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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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Greenpeace demands sustainability and due diligence on human rights for tuna industries in Southeast Asia
Lack of support and accountability for migrant fishing crew remain a failing issue, with only 20 percent of major southeast Asian tuna brands providing measures to reduce, or eliminate modern slavery at sea.
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Health experts call for reusable PPE to protect people and planet
Health experts around the world today endorsed the use of well-made reusable masks or gloves that are properly sanitised in order to protect the environment from pollution as well as our communities from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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Over 125 health experts defend safety of reusables during COVID-19 pandemic
Over 115 health experts from eighteen countries signed onto a statement today assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims by the plastic industry.
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Waste Trade Woes
Plastic waste from developed countries add to Malaysia’s environmental crisis.
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day
Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day.
