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The tide has turned: new Secretary General voted in at ISA
SYDNEY/KINGSTON, 2 AUGUST 2024 – Today the International Seabed Authority’s Assembly voted in secret ballot for the new Secretary General. In reaction to Leticia Carvalho winning the election for Secretary…
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Tuvalu joins growing chorus of nations seeking deep sea mining pause
SYDNEY / KINGSTON, Wednesday 31 July 2024 — In response to the Government of Tuvalu’s call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), currently underway in Kingston, Jamaica, the following quotes can be attributed to Greenpeace Head of Pacific Shiva Gounden:
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Dark Oxygen Discovery in the Pacific Ocean: What Lies Beneath?
As world leaders and policymakers, including the Australian government, converge at the International Seabed Authority this month to deliberate on the future of our oceans, a ground breaking discovery has emerged from the depths of the Pacific.
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100 million animals killed, injured or displaced every year
New research from RSPCA Queensland and Greenpeace Australia Pacific paints a dire reality on the impact that deforestation is having on native wildlife.
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‘100 million killed, harmed’: Joint report sounds alarm on scale of native wildlife deaths from deforestation
BRISBANE/SYDNEY, Tuesday 30 July 2024 — A joint report from two of Australia’s leading advocacy organisations, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and RSPCA Queensland, has exposed the shocking scale of wildlife being killed every year in Australia from deforestation.
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Report: The ongoing animal welfare crisis from deforestation in Australia
Little has improved for wild animals since our last report on this crisis in 2017. Despite some reforms to the Vegetation Management Act in Queensland in 2018, laws and policies in both states have not greatly changed and still allow very large areas of bushland habitat for wildlife to be destroyed every year, likely harming,…
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Gas is Just Another Dirty Fossil Fuel
Renewables are not only better for the climate, they are cheaper and create more jobs. Pursuing the concept of a ‘gas-led recovery’ would deliver economic as well as environmental ruin.
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Carbon capture and storage a “failed experiment”
SYDNEY - 23 July 2024 - Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today condemned the Federal Resources Minister’s announcement that gives fossil fuel producers a green light for more toxic, polluting gas.
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The Alarming Presence of Microplastics and Plastic in the Human Body
Plastic waste isn’t just found in our oceans and woodlands, our bodies are now contaminated with plastic too. It’s very literally in us.
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Oceania is launched: A moment of hope and gratitude
The launch of the SV Oceania, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new campaigning vessel and the first bluewater Greenpeace ship to be permanently stationed in our region.
