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Industrial railway line and logging threaten the Sámi homeland
“We are standing here for our present and future and drawing the red line. We are the guardians of our land and we will take care of it in a sustainable way as we have done thousands of years..."
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Marine life flies outside UN as world meets to discuss global ocean treaty
“The fate of our oceans is in the hands of everyone in these negotiations. It's no exaggeration to say that the governments meeting today are making history as we speak. It is urgent they create a strong ocean treaty which allows us to create a global network of ocean sanctuaries.”
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Our oceans’ last chance: a historic opportunity
Every second breath we take comes from the sea. Without the oceans, we cannot survive on this planet. And out there is not only water – it is a wonderful world teeming with life! The blue open waters of our global oceans are home to a diversity of wildlife, including turtles, whales, sharks and dolphins.
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How can we restore Earth’s nutrient cycles?
Humanity has already breached four of the nine ecological boundaries outlined in 2009 by Johan Rockström: climate change, loss of biodiversity, land-system change, and nutrient cycles.
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Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”
For too long, big brands and the palm oil companies they buy from have been getting away with murder – I mean that quite literally. And for too long our response to orangutans has been, ‘ohhh, the poor things’ as we’re shown photographs of them orphaned, thin and at death’s door. But change is possible…
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World Photography Day through the lens of Greenpeace
Photography is the best ally to an environmental movement. It is a medium that speaks volumes to cross-cultural audiences, in a language everyone understands.
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World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
“If hunting and forest loss are halted in the future this decline could be reversed, but to the best of our knowledge that has not happened yet."
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Monsanto loses world’s first Roundup cancer trial — Greenpeace comment
“This is the latest in a long string of wake up calls. The WHO has called the main ingredient in RoundUp, glyphosate, ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’. Now the findings in this latest court case demonstrate that we need to stop the use of chemicals that can potentially harm human health and move to an ecological…
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New Zealand ban on single-use plastic bags a win for people power
"It’s time for the world’s largest governments and companies to recognise that we cannot recycle our way out of this problem."
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Plastics aren’t just polluting our oceans — they’re releasing greenhouse gases
As if you needed another reason to break free from plastic there's now a link between greenhouse gases and plastic in the environment.