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Amazon deforestation alerts record 312km² for March 2022 and hit highest quarterly rate
In the first quarter of 2022, an area of 941km² was deforested, a record 64 percent increase compared to the same period last year “Without respecting the rights of Indigenous…
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Amazon deforestation alerts hit new records
As scientists urge action, satellite monitoring registers highest deforestation rate for the month of February DETER data shows massive increase for deforestation in February Manaus, Brazil – Deforestation alerts for…
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Deforestation in the Amazon hits a record high for the month of January
Brazilian Space Agency INPE estimates that 430 km² of forest were cleared in just one month, a five-fold increase from January 2021 “Even in January, when deforestation is usually lower…
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Bolsonaro’s Christmas gift to perpetrators of illegal deforestation
2019 was a terrible year for the Amazon Rainforest – threats to its survival have intensified, but the situation can always get worse. A new Provisional Presidential Decree (PPD) 910, signed on Tuesday…
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My Tears Aren’t Enough to Protect the Rainforest. That’s Why I’m Taking Action
I can’t help but cry when I think about the destruction I’ve witnessed in my native Indonesia. Where once there was a thick, green rainforest teeming with life, now is…
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Eight Years Later Palm Oil is Still a Haunting Reality…
In 2010, Greenpeace launched a video that had us all thinking twice before taking a bite out of Halloween candy. With gory detail, the Kit Kat campaign drove home the…
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A Beautiful Past, and a Future for the Indonesian Forest Worth Fighting For
I remember when I was a kid, papa always took me back to his hometown to see Oma, my grandmother, every Christmas. The town Papa is from is called Manado,…
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Moment of Truth: Time for Brands to Come Clean About Their Links to Forest Destruction for Palm Oil
It has been close to a decade since consumer brands pledged to eliminate deforestation from palm oil and other key commodities by 2020. Despite these commitments, there is growing evidence…
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A Congo journey
The Congo Basin provides food, fresh water and shelter to millions of people. A mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, the forests of the Congo Basin are…
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A Deadly Trade-off: IOI’s Palm Oil Supply and Its Human and Environmental Costs
This Greenpeace International investigative report looks at the Malaysian palm oil company IOI Group and its downstream subsidiary in Europe and North America, IOI Loders Croklaan. Despite policies to ensure…