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New PNG Government must restore customary ownership of stolen land
Despite criticism that many voters were unable to vote, polling in the largely peaceful eighth PNG national elections closed on Friday 13 July. The bitter pre-election battle between former PM Sir Michael Somare and the leadership team that ousted him in August 2011 – Peter O’Neill and Belden Namah -has hopefully been put to rest.…
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Indonesia leading the way in KFC’s response to deforestation
Blogpost by Rolf Skar – July 10, 2012 Still no news from KFC headquarters in the US despite the fact it’s been six weeks since Greenpeace International exposed the company’s links to rainforest deforestation. But while KFC bosses in Kentucky remain silent on whether it will cut forest destruction out of its supply chain globally,…
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Opposition rising to fading whaling industry
Whale conservation has lost out to the fading, but still defiant pro-whaling forces, at this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting. The meeting in Panama City had initially offered the world hope that the IWC would actually help to save whales, not whalers, after the Latin American nations proposed the creation of a whale…
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Munmorah made me the criminal I am today
This week saw a small step taken towards the energy revolution in Australia as Munmorah, one of the oldest and dirtiest coal power stations in the country, announced its closure. Munmorah is near the New South Wales central coast and has been burning black coal since 1967, before Greenpeace was even founded. It had already…
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Macken Sense: How change happens…..
Everyone from the fossil fuel industry to Greenpeace’s own Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo, has conceded Rio + 20 was a total waste of space. Naidoo’s take on it was pretty simple: ”Rio has turned into an epic failure. It has failed on equity, failed on ecology and failed on economy.” Apart from that it was…
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KFC’s Chainsaw Colonel visits Indonesian rainforest destruction
When you think of KFC most people think of buckets of fried chicken. So what does KFC have to do with Indonesia and why did Greenpeace Indonesia take action against the company on Wednesday? Blogpost by Rusmadya Maharuddin – May 30, 2012 Well, KFC is one of the most popular fast food chains in…
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One boat coming to Australia that we should fear
Australia is about to have one of the world’s biggest fishing vessels – from a fleet that has a track record of obliterating fish stocks around the world – enter its shores. Blogpost by Karli Thomas, 01/02/2012 Rather than being afraid of the damage it will cause, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority has doubled the…