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The Japanese government’s decision to discharge Fukushima contaminated water ignores human rights and international maritime law
Greenpeace Japan strongly condemns the decision of the of Prime Minister Suga’s cabinet to dispose of over 1.23 million tons of radioactive waste water.
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Walls of death: fisheries threaten livelihoods in the Indian Ocean, report reveals
Fishing pressure on the Indian Ocean high seas threatens ocean health, coastal livelihoods and iconic species, with governments failing to act, a new Greenpeace report shows
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Deep sea mining industry confronted at sea for first time by Greenpeace
Activists on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior have taken the first ever action at sea against companies preparing to mine the Pacific Ocean seabed.
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Planned deforestation threatens Indigenous land, intact forest landscapes in West Papua
Despite the promise of a palm oil permit review, companies still hold permits over primary forest areas and peatland which had their protection removed and not a single area appears to have been taken back into the forest estate.
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WHO Covid-19 report shows clear link between biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease – Greenpeace reaction
In its official report on SARS-CoV-2’s origins the World Health Organization pointed to the potential disease risks of contact between wildlife and people.
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European Court of Human Rights greenlights Swiss seniors’ climate case
“We welcome the fact that Switzerland will finally have to respond to the arguments of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland."
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World’s first underwater climate strike calls for ocean protection
“Being from an island nation I know first-hand just how important healthy oceans are, not just to our climate but to the billions of people in the Global South who depend on them."
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A decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Greenpeace renews calls for the Japanese government to shift to a renewable energy future
Greenpeace Japan reiterates its calls for the government to build back better by promoting renewable energy policies instead of coal and nuclear. Japan has the capacity and the technology in place, but lacks the will to do so.
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Certification schemes such as FSC are greenwashing forest destruction
“After three decades of trying, certification has failed to prevent ecosystem destruction and rights abuses associated with key products such palm oil, soya and wood..."
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New report links 2020’s record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands to world’s biggest meat processor
The world’s largest meat processor JBS and its leading competitors Marfrig and Minerva slaughtered cattle purchased from ranchers linked to the 2020 fires that destroyed one-third of the Pantanal region of Brazil, according to a new report.