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Concrete action needed to protect critical peat landscape
Ketapang / Jakarta, March 29, 2017 - Peatland violations committed by the logging company PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa (MPK) in Sungai Putri forest, have resulted in an investigation carried by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. After submitting a report of the destruction of peat forests in this landscape, International Animal Rescue Indonesia, Greenpeace Indonesia…
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Time for less and better meat?
Food scandals like this happen more often than you think and may affect you more than you know — even if you don’t live in Brazil.
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Mars, Nestlé commit to clean up pet food supply chains, increasing pressure on Thai Union to act
Washington, DC -- Following global pressure on pet food companies, industry giants Mars and Nestlé have announced that they will take steps to ensure their pet food supply chains are free of human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood. Their commitments to act on transshipping at sea increase the need for global seafood giant Thai…
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A movement spanning six continents demands a world free from fossil fuels
Amsterdam - Break Free from fossil fuels protests in Croatia and Israel have kickstarted the latest wave of protests by a global movement determined to accelerate the shift to an era of renewable energy, with further activities today in the Philippines and the Arab world.
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Women will change the world, for all our sakes and our planet
When thousands of women come together to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March - either on the streets or at home or in the workplace - they will do so as part of a growing and very powerful force, one that knows that positive change can happen if we fight for it. And we…
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Shell “knew of climate change danger” since 1991 – Greenpeace response
Manila, Philippines- A film in 1991, produced by Shell, shows that the oil giant has long known about the catastrophic risks of climate change.
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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
London – HSBC has just published a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy covering its financing of palm oil companies. [1]
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I am the voice for the voiceless
It is hard to imagine a world without forests. It will certainly be a morbid and desolate kind of future. Unfortunately, we are still threatened by this dark possibility. Our survival depends on the state of our forests and we owe it to the animals to ensure their survival, too. “Why?”, you may ask. We…
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HSBC Stop funding forest fires in Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur, 14 Feb 2016 -- Dissatisfied Malaysian customers today presented HSBC with a mock cheque to the value of 228,434 signatures urging the bank to “Stop Funding Forest Fires in Indonesia”. The HSBC customers were joined by activists from Greenpeace and other Malaysian civil society organizations including members of Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia…
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Thai fishing fleet moving to Indian ocean to avoid regulation, finds Greenpeace investigation
Bangkok, 15 December 2016 - A 12-month investigation by Greenpeace Southeast Asia has found that Thailand’s overseas fishing fleets are intentionally shifting to remote waters in order to avoid fishing regulations. The investigation started seven months after the Associated Press released its expose on shocking human rights abuses on Thailand’s notorious fishing industry, and demonstrates…
