All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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A jungle story
Susie Lovato is one of thirteen who successfully completed our Sumatran Jungle Challenge in October 2011. We chatted to Susie about her inspiration and experience of taking up the challenge. “I’ve been a Greenpeace supporter since 2006. Even though I started small, signing petitions and reading the latest Greenpeace articles, when I found out about…
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David vs Goliath
Last week Greenpeace launched a vital new campaign for Australia. We’re taking on the massive coal mining and coal export expansion plans particularly in Queensland. These mega coal mines, coal port infrastructure and increases in coal shipping traffic not only spell disaster for our climate but for Australia’s national treasure – the Great Barrier Reef.…
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New Antarctic Ocean Alliance to blaze trail for marine reserves
According to some people, 2012 is supposed to be a year of transformative events. Well I don’t know about astronomical alignments, the Mayan calendar and all that, but for us oceans campaigners, 2012 is definitely significant – for 2012 is the year by which the world’s governments should have committed to a global network of…
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Undercover investigation exposes Asia Pulp & Paper’s illegal rainforest scandal
Press release – 1 March, 2012Xerox, National Geographic, Collins Debden Australia and many more implicatedSydney/Jakarta, 2 March 2012 : A year-long Greenpeace investigation into the world’s third largest pulp and paper producer, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), has found that the company is systematically violating Indonesia’s laws protecting ramin, an internationally protected tree species (1).…