GreenpeaceUK Forests
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News, information, campaign updates and tidbits from the Greenpeace UK forests team
London
Joined August 2009
Shocking. "Equivalent of 200 football pitches of #rainforest an hour destroyed for #PalmOil in #Indonesia and we're part of the problem." - @ChrisGPackham last night on #Insearchofthelostgirl Watch it here: https://t.co/WdF9McTfqz
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Companies have 'no chance' of meeting commitments on #PalmOil #deforestation
https://t.co/mAQX65Wkcr
@GreenpeaceUK @GreenpeaceSEA reports @b_c_chapman
independent.co.uk
Swathes of rainforest being destroyed to make palm oil that ends up in thousands of household products and foods, despite promises
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New @Greenpeace report reveals #Indonesia #PalmOil traders' #failure to #StopDeforestation despite promises to reform
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Still Cooking the #Climate: new investigation by @Greenpeace @GreenpeaceSEA reveals #deforestation for #PalmOil still rife despite Indonesia traders' promises to reform https://t.co/E1PJz09fZr
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Global firms accused of importing #timber linked to #Amazon massacre and #illegallogging - in spite of their #EUTR and #LaceyAct obligations https://t.co/XrjkoRR0YN
#Brazil #Brasil
theguardian.com
Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedroarana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murder
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Watch this weekend: Indonesia's Orang Rimba: Forced to renounce their faith https://t.co/u6PFoqQHMa
#forests #PalmOil
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The world's second largest rainforest is in danger of accelerating climate change - if we disturb the sleeping carbon under the trees https://t.co/CEh9t10r8L
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Congo basin’s peaty swamps are new front in climate change battle
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Lombok becomes first UK company ever to be fined under illegal logging laws
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Your comments have been flooding Velvet’s Facebook, showing your anger at them using pulp from vital parts of the #greatnorthernforest (1/5)
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Velvet and @essity are wiping away the Great Northern Forest. Let em know how you feel hit the link for more info! https://t.co/YyxErBNXdq
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Amazon dams threaten to starve rivers and land of life-giving nutrients, new study shows
news.mongabay.com
Study warns that six hydroelectric mega-dams proposed for Andean highlands would put environment and food security at risk in Amazon basin.
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NEWS: Velvet are wiping away a beautiful, centuries old forest for toilet roll. Info below. RT to expose! https://t.co/TK4iFmfrTI
metro.co.uk
'Leave the Great Northern Forest to flourish, rather than allowing it to be flushed down the toilet.'
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Velvet's luxury loo roll shouldn’t cost the earth. Save the #GreatNorthernForest Sign the petition: https://t.co/eeZQd7QlHR
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.@voguemagazine on links between cosmetics and deforestation (with amazing photography)
vogue.com
Commonly found in everyday beauty products, “conflict palm oil” derivatives are a leading cause of deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, and human rights violations. Here’s a firsthand look.
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Northern summer may be ending but BBQ charcoal is creating havoc in Paraguay's forests
theguardian.com
David Hill: NGO Earthsight reports charcoal from the Chaco region has been sold in Aldi, Lidl and Carrefour in Spain and Germany
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Activists block machines in Poland's Bialowieza forest as govt vows to go on logging despite EU ban https://t.co/ZdrbCPNs4h via @physorg_com
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So many undiscovered species in the world: a new one is found every two days in the Amazon alone https://t.co/65FRNXyA4p
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Now federal court blocks attempt by Brazilian govt to open large Amazon area to mining - for now
theguardian.com
Judge says president Michel Temer went beyond his authority in issuing decree to dissolve Renca, after fury from activists
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