All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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4 ways you can reduce plastic ocean pollution today
Australia is home to some of the most stunning beaches in the world - white sand, long stretches of coastline and breathtaking backdrops. But when you're daydreaming of the Great Ocean Road or Bondi Beach, do you include floating plastic debris in your picture-perfect visions?
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Glenn Walker – Head of Nature
Glenn Walker is a seasoned climate and environmental advocate, with over 15 years experience spanning the fields of the energy sector, offshore and onshore oil and gas exploitation, deforestation, land restoration, river protection, Indigenous conservation, and protected area creation and management.
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Report: Deforestation Crisis on Their Watch
Australia is a global deforestation hotspot, driven primarily by the beef industry. About every two minutes, a large football field-sized area of forest and bushland is bulldozed, putting Australia alongside places like the Amazon, Congo and Borneo on the scale of destruction.
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Why the Sargasso Sea Needs the Global Ocean Treaty
You might be familiar with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, known for the mysterious disappearances of ships and planes. However, beyond the myth lies the Sargasso Sea, a real and ecologically vital part of the ocean that deserves attention.
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Hannah Browne – Greenpeace Australia Pacific Board Member
Hannah is a technology leader, entrepreneur, Board Director, culture advocate and four-time Pan Pacific Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion. She won the 2023 WIICTA Entrepreneur Award and is scaling her fifth start-up, Midnyte City.
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Report: People vs Plastic – Global support for a strong Plastics Treaty
Plastic pollution has flooded our planet. Pollution from plastics touches every corner of the globe reaching the deepest parts of our oceans, the highest mountain peaks and even contaminating our rainwater. Plastics harm multiple ecosystems at every stage of their life cycle, damaging people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fuelling the climate crisis.
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Joe Rafalowicz – Head of Climate and Energy
Joe Rafalowicz leads Greenpeace Australia Pacific's campaigns on Climate and Energy. Joe has worked in the climate movement in Australia and globally for 9 years.
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Why Australia must protect the Great Barrier Reef from coral bleaching
Stretching over 2,300km and comprising approximately 3,000 individual reefs, the Great Barrier Reef stands as the largest coral system on our planet. Yet, despite its grandeur, it has relentlessly battled bleaching events in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and now in 2024.
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Protecting the Emperor Seamounts: A Vital Step for Ocean Conservation
Deep beneath the northern Pacific Ocean lies a remote chain of more than 800 seamounts. These oases of life, known as the Emperor Seamounts, are home to a rich variety of cold-water corals and sponges, as well as smaller creatures like crustaceans and sea stars.
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Nicolette Rubinsztein AM – Greenpeace Australia Pacific Board Member
Nicolette Rubinsztein is a renowned author, qualified actuary and experienced director. She believes climate change is the most important challenge of our time.