Our forests are precious beyond imagination. We must protect them for the people living in them and people everywhere.
Forests regulate the climate and host an extraordinary array of plants and animals.
But to a greedy few, forests are just land, waiting to become pastures, plantations, or roads; sources of timber, rubber, or minerals.
Together we can be forest defenders and work towards their restoration for the benefit of all life on earth.
We want you to take action because together we're strong.
Losing the Amazon means losing the home of Indigenous and traditional communities, precious habitats, and the fight against climate change.
We're fighting to protect forests around the globe from deforestation and degradation.
For decades, people like you have been taking action to stop deforestation, expose destructive companies, and protect Indigenous rights.
The Great Northern Forest plays a crucial role in the survival of all life on Earth.
"Indigenous Peoples should be respected and supported here in Brazil. Especially by the Brazilian state, and by the current government, which does not value our existence and does not acknowledge…
Take a look at some of this unmissable environmental photography, captured by accomplished women from around the globe.
A proposed plan for the Arctic railway would cut through our pasture spoiling our nature and fresh water supply. And simultaneously destroying our past, future, and identity.
November 2018
Perhaps one of the most flagrant examples of the RSPO’s failure to police its membership, and of companies like Mondelēz and Wilmar to enforce their policies, involves the Bumitama group.
September 2018
A Greenpeace investigation has exposed how the world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia.
June 2018
A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction.
March 2018
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…
March 2018
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…
September 2017
Human activities are currently driving the world’s species to extinction at up to 1,000 times the natural rate. To protect biodiversity and the functioning ecosystems that are vital to our…
May 2017
Canada’s Great Northern Forest is an ancient forest, shaped by forces of nature and stewarded by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. Also known as Canada’s boreal forest, it has some…
March 2017
Human activities are currently driving species to extinction at a rate 1,000 times the average natural rate over the past 65 million years. Habitat loss, including degradation and fragmentation, is…
August 2014
To keep FSC certification as a credible tool to help protect forests, Greenpeace International is publishing a series of case studies exposing controversial operations that are posing the greatest risk…
