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Jayapura, 9 May 2013 – The Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, arrived in Jayapura, Indonesia today to document one of the world’s most biodiverse – and threatened – environments, just three years after the Indonesian navy escorted the vessel out of its territorial waters in October 2010. “The Rainbow Warrior is here to raise awareness of Indonesia’s …
Port Louis, Mauritius, May 3, 2013 – Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) members are failing to control fishing fleets and prevent illegal fishing and need to impose stricter controls to protect tuna stocks, Greenpeace International said on Friday. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has been documenting fishing activities in the Indian Ocean since March, observing fishing …
Jakarta, 25 April, 2013 – Hundreds of hectares of rainforest and tiger habitat protected under the Indonesian government’s moratorium have been destroyed, revealed Greenpeace International, following an investigation into Duta Palma, a notorious Indonesian palm oil producer and member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Oil (RSPO). Duta Palma has a long history of deforestation, community …
Port Louis, Mauritius, April 21, 2013 – Seven Greenpeace International activists peacefully demonstrated in a Mauritian port on Sunday against a South Korean vessel accused of unlawful fishing in West African waters, demanding the Seoul government order the ship’s recall. The activists painted the word “illegal” in Korean and English on the hull of the …
Jakarta, 13 March 2013 – Greenpeace Indonesia today welcomed the launch of a forest conservation pilot project by Indonesia’s largest palm oil producer, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), to protect High Carbon Stock (HCS) forests and called on other palm oil producers to take similar action. “Greenpeace commends GAR for putting its Forest Conservation Policy commitment into …
Jakarta, Indonesia, 5 February 2013 – Greenpeace hailed today’s commitment from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to end deforestation as a major breakthrough in efforts to save Indonesia’s rainforests, after a decade of public pressure and recent negotiations with Greenpeace. APP, one of the world’s largest producers of paper and packaging, has published a new …
Amsterdam, January 22, 2013 – Limited Brands, owner of iconic underwear labels Victoria’s Secret and La Senza, today committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its global supply chain and across all of its brands and products by 2020, in response to Greenpeace’s global Detox campaign. It is now the 14th global corporation …
In response to news that Shell’s grounded drill rig Kulluk is being towed away from where it was grounded on Dec. 31, Greenpeace Arctic campaigner Ben Ayliffe made the following statement: “The battered rig may finally be free, but after this latest fiasco Shell’s reputation is in tatters. The time has come for the US …
Washington DC, January 4, 2013 – Following news that Shell’s stranded oil rig has suffered serious damage since being grounded in the Gulf of Alaska, Greenpeace predicts the company will now struggle to complete its planned 2013 drilling programme in the Arctic. The Kulluk ran aground late on December 31 off the island of Sitkalidak …
Amsterdam, December 4, 2012 – Greenpeace confirmed on Tuesday that the government of South Korea has abandoned its plans to begin a ‘scientific’ whaling operation, a significant step forward in global efforts to protect whale populations. The proposed hunt, announced in July, would have caught minke whales for commercial purposes under the thin veil of …