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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…
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Hunt’s direct action on rainforest could reap carbon rewards
By David Ritter, University of Western Australia Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt’s ambition to broker a new global rainforest recovery plan reopens an important conversation about Australia’s role in tackling tropical deforestation. And it reminds us there is much Australia could do right now. According to Hunt in an announcement on 30 August, “[n]othing…
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Palm oil leading cause of Indonesia forest destruction: RSPO leaves big brands exposed
Press release – 5 September, 2013Jakarta/Sydney, 3 September 2013: The palm oil sector was the single largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia between 2009-2011, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s forest loss, revealed Greenpeace International in new mapping analysis published today.The analysis shows that significant deforestation took place in concessions currently owned by…
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Coca-Cola’s ‘Three Cs’: cops, cons and court action
In its bid to slam the door on an Australian wide roll out of a cash for containers scheme that’s been so successful in South Australia, Coke has been employing its ‘Three Cs’ – cops, cons, and court action. Here at Greenpeace, we are using campaigning, community and comedy to up our campaign to achieve…
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Media Release – Victory for NT over Coke on recycling
Press release – 6 August, 2013Sydney, 7 Aug 2013: Environment and community groups from around Australia today congratulated the Northern Territory, state and federal governments for working together to reinstate the Northern Territory’s successful cash for containers program, after Coca Cola, Lion and Schweppes took it to court and won last year.“This is a great…
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New report provides roadmap to transform Pacific tuna fisheries
Press release – 4 August, 2013Suva/Sydney, August 5, 2013 – A new report, launched today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, provides a blueprint for how Pacific Island governments and regional bodies can promote a more sustainable and locally owned and operated tuna fishery in the region.The report – titled Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries:…
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Whale meat shipment successfully blocked
This morning, Greenpeace Germany activists boarded a ship docked in Hamburg, and prevented it from leaving with a cargo of meat from endangered fin whales. Germany doesn’t hunt whales of course. Like almost every country in the world, the German government agrees that commercial whaling should be banned. One company in Iceland does hunt whales, but…
