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Despite corporate promises dirty palm oil continues…
Climate change is no longer a debate — we need to see serious action from brands that made commitments to stop destroying forests for palm oil.
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Jiangsu’s Vanishing Wetlands: Report
Based on fieldwork and satellite analysis conducted between March and November 2017, Greenpeace East Asia has identified immediate threats to Jiangsu’s wetlands, including to the habitat of the spoon-billed sandpiper.
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Land fill project in eastern China threatens survival of critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper – Greenpeace report
Beijing, 14 December 2017 – The survival of the IUCN critically-endangered spoon-billed sandpiper is under threat from a planned land fill project at Tiaozini, Jiangsu province, a Greenpeace East Asia report shows. Fewer than 700 spoon-billed sandpipers remain worldwide. [1] Greenpeace calls on Jiangsu’s government to immediately halt the project and to include the area…
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Huge win for China’s green peafowl!
Amazing news for one of China’s rarest birds!
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Illegal mining discovered in China’s last remaining green peafowl habitat – Greenpeace
Beijing, 12 July 2017 - Satellite imagery analysis and fieldwork conducted by Greenpeace East Asia have uncovered illegal mining and road construction in the Konglong River Nature Reserve in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province. The protection area forms part of China’s last remaining habitat of the CITES and IUCN Red List endangered green peafowl. The green…
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Forest guardians: communities at the forefront of China’s battle to save its forests
For centuries, China’s indigenous people have lived and worked within these remote areas. As climate change and rapid development threatens the existence of the last ‘wonderlands’, these communities are on the front lines of China’s battle to save its few remaining forest landscapes.
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Good news! We shut down illegal mining in China’s Intact Forest Landscapes
Back in July, we revealed rampant illegal mining in one of China’s few remaining Intact Forest Landscapes. Now, the mines have been shut down and new protections put in place.
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6 examples of China’s amazing biodiversity
Did you know that China is home to 10% of the world’s biodiversity?
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This World Forests Day, we’re celebrating the Congo Basin Rainforest- and how China could protect it.
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of forests to our lives and particularly the Congo Basin Rainforest. The world’s second largest rainforest spreads across six African countries and is…
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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…
