Counts Against Greenpeace
Federal Court Dismisses Racketeering Counts Against Greenpeace (San Francisco) – Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a landmark decision [1] dismissing all claims…
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La Cour fédérale américaine rejette les allégations de racket contre Greenpeace
(San Francisco) – Aujourd’hui, la cour fédérale américaine pour le district nord de la Californie a rendu une décision historique rejetant toutes les allégations au titre de la loi Racketeer…
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STATEMENT – Greenpeace: “Don’t let Ford do to endangered species what he has done to climate”
(Ottawa) – Today the Ontario government announced that it will review the province’s Endangered Species Act, which is now open for public comment. Its stated goals in this review include…
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STATEMENT: Alberta’s Boreal forest protection agreement: desperately needed during this time of mass animal extinction and forest depletion
14th December, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to the Alberta agreement between Indigenous, federal and provincial governments as well as industry to propose a Biodiversity Stewardship Area (BSA) that will…
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Breakthrough as world’s largest palm oil trader gives forest destroyers nowhere to hide
Singapore, Monday 10 December 2018 - The world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor all of its suppliers.
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Federal government launches part of Canada’s Nature Fund: resourcing is welcome, strong Indigenous participation is a must
5 December, 2018 (Ottawa) – In response to the federal government’s launch of the Target 1 Challenge, which is part of Canada’s Nature Fund and offers up to $175 million…
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BC caribou protection plan: healthy economy and healthy caribou populations can nurture one another
BC caribou protection plan: healthy economy and healthy caribou populations can nurture one another, says Greenpeace 3 November, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to the British Columbia government working on…
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Greenpeace activists released in Spain after 33-hour detention over peaceful protest against dirty palm oil
18 November 2018 (ALGECIRAS, SPAIN)– The six activists who were detained for 33 hours on board a shipment carrying dirty palm oil into Europe have been released by Spanish authorities in Algeciras.…
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B.C. woman among six Greenpeace activists arrested in Europe aboard a ship loaded with palm oil from Oreo maker’s supplier
Photos and video: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJW7KI8R 17 November 2018 (AMSTERDAM) — Six Greenpeace activists, including one Canadian, have been arrested by the captain of a giant tanker while peacefully boarding a 185-metre long cargo ship loaded…
