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Illegal logging: Fuelling conflict and damaging livelihoods
The fight against illegal logging has been a long and protracted one. Greenpeace itself has been involved for more than 20 years and, while it is undeniable that some progress has been made, it is equally evident that it continues to be a major problem.
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Rainbow Warrior marks 30th anniversary of bombing with action to save the Great Barrier Reef
Sydney, Australia, 10 July, 2015 - Greenpeace activists from the flagship Rainbow Warrior today took action against the mass of coal ships in Australian waters, waiting to export climate change worldwide.
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Why FSC’s move to protect Intact Forest Landscapes is key for the Congo Basin
In September 2014, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) members voted with an overwhelming majority at their General Assembly to protect "the vast majority" of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) in and around FSC certified forest management areas.
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A record breaking dress exchange: One event in over 40 cities
Today, Greenpeace is throwing the biggest clothes swap party ever seen in Austria and Germany: In over 40 cities, from the Danube to the Danish border, more than 10,000 expected participants will exchange some 50,000 trousers, skirts, t-shirts and evening tops.
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New evidence shows Chinese, West African governments must rein in rogue fishing fleet
Beijing/Dakar, 20 May, 2015 – At least 74 fishing vessels owned and operated by four Chinese Distant Water Fishing (DWF) companies have been exposed for fishing illegally in prohibited fishing grounds in West Africa and falsifying their gross tonnage, according to findings from a two-year investigation by Greenpeace East Asia and Greenpeace Africa.
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How our breakfast choice can change the food system
8:00 am, Monday, southern Spain: "What's for breakfast, Mom?"
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Greenpeace demands scale up of ecological farming
Amsterdam, 18 May, 2015 – Ecological farming, a path towards an agricultural model that protects the environment and secures farmers' livelihood, has been mapped out in a Greenpeace report released today. It is a system based on the latest scientific innovations and produces healthy food while working with nature.
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Those who produce our food suffer the most
How pesticides affect farmers' and our health.
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Greenpeace report reveals farmers are the most vulnerable to health risks from pesticides
Exeter/Hamburg, 12 May, 2015 – A review of scientific literature shows clear evidence that exposure to certain pesticides, currently allowed in European fields, is associated with different forms of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and diseases of the newborn. This is the conclusion of a new report published today by Greenpeace, Pesticides…
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Pesticides and our Health
Since 1950 the human population has doubled, yet the area of arable land used to feed these people has increased by only 10%. There are huge pressures to provide food, at low cost, on land that is becoming more and more degraded as nutrients are stripped from the soil. Reliance on external inputs – fertilisers…