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Greenpeace on Global Witness report: Urgent protection of environmental defenders needed
Greenpeace Philippines echoes the recommendations of the Global Witness report that companies and governments must be held accountable for the violence and persecution of land and environmental defenders.
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Statement of Solidarity: Condemn Myanmar Military Action to Myanmar Military Activist – Kyaw Min Htut
We, the undersigned, have learned that our colleague, respected forests and rights defender and democracy advocate Kyaw Min Htut has been arrested and detained by the junta in Myanmar. He…
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“Save KPK”, Greenpeace Indonesia projects message in protest against weakening of the anti-graft agency
Greenpeace Indonesia activists projected the slogan “Save KPK” and “Dare to be honest, fired!” ( Berani Jujur, Pecat !) onto the building of the Corruption Eradication Commission, also known as KPK, last night to protest against the weakening of the reformist anti-graft agency, after prominent investigators were dismissed over a dubious procedure.
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Licence to Clear
This report urges national and provincial governments in Indonesia to seize a fleeting opportunity to intervene in a vast area slated for deforestation for palm oil in Papua Province.
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From the Heart: Thailand’s ‘Guardians of the Forest’ finally speak up, vow to return their ancestral home
“We want Thai society to understand that our people have lived in the forest for countless generations. We are not intruders. We are guardians of the forest.”
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When women take a stand to protect what they love
We cannot deny that women have come a long way, their influence seen, heard and felt everywhere. Be it in the social, political, or economic spheres, women everywhere continue to make waves, even break barriers.
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An Environmental Crisis in Borneo
At the start of 2021, amidst the Covid -19 pandemic, Borneo found itself in the news with the widespread floodings in South Kalimantan. Unlike the recent devastating earthquake in Sulawesi, the floodings were triggered by a series of events that could have been prevented by the Indonesian government.
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Investigation indicates FSC-certified company intentionally used fire to clear Indonesian forests for palm oil
Greenpeace International collaborated with Forensic Architecture – a research collective based at Goldsmiths University of London, which uses spatial analysis to reconstruct cases of human rights violations and environmental destruction – to investigate whether the cause of the fires could be identified in Korindo’s palm oil concessions in Papua.
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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), one of the world’s largest pulp and paper company, owned by the Sinar Mas Group, has been actively clearing Sumatran peatland for pulpwood plantations in direct breach of its own commitments to preserve and restore carbon-rich ecosystems and…
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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: