All articles by Greenpeace International
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Imaginary Trees, Real Destruction
A weak licensing regime and indiscriminate and illegal logging of Ipe are causing damage to the forest and its inhabitants. Some of the effects of this environmental crime are already visible, including deeper encroachment of illegal roads and growing degradation of the forest, the destruction of biodiversity and an intensification of violence in the countryside.
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Kinder Morgan site blocked for the second day as Greenpeace founder joins sit-in
Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada - Activists, including a founding member of Greenpeace, blocked the front gates to Kinder Morgan’s construction site in Vancouver today.
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Global brands divided over transparency efforts to tackle deforestation for palm oil
Jakarta, Indonesia - Eight major household brands such as PZ Cussons, Johnson & Johnson and Kraft Heinz are refusing to say where their palm oil comes from, despite promising to stop buying from companies that destroy rainforests.
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Moment of Truth
Halting and beginning to reverse the destruction of the world’s forests for agriculture is the cheapest, quickest and most equitable option to stabilise the climate and buy time for a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Licence to Krill
Greenpeace investigations reveal how krill-fishing companies are expanding operations in the fragile Antarctic ocean, putting an entire food web at risk.
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Greenpeace investigation exposes the krill fishing industry “waging tug-of-war for food” with Antarctic penguins and whales
London, UK - A new Greenpeace investigation has tracked the activities of the little-known krill fishing industry in the Antarctic over the last five years, to expose the environmental risks of this fast-growing industry in one of the world’s most pristine regions.
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Chinese companies see subsidies cancelled and permits removed for illegal fishing in West Africa
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa.
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Japan government accepts groundbreaking UN human rights recommendations on Fukushima evacuees
Tokyo, Japan - The Japanese government has accepted recommendations made at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the rights of evacuees from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
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Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, says a new Greenpeace report. If left unchecked, agriculture is projected to produce 52% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, 70% of which…
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Less Is More
Reducing meat and dairy for a healthier life and planet — the Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050.