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A haze-free ASEAN by 2020 – are we there yet?
“A haze-free ASEAN by 2020 – are we there yet?” Southeast Asia Transboundary Haze 2019 This year, the plummeting air quality in Southeast Asia, caused by forest fires in…
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Malaysian-owned company one of the largest burned land areas
A total of 3,403,000 hectares (ha) of land burned between the years 2015 and 2018 in Indonesia, according to analysis of official government burn scar data. In 2015 alone more than 2,600,000 ha of land burned.
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Your Top Questions on Haze – Answered
Blanketing large parts of Malaysia, haze has affected all of us regardless of age, backgrounds and differences. We asked for your questions - and wanted to share it here too!
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Why we’ve had enough of broken promises to protect forests
While the Amazon fires capture international headlines, fires have also been raging in Indonesia, harming the life of so many people and a lot of it stems from mostly the cutting and burning of forests and peatlands.
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Witnessing Heroes Like You
Greenpeace Malaysia volunteer Zarif Zahari joined Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Fire Prevention (FFP) team in August 2019, stepping into the smog and burning forests in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia as a witness to the destruction and hope that can come from the most dire conditions.
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50 million hectares of forests destroyed worldwide, as palm oil sector in Indonesia continues unreformed
By 2020, at least fifty million hectares of forest – an area the size of Spain – is set to be destroyed for commodities despite ten years of corporate commitments to end deforestation.
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Unearthed: How palm oil sparked a diplomatic row between Europe and southeast Asia
From threats to cancel UK defence deals to pledges to stop imports of Norwegian salmon, European moves to restrict palm oil have enraged Malaysia and Indonesia.
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We’re now one step closer to ending deforestation for palm oil
After Greenpeace International exposed how Wilmar was still buying palm oil from rainforest destroyers and selling this dirty palm oil to brands all over the world, you took action.
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Breakthrough as world’s largest palm oil trader gives forest destroyers nowhere to hide
Singapore – The world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, published a detailed action plan to map and monitor all of its suppliers. If implemented, it would mean one-step closer to eliminating deforestation.
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What do Oreo, Mondelez, Wilmar have to do with orangutans?
The deforestation here in Indonesia is alarming. Much of it happens to make way for palm oil, which is then used to make products like cookies, chocolate and shampoo.
