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5 species bouncing back from the brink of extinction
Our planet is incredible and so are the creatures that inhabit it. Sadly, their homes are under threat. Every two seconds, an area of rainforest the size of a football field is lost to human destruction. Oceans are filling with plastic and everyday, illegal trade and poaching are threatening to wipe entire species off the…
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Year in, year out, let there be fish
China’s rampant overfishing is threatening its most ancient traditions.
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We did it! Victory for China’s Giant Pandas
2016 has kicked off with great news for Pandas!
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China’s chance to influence the fight against illegal timber trade
“With great power comes great responsibility” is a saying that has some links to Voltaire but whose origins are more associated with the Spiderman comics. It has continuing relevance today when it comes to protecting the world’s forests.
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Greenpeace: China could lead global fight against illegal logging in the Congo Basin
Beijing, November 24, 2015 – The transformation of the Congo Basin timber trade into one significantly influenced by twenty key Chinese trading companies offers a golden opportunity to contribute significantly to tackle illegal logging in the world’s second largest rainforest, according to a new Greenpeace East Asia and Greenpeace Africa report, Opportunity Knocks.
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Opportunity Knocks: how and why Chinese importers need to help fight illegal logging in the Congo Basin.
The second-largest tropical rain-forested area in the world after the Amazon, the Congo Basin Forest, is under increasing threat of deforestation and forest degradation. One of the key drivers is commercial logging. This vast area supports more than 75 million people who rely on these natural resources for their livelihoods. It also stores a massive…
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Illegal Logging is threatening China’s Giant Pandas
This is the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries. Home to 30% of China’s endangered and iconic giant pandas, it’s the largest giant panda habitat in the world. The area was recognized…
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Deforestation in UNESCO Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Since 2013 Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) has employed remote sensing interpretation, spatial analysis and field surveys to assess and analyse concerns about the natural forest habitat of giant pandas in Ya’an city prefecture, part of the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Greenpeace – 3200 acres of forest illegally felled in Sichuan World Heritage Site
Beijing, October 21 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has discovered that nearly 3200 acres of natural forest, equivalent to 1814 football (soccer) pitches, in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries have been illegally felled. Illegal logging in this UNESCO World Heritage site is a direct threat to endangered plant and animal species, including the…
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The Rainbow Warrior’s shocking exposure of illegal fishing on the Pacific high seas
On Wednesday 9 September, on the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, not far from Papua New Guinean water, I and an international crew of Greenpeace campaigners aboard the Rainbow…