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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.

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 24, 2015
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    Forests

    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…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 24, 2015
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    Coal

    Coal Power Overcapacity and the Investment Bubble in China

    A collaborative report by Greenpeace East Asia and North China Electric Power University reveals that up to 700 billion RMB could be invested in the coal power industry over the 13th five year plan period, in spite of an already serious overcapacity problem. The report analyses trends in coal power during the 12th Five Year…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 18, 2015
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    Coal

    Greenpeace report estimates 13th Five Year Plan period could see 700 billion RMB wasted on coal fired electricity

    Beijing, November 18, 2015 – A collaborative report by Greenpeace East Asia and North China Electric Power University reveals that up to 700 billion RMB could be invested in the coal power industry over the 13th five year plan period, in spite of an already serious overcapacity problem. The report, Coal Power Overcapacity and the…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 18, 2015
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    Coal

    Is China doubling down on its coal power bubble?

    A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has found that a total of 155 coal fired power plants, or four per week, have received environmental permits in the first nine months of this year. With power generation from coal falling, and an already severe overcapacity problem, the coal fired power plants will do nothing but add debt…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 11, 2015
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    Coal

    Greenpeace: Despite falling coal consumption, China could add as many as four idle coal power plants per week.

    Beijing, 11 November, 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has found that a total of 155 coal fired power plants, or four per week, have received environmental permits in the first nine months of this year. With power generation from coal falling, and an already severe overcapacity problem, the coal fired power plants will…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 11, 2015
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    Climate Impacts

    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.

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    November 2, 2015
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    Forests

    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…

    Wu Hao •
    October 22, 2015
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    Forests

    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…

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    October 21, 2015
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    Forests

    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.

    Greenpeace East Asia •
    October 21, 2015
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