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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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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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What does the burning of the Great Northern Forest mean for us?
Wildfires are not only local disasters; they influence the entire planet.
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How much of Earth’s biomass is affected by humans?
To slow or reverse this erosion of biodiversity, humanity must slow its harvest of the natural biosphere and cease the destruction, depletion, and conversion of wild habitats.
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World’s largest palm oil trader linked to rainforest destruction twice the size of Paris
“Our investigation has exposed Wilmar’s dirty secret. For years, Wilmar and Gama have worked together, with Gama doing the dirty work so Wilmar’s hands stay clean."
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Talking is good, but the logging needs to stop
“And the Greenpeace ‘Golden Chainsaw Award’ goes to... [dramatic pause for effect]... Magnus Groth, the CEO of Essity!”
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World scientists’ warning to humanity
Environmental activists and organisations typically try and stay positive, to give people hope that we can change. Positive signs exist, going back to the historic whaling and toxic dumping bans of the 1980s. The 1987 Montreal Protocol, reducing CFC gas emissions, led to a partial recovery of the ozone hole. Birth rates have declined in…
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The palm oil industry promises reform, but there’s still no sign of change
It was ten years ago that Greenpeace first published an investigation into Indonesia’s palm oil industry. We showed that the world’s biggest brands got their palm oil from companies destroying Indonesia’s rainforests - threatening local people as well as tigers and orangutans.
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Indonesia’s forests still under threat from palm oil industry, new research shows
Nusa Dua, Bali, 27 November 2017 – As the industry gathers in Bali for the annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil conference, a new report by Greenpeace International [1] reveals that suppliers to the world’s biggest consumer brands still cannot guarantee their palm oil is free from forest destruction. None of the companies could prove…
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Silent Spring, 2017
In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, drawing attention to the impact of DDT on bird populations. Her book inspired most nations to ban DDT by the 1980s. The ban and other protection efforts helped save some bird species from extinction, including the osprey, brown pelican, and white stork. However, fifty-five years after Carson's book,…