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Logs don’t lie: foreign corporations are pillaging Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is currently experiencing what may be the most brazenly illegal land grab since its colonial days. Foreign corporations—specifically, logging companies—are allegedly falsifying signatures, paying off police, and lying to the government about their intentions to cut down every tree in the country. Originally posted on Act Now! Blogpost by Hannah Brooks, VICE…
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Eyes of the Forest see through greenwash
A new investigative report reveals how Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) – the notorious Indonesian rainforest destroyer – is continuing its destruction of natural tropical forest and drainage of peat soils to make its pulp and paper products. Original blogpost by Nathan Argent – December 14, 2011 APP is the parent company of Australian-based Solaris which…
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Save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code
Blogpost by Laura Kenyon, Greenpeace International – December 7, 2011 We are edging closer to an “ecological calamity” in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian Senate has pushed us closer to the brink. Yesterday it voted to approve destructive changes to the laws governing forest protection – called the Forest Code –…
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Catching pirates from the sky
Pirates, in my imagination, are valiant seafarers in search of richness and glory in the high seas. In the olden days, they where regarded with fear and loathing for tales run wild of ghastly misdemeanors. They rob, hijack and loot treasures – questionable acts indeed. But they exude such an aura of fierceness and might…
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Who knows where volunteering could take you…
Monday December 5 is International Volunteer Day – and a great opportunity to celebrate and recognise those who have helped us achieve so much by donating their time to Greenpeace. On board the MY Esperanza for the 2nd leg of the Defending our Pacific ship tour we have a number of people who are here…
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Stinking and dripping on the poop-deck!
I’ve just returned from a dive beneath a giant floating catastrophe, an ugly lump of death-dealing metal floating in the high seas. Blogpost by Nathaniel Pelle, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Oceans Campaigner No, it wasn’t a warship. This particular lump of metal was a fish aggregating device, or FAD, that we happened upon on the high…
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Illegal timber – now it’s everyone’s business
Ever wondered where your outdoor furniture came from? Ever pondered on the story behind your lovely new decking? Or how about the journey your toilet paper took to arrive at your loo? Blogpost first appeared on ABC online Most Australians assume that everyday purchases such as dining chairs and toilet paper don’t come from illegally…
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An activist in Durban – the climate talks begin…
Blogpost by Paul Grajewski, Greenpeace Volunteer I am in South Africa for COP17 as part of a team of Greenpeace activists and volunteers. There are about 60 of us camped out near Durban and about half of us come from all over the world – Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Belgium, USA, Canada, China myself…