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Revealed: Australia’s first sustainable tuna in a can
Greenpeace has revealed Australia’s first ever sustainable canned tuna range by a major brand today at the launch of its canned tuna ranking at Sydney Aquarium.
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UK tuna giant John West quits destructive fishing. Australian consumers miss out
Press release – 25 July, 2011London/Sydney, 26th July 2011: This week, tuna brand John West UK announced a shift to sustainable sourcing and lent its backing to Pacific marine reserves. Its actions mean the UK supermarket sector is the most sustainable worldwide on canned tuna.While John West joins UK companies Princes, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, M&S,…
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Defending our Pacific with the new team in Korea
It is without a doubt that our oceans are an integral part of human survival and crucial to how Mother Nature goes about her business on a day-to-day basis and maintains. After all, 80% of all the life on Earth lies beneath the surface of our seas. Blogpost by Lagi Toribau Since joining Greenpeace, I…
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The toy sector and APP’s deforestation problem
It’s been a busy few days since the latest phase of our campaign to stop deforestation in Indonesia got underway. There are now signs that both Mattel and Lego are preparing to make changes in the way they buy their packaging. Blogpost by Zulfahmi, Greenpeace South East Asia Mattel’s latest statement, released on Friday…
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Exciting times in Taiwan – defending the Pacific
Bula again, this is Ron, a Pacific activist onboard the Greenpeace flagship, The Rainbow Warrior. We are currently moored in Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. The last few days have been really hectic but full of excitement and such an adrenaline rush! We left the island of Xiaoliuqiu last Wednesday afternoon bound for Kaohsiung and arrived…
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Greenpeace blockades Pacific-bound unregistered Tuna ship in Taiwan harbour
Press release – 24 January, 2011Activists from the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior today prevented the departure of fish carrier MV Lung Yuin, demanding that Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA) properly investigate and as appropriate, prosecute the ship’s owners, who are in apparent breach of Taiwan’s laws. A Greenpeace activist chained himself to Lung Yuin’s anchor…
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Greenpeace exposes suspected illegal fish carrier in Taiwanese port
Press release – 23 January, 2011Last night, activists from Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior exposed a Taiwanese owned fish carrier Lung Yuin suspected of violations of Taiwanese fisheries laws moored in the port of Kaoshiung, Taiwan and called on Taiwanese Fisheries Agency to investigate the fish carrier ship (1). Activists projected the phrases "Illegal in…
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Calling for Pacific marine reserves in Taiwan
Bula, My name is Ronetava Ronaivakulua and I’m from an island in the South Pacific called Fiji. I’m currently onboard the Rainbow Warrior 2 on its East Asia Ocean Defenders tour in Taiwan, I’m here as a representative of Fiji and also the South Pacific to voice our concern on tuna overfishing and the protection…
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Minister Burke fails to protect iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna
Press release – 24 November, 2010Today, Australia’s Environment Minister failed to take the action needed to protect the iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna from overfishing.Minister Burke has decided not to class Southern Bluefin Tuna as a critically endangered species on Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act List. Greenpeace’s spokesperson Genevieve Quirk said that “Minister…
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Continued inaction is not an option at the CBD
Our Pacific Political Advisor Seni Nabou reports back from the first few days of meetings at the UN’s Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD), in Nagoya, Japan. As a Pacific Islander, attending these big world conferences can be overwhelming. The sheer size, grandeur, pomp, ceremony and alien language (diplo-speak) are enough to cower any sane individual…