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Hamba Kahle, Nelson Mandela: With Our Deepest Gratitude
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela speaking at the 90th birthday celebration of Walter Sisulu, Walter Sisulu Hall, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18…
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A HUGE thank you to all our volunteers
International Volunteers Day is celebrated each year on the 5th of December, a great opportunity to reflect on a huge year and all the fantastic work and the continued commitment of our amazing volunteer base across Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace was founded by volunteers over 40 years ago and our work continues to be reliant…
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Enough is enough; we need to reclaim our seas and fisheries now
The Western and Central Pacific is the world’s largest tuna fishery, with millions of people depending on it for food and their livelihoods. It is also an economic lifeline for many of our region’s small island states. But there is trouble in paradise. More and more boats are entering the fishery from developed nations eager…
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What firefighters say about climate change
By Michael Howes, Griffith University You do not find many climate change sceptics on the end of [fire] hoses anymore… They are dealing with increasing numbers of fires, increasing rainfall events, increasing storm events. – A senior Victorian fire officer, interviewed in 2012 for a recent National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility report. There have…
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Real pirates plunder and steal
It is now more than 30 days since our ship was seized and our 30 friends and colleagues were arrested. They now face a charge of piracy — an absurd charge that carries a maximum 15 year jail sentence. In the meantime pirate fishing is a real threat, recklessly plundering our oceans. It seems like…
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West African Communities Rally to Protest Monster Boats
Just one week after Chilean fishermen and Greenpeace vigorously protested against the Margiris supertrawler, Mauritanian fishermen and fishing communities in West Africa are also raising their voices against monster boats in their own waters. In a statement sent out in Nouakchott, Mauritania, local fishermen called on West African governments to no longer allow supertrawlers into their…
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How community power is ending the age of coal in Turkey
There is no better start to a day than waking up to good news. Especially, at a time when your hope is weakened by a near war in your neighbouring country, and by your government trying to allow your forests, national parks and protected areas to be opened up for infrastructure projects. You wake up…
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It says it’s sustainable, but the palm oil industry is still destroying the rainforest
An excavator creates a canal in Riau Province, Indonesia, despite the heavy smoke caused by the forest fires. The palm oil industry is desperate to paint itself as sustainable. Yet for the last couple of years, palm oil plantations have been the number one cause of deforestation in Indonesia. For much of the summer, the…