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Forest Fires Haze: New Greenpeace report reveals alarming health impacts and links to severity of COVID-19
Governments in Southeast Asia have massively downplayed the health impacts of Indonesia’s forest and peatland fires according to a new report released today by Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Burning Up: Health Impact of Indonesia’s Forest Fires and Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic
As Indonesia braces for the 2020 forest fire season, a timely review of data of the effect on smoke-affected communities shows consecutive governments have been consistently and massively underestimating the impact on human health.
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Greenpeace captures images of illegal fires raging in the Amazon
Greenpeace Brazil has captured photos of fire hotspots burning throughout the state of Mato Grosso, in the Amazon rainforest.
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Greenpeace finds Asia Pulp and Paper guilty of peatland clearance and fuelling forest fires in Indonesia
As the fire season looms in Indonesia, Greenpeace Southeast Asia revealed that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), has been actively clearing Sumatran peatland for pulpwood plantations.
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Approval of monoculture farm development in Peninsular Malaysia’s forest reserves raises concerns
Malaysian environmental NGOs are against the Federal and several State Governments’ decision to go ahead with and approve the initiative to develop monoculture farms at forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia at a large scale.
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Greenpeace’s response to Sime Darby announcement to exit from the HCSA Steering Committee
In response to Sime Darby announcement to exit from the HCSA steering committee, Grant Rosoman Global Forest Solutions Coordinator for Greenpeace International said: “This move by Sime Darby shows the consistent…
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Critically endangered Sumatran tiger tragically killed in a trap
In Indonesia, the concession land owned by Asian Pulp and Paper (APP) is one of the most fire impacted areas in recent years. The root cause - large scale deforestation and peatland degradation.
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RSPO’s 2013 maps resolution languishes despite announcement
“Too little, too late” said Annisa Rahmawati, Greenpeace Indonesia Senior Forest Campaigner, of the RSPO’s announcement it has published members’ oil palm concession maps for Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak.
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Major consumer brands linked to massive CO2 emissions from Indonesia forest fires
Jakarta, Indonesia – Some of the world’s best known brands are fuelling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pulp linked to Indonesian forest fires.
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The Climate Bombs
Extreme weather is becoming the norm. A plague outbreak in China, catastrophic flooding in Venice, and fires in Russia, Brazil, and recently in Australia have all been attributed to climate change.
