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Greenpeace on ASEAN’s historic declaration on migrant fishers protection
The declaration is considered a milestone especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines which are considered the world’s biggest “supplier” of migrant fishers as ship crew to the global fishing industry. This victory is not only for migrant workers rights activists, but also for all Southeast Asian migrant fishers.
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Auyu environmental warriors bring Papuan forest fight to Jakarta court
Brandishing shields, bows, and legal dossiers, Auyu environmental warriors today took the fight for their traditional land from the forests of South Papua into a Jakarta courtroom.
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Greenpeace Philippines statement on the adoption of a historic UN General Assembly Resolution for an Advisory Opinion on Climate Change from the International Court of Justice
This landmark resolution vindicates the work of communities in the Philippines who have long stood up for climate justice and to defend their rights in the face of climate impacts caused by the activities of rich nations and fossil fuel companies.
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Greenpeace Philippines calls for reduced plastic production and corporate commitments to shift to reuse systems on first International Day of Zero-Waste
We can’t speak of sustainability while our systems and business models still rely on harmful materials and finite resources like plastics and the fossil fuels which they’re made of. Corporate and government actions for reduced plastic production and reuse must happen.
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Greenpeace: Heed IPCC warnings — shift away from fossil fuels, demand reparations
Filipinos already relive the horror of extreme typhoons every single year—but scientists are telling us that things will definitely and rapidly get even worse.
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Clear Papuan Voice Festival 17-18 March
Jakarta hosts the Clear Papuan Voice Festival (Suara Jernih Papua). This free event, a collaboration between Greenpeace…
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West Papuan Indigenous Defender Files Lawsuit Over Palm Oil Company Forestland Grab
Indigenous leader, Hendrikus ‘Franky’ Woro, today filed an environmental and land rights lawsuit challenging the plan by a Malaysian-owned palm oil company to clear tens…
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Communities, various groups call for transparency, urgency amid oil spill’s worsening impacts
Such a disaster is likely to happen again if the country continues to rely on fossil fuel energy, and stressed the need for transparency in overseeing offshore safety procedures and compliance by fossil fuel service providers including oil tankers.
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International Women’s Day: Greenpeace joins fishers demanding women’s rights and access to sea
In time for International Women's Day, Greenpeace and allies call for communities to have preferential access to coastal areas, that they should co-manage these, and that women workers’ active contribution to this process must be guaranteed.
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Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed – Greenpeace statement
A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations.
