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Protecting forests, traditional welcomes and leaving PNG
My name is Jamie, I work as the Online Manager in the Sydney office. I've just arrived in Port Moresby to join the MY Esperanza on the second leg of the Defending the Pacific ship tour.
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Launching Changing Climates: a Greenpeace photo exhibition
We couldn’t have picked a better summers evening to launch our Changing Climates photo exhibition. The backdrop was Sydney’s beautiful Botanical Gardens and by sunset the food and wine were flowing. The speakers were Julian Burnside AO QC and our very own climate campaigner John Hepburn. Never mind the race that stopped the nation, this…
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Protecting the wild south: Antarctica
Blogpost by Richard Page Oceans campaigner Richard Page is currently attending the annual meeting of CCAMLR Commission, where discussions are underway for a representative network of marine protected areas across the Southern Ocean by 2012. Although it’s spring here in Hobart, Tasmania, the sometimes-chilly weather reminds me that there is only 3,500km (2000 miles) of…
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Asia Pulp and Paper’s sinking reputation forces more companies to jump ship – including Hasbro
There’s further bad news for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) as yet more companies around the world ditch their contracts with the unscrupulous forest-trashing company. Hot on the heels of Mattel and Lego, today Hasbro announced a new paper-buying policy. Blogpost by Jamie Woolley, Greenpeace UK Hasbro’s new policy says it will avoid controversial…
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Another campaigner kicked out of Indonesia for fighting APP’s deforestation
Until last Wednesday, I was in Indonesia. I’d travelled there to work with colleagues in Jakarta and Sumatra on our continuing campaign to end the devastation of the country’s magnificent rainforests. But after an extremely intense few days, I left the country prematurely on Wednesday evening. I had been due to stay longer and had…
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Matilda May Pilacapio: a true inspiration
Here in the Greenpeace Port Morseby compound, amongst the mango trees, is one of the more seasoned and inspiring activists I’ve ever met. Matilda May Pilacapio. Matilda has been an activist and campaigner for over 30 years. She was duly elected the first female provincial member of assembly for the southern region of PNG.…
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Greenpeace stops loading of PNG’s stolen forests
Press release – 23 October, 2011Paints ‘stop the land grab’ on logging ship bound for ChinaPapua New Guinea, Monday 24 October 2011 : Early this morning, in a remote district of Papua New Guinea, Greenpeace activists temporarily stopped the loading of rainforest logs stolen from customary landowners. From two inflatable boats, the activists painted ‘stop…
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Greenpeace ship joins remote protest against largest land grab in PNG history
Press release – 22 October, 2011Hundreds of landowners converge to save their stolen forestsPapua New Guinea, Sunday 23 October 2011: At the request of landowners from the Pomio district in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Greenpeace’s largest ship, the Esperanza, is protesting the export of illegally logged timber bound for China. Five district Task Force policemen…
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Green forestry labels PEFC & SFI called into question
With an abundance of ‘green’ labelled paper and furniture products available, we consumers have more power than ever to support a growing market for wood products that do not come at the cost of biodiversity, the regulation of our climate, or the livelihoods of forest communities. Blogpost by Judy Rodrigues, Greenpeace International – 17-10-11 …
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Esperanza for Pacific Oceans, Pacific People, Pacific Lives
As a Pacific Islander onboard the Greenpeace vessel, the MY Esperanza (Spanish for Hope), I cannot help but feel that there is hope despite the plight facing our magnificent Pacific Ocean. This vast oceanscape has been the bridge connecting people of Pasifika for thousands of years. Blogpost Duncan William, Oceans campaigner It is what brought…
