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Will Ministers act to protect life on earth?
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 8:39 am | Greenpeace
*Kuala Lumpur -- The Ministers of Environment from all over the world gathered today in Kuala Lumpur during the Summit for Life on Earth—the UN meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As environment negotiations reach a critical stage ... More >>
Govts fail to stop ancient forests from logging
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 8:32 am | Greenpeace
Jakarta, Indonesia -The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, today announced the discovery of several barges loaded with hundreds of logs soon to be exported from Indonesia. The logs come from a region that includes the Tanjung Puting National ... More >>
Governments urged to protect the deep sea
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 8:29 am | Greenpeace
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - Over 1000 of the world's foremost marine scientists released a strong statement calling on governments and the UN to act swiftly to protect the imperilled biological diversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. The statement ... More >>
Scientists Urge Govts. To Protect The Deep Seas
Monday, 16 February 2004, 2:40 pm | Greenpeace
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 16 February 2004--Over 1000 of the world's foremost marine scientists - including New Zealand scientists(1) - released a strong statement today calling on governments and the UN to protect threatened deep sea ecosystems by establishing ... More >>
Climate: New Pictures Of Disappearing Glaciers
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 10:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Buenos Aires, 10 February 2004: New visual evidence of the impacts of climate change was released by Greenpeace in Patagonia today. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by the research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise ... More >>
Australian Govt. Speaks Out NZ Remains Silent
Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 2:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday 10th February 2003: The launch of Greenpeace’s report last week on Malaysian company Rimbunan Hijau’s illegal logging operations in PNG, has erupted into a bitter debate in Australia and PNG, with Australia’s Forestry Minister and a former PNG ... More >>
PNG Landowners Forest Gift to Conservation Min.
Friday, 6 February 2004, 12:22 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace and Papua New Guinea landowners today handed over a photo album graphically illustrating the plight of Papua New Guinea’s forest peoples to New Zealand’s Conservation Minister. More >>
Activists Arrests As LumberBank Refuses Inspection
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 3:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Tuesday, February, 2004; 3.00pm - Three Greenpeace activists have been arrested after police cut through chains that were blockading the entrances of Auckland based timber company The LumberBank. More >>
Greenpeace Reveals NZ Trading in Illegal Timber
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 8:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Forest Crimes Unit together with landowners from Papua New Guinea (PNG) closed Auckland timber company – The LumberBank Ltd- today accusing them of importing timber from illegal operations in PNG and selling it here in NZ. More >>
Corrupt logging company profits from rights abuses
Monday, 2 February 2004, 11:39 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland -- A Greenpeace report exposing the corrupt and destructive activities of the global Malaysian logging company, Rimbunan Hijau, has been published in the lead up to the summit for life on earth--the UN meeting of the Convention for Biological ... More >>
Greenpeace Win On Russian Court Case
Monday, 26 January 2004, 9:51 am | Greenpeace
*Moscow, 23 January 2004—* Greenpeace in Russia this week won a case in the Supreme Court abolishing part of the Russian Federation Government resolution of September 15, 2003 regarding the Sochi All-Republican State Nature Preserve, which intended ... More >>
Greenpeace USA: Picasso On The Beach
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 10:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday 19th January, 2004: Over a thousand people gathered this weekend on South Beach, Miami to create a massive 'human art' image in creative protest against the unprecedented prosecution of Greenpeace by the Bush Administration. More >>
Increased Scepticism Over The Economics Of Whaling
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 10:25 am | Greenpeace
Reykjavik, January 14th 2004 -The market for whale meat is small and decreasing in whaling nations Iceland, Norway and Japan due to changed eating habits and fear of environmental toxins. A future export of Icelandic whale meat must be considered ... More >>
GE onions: Risky waste of taxpayers money
Monday, 22 December 2003, 8:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 20 December, 2003: Greenpeace today criticised the decision of ERMA to approve Crop and Food’s GE onions. “This is an experiment that ERMA themselves concede has little environmental or economic benefit and is a waste of research funding (1) ... More >>
Rules in place, Russia must join Kyoto now
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Milan At the close of the climate negotiations in Milan, Greenpeace called upon Russia to do the right thing, and join the 120 other nations that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Russia's ratification is required for the Kyoto Protocol to enter into ... More >>
Arnotts Australasia Goes GE Freeagain!
Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:29 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 December, 2003: Just two weeks after the GE free commitment of food giant Goodman Fielder in New Zealand, Aussie biscuit giant Arnott's has made a strong ongoing commitment to sourcing non-GE crop derived ingredients and animal products ... More >>
New Symbol To Express Concern About Climate Change
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 1:50 pm | Greenpeace
The International Climate Symbol is being launched during the Climate Change Conference (CoP 9) with a fashion show today by WWF, UNEP, Greenpeace and with support from the Dutch Ministry of the Environment. More >>
Disappearing Ice Sends A Warning For Climate
Monday, 8 December 2003, 10:52 am | Greenpeace
Milan, December 5, 2003: Ice in the polar regions, Greenland and in glaciers around the world is melting at an alarming rate as global temperatures increase, and could have radical implications for the future global climate, according to an upcoming ... More >>
Russia Clarifies Position On Kyoto Protocol
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 9:25 am | Greenpeace
Milan, Italy * The recent statement by Russia's deputy economy minister, Mukhamed Tsikhanov, clarifies that Russia is still moving towards ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, according to Greenpeace and WWF, participating in the Climate Change Conference ... More >>
Climate Change Wake Up Call Needed for West Coast
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Wednesday 3 December 2003: A report by NIWA released yesterday warned that 90% of Westport could be inundated in up to one metre of water during a one in a hundred year flood. Greenpeace warns this could be the tip of the iceberg for the ... More >>
