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Wake Up! Don’t Take Your Oceans for Granted
Friday, 8 June 2007, 9:27 am | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
As we celebrate World Oceans Day today a crisis is occurring in our oceans said Greenpeace. “We take our oceans for granted. We order fish at restaurants and assume it will always be there,” said Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Team Leader Nilesh Goundar. More >>
Five Pacific Island Nations Fail Whales
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 3:57 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Five Pacific Island countries have not only let whales down but also refused to help preserve a big part of the Pacific Islands’ regional culture at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Alaska. More >>
Pacific Leads The Way In Bottom Trawling
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 1:26 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Nadi, Fiji Islands, October 25, 2006. It was a win for the Pacific people yesterday as their leaders took the lead in opposing the destructive fishing practice of High Seas Bottom Trawling (HSBT)(1) by issuing the Declaration on Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling ... More >>
Whaling: 10 activists arrested in protest
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 6:30 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
St Kitts/ Sydney: As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in St Kitts concluded proceedings overnight Sydney time, a peaceful protest by Greenpeace in St Kitts was abruptly ended by police, who arrested ten activists from the Greenpeace ... More >>
Rimbunan violently rejects award for destruction
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 8:45 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Port Moresby, March 31, 2006. Asia's biggest logging company, Rimbunan Hijau (RH), intimidated and detained six Greenpeace activists after they attempted to present them with a Golden Chainsaw representing the company's 30 years of forest destruction. ... More >>
Japanese Whalers ram Greenpeace ship
Monday, 9 January 2006, 11:30 am | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Southern Ocean Sunday, 08 January, 2006 : Greenpeace reports no whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary today, following a dangerous collision caused by a whaling ship. More >>
Gruesome whale kill continues...
Monday, 9 January 2006, 11:27 am | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Southern Ocean Saturday, 07 January, 2006 : Greenpeace activists last night witnessed the slow and bloody death of yet another minke whale, fully documented by photos and video footage. More >>
Parkin charged $11,700 for detention and removal
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:17 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Los Angeles Friday, 16 September, 2005 : American peace activist Scott Parkin arrived back in the US today, escorted by 2 Australian immigration officials. He is expected to arrive in Houson, Texas on a Continental Airlines flight at around 3pm AEST. More >>
Deadly storms, deadly addiction: oil and coal
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:15 pm | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
By now we all know the science: no single hurricane can be blamed on climate change, in the same way that no single cigarette can be blamed for a cancer death. But as devastating as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may be, they are nothing compared to the ... More >>
