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Latest: KFC campaign goes global
Last week saw the launch of new global campaign to stop KFC turning rainforests into trash, by cutting deforestation out of it’s supply chain. Original Blogpost by Bustar Maitar All week Greenpeace activists have been taking the message to KFC while thousands of people around the world joined the revolt to end KFC’s secret recipe…
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Eyes of the Forest see through greenwash
A new investigative report reveals how Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) – the notorious Indonesian rainforest destroyer – is continuing its destruction of natural tropical forest and drainage of peat soils to make its pulp and paper products. Original blogpost by Nathan Argent – December 14, 2011 APP is the parent company of Australian-based Solaris which…
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Save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code
Blogpost by Laura Kenyon, Greenpeace International – December 7, 2011 We are edging closer to an “ecological calamity” in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian Senate has pushed us closer to the brink. Yesterday it voted to approve destructive changes to the laws governing forest protection – called the Forest Code –…
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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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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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PNG’s land grab loophole is stealing customary land
Blogpost by Sam Moko, Forest Campaigner in PNG The new PNG Prime Minister is visiting Australia today. He will be talking about various diplomatic issues but there is one topic he will probably try and avoid – an issue that is right now a huge concern for his people. Over the weekend, we received reports…
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Isolated by forest conflict, the Orang Rimba people of Jambi
The Orang Rimba are an indigenous people living in Jambi, Indonesia in a forested area that is under conflict. Blogpost by Veby Mega, Indonesian writer on “Tiger Eye Tour” They believe that God manifests inside animals in the forest, one is God Mergo – “God Tiger” – whom they worship. They never used to…
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‘Tigers’ expose Asia Pulp and Paper greenwash
Last week we launched the ‘eye of the tiger’ tour in Indonesia, during which five activists will journey around Sumatra bearing witness to the forest destruction caused by companies like Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). However, a few days ago we discovered we weren’t the only ones planning a tour around Sumatra. Blogpost by Bustar…