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Greenpeace Response to China-France Joint Statement on Climate Change
Beijing, November 2, 2015 - A joint climate statement was released today by Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Francois Hollande. The statement made an incremental step forward while highlighting the ambition gap the world still needs to bridge.
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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 New Organic Farmers: the individuals who connect people and the environment
Our broken food system
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367 shades of grey: why China needs a coal cap
Greenpeace East Asia’s air pollution rankings of 367 cities was released today and averages of PM2.5 have dropped by an average of 12.1% across the country. But while pollution levels are still 4 times the WHO recommended safety levels and nearly 80% of cities fail to meet China’s (much less stringent) national safety standards, there…
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You Are What You Eat
Chinese culture puts a strong emphasis on food. Dining is a moment of sharing between family and friends, and food is seen as a source of health and a representation…
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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…
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Taking the Law Lightly: possible illegal construction of coal chemical plants in north western China
With its dusty Loess plateau, vast stretches of desert and bone-dry plains, China’s northwest is a harsh and arid environment. And as desertification makes its force felt and economic development and urbanisation spread, pressure on water supplies are become ever more intense. Yet it is in this area that China’s water-thirsty and polluting coal chemical…
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Nature lovers say NO to PFCs
Today, 250 nature lovers and green activists used their bodies to say NO to PFCs in West Beijing's beautiful Mentougou Water Spirit Village.
