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A Warm Welcome for the Rainbow Warrior in Vanuatu
This morning I woke up in a house on the Pango peninsula, the entrance of Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, under a giant, complete and vivid rainbow. The Rainbow Warrior arrives in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Somehow the sky knew we were here, and that the Rainbow Warrior had arrived into the harbour quietly during the night.…
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Back the bill to know your flake from the fake
It’ll be no surprise to anyone that as a Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner you often find yourself on the opposite side of the fence to the fishing industry. From chasing dodgy longliners at sea, to confronting our biggest tuna brands, to sending the monster boat FV Margiris back to Europe, we’ve spent a lot of time…
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Protecting Our Oceans and Marine Life
Stand with us to protect the health of our oceans and marine life. The health of our oceans are vital to life on earth.
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Aussie tuna transformation a consumer success story
For the first time ever the majority of tuna brands on Australian supermarket shelves have converted to sourcing from environmentally responsible fishing methods.These methods can avoid needlessly killing marine life like sharks, turtles, small whales and juvenile tuna, according to the 2015 Greenpeace canned tuna ranking.
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Coal industry fact check: Mining for the truth
If you’ve been reading newspapers, listening to the Abbott Government, or paying attention to mining companies lately – you’d be forgiven for thinking the Carmichael megamine project is ready to bring thousands of jobs and tens of billions of dollars to Australia. Sadly, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s our coal industry fact…
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A huge day for my home land
Tomorrow is a huge day for my country, the Cook Islands, where people are coming together to stop a type of fishing that catches way too many tuna. Purse seine fishing uses massive nets which catch everything in their path. They’re bad for our marine life and bad for the island communities who depend on fish…
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New tuna market creates unique opportunity for the Pacific
SYDNEY, 30 MARCH 2015 —- There could soon be a whole lot more demand for sustainably caught tuna from the Pacific. For the first time ever, Greenpeace has just released a canned tuna guide in the United States – the largest tuna consuming nation in the world. Opinion Editorial by Lagi Toribau in Islands Business …
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Explore the underwater beauty of the Great Barrier Reef through Google Street View
If you’ve ever been diving in the Great Barrier Reef, you know why it’s a natural wonder revered all around the world. The Reef is a massive, vibrant, diverse underwater gem. It’s full of life and colour – and it needs your help. Right now, the Great Barrier Reef has a UNESCO World Heritage…
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Environmental groups and seafood industry demand better seafood labelling
Press release – 14 April, 201515 April 2015, Sydney: For the first time, an alliance of environmental and industry groups have today united to call for clear seafood labelling in Australia.The groups – including Greenpeace and the Northern Territory Seafood Council- have released a statement today demanding action to ensure all seafood is properly labelled…
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Human Repercussion
Whales historically dominated the world's oceans, but they have suffered tremendously in the last hundred years. It is estimated, that, due to harvesting in the last century, nearly 3 million cetaceans have been wiped out by whaling fleets.