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Choked in Smoke: This Is What It’s Like Living in the Thick of Indonesia’s Haze
This story was originally published by Greenpeace International. My wife and daughter should be at our home in Pekanbaru, Riau, on the east of Sumatra right now. It’s been more…
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Intact but Not Untouched: What I Learned From an Indigenous Community’s Fight to Save Canada’s Boreal Forest
A metal-hulled outboard motorboat took me the last two hours of my three-day journey to one of the last intact forests in North America, in Canada’s Boreal forest. In the…
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6 Reasons Stopping Deforestation (Still) Matters
Over the past few years, we’ve gained significant ground in getting major companies to move toward forest-friendly business models. You might think that means deforestation is beginning to be a…
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Licence to Launder
The oil palm plantation being developed by Herakles Farms in the southwest region of Cameroon – an area of great biodiversity surrounded by five protected areas – illustrates what happens when irresponsible companies are not held accountable to local laws and processes. The companies activities pose a serious threat to forested areas and the communities…
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7 steps companies must take to stop deforestation
What makes a company forest friendly? Since Greenpeace developed a set of criteria last year and stepped up its campaigning, there has been a huge transformation in the palm oil…
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Indonesia’s incredible wildlife
Happy World Wildlife Day! If you havent already noticed, we here at Greenpeace are focusing our attention on the critical challenges faced by the forests of Indonesia. Those forests host…
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Logging: The Amazon’s Silent Crisis
Governance in the timber sector in the Brazilian Amazon is weak and open to exploitation, allowing criminals launder illegal timber as legal with official documentation. It is estimated that in…
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Sustainable Palm Oil? No, not really!
Earlier this week, we released our latest research on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the certification system touted as the responsible option for the commodity that has been shown…
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Herakles Exposed
The report details a series of 9 misstatements, lies, or inaccuracies found in communications from Herakles Farms around their palm oil project in Cameroon.