GreenpeaceUK Forests

News, information, campaign updates and tidbits from the Greenpeace UK forests team

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

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

[Unearthed @UE]

Land conflict killings are on the rise in #Brazil. The Karipuna people live in fear of invasion by loggers and farmers, their constitutional protections useless out here in the increasingly lawless forest. Watch their story.

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

Companies have 'no chance' of meeting commitments on #PalmOil #deforestation https://t.co/mAQX65Wkcr @GreenpeaceUK @GreenpeaceSEA reports @b_c_chapman

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

New @Greenpeace report reveals #Indonesia #PalmOil traders' #failure to #StopDeforestation despite promises to reform

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

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

[Daniela Montalto ⭐️⭐️⭐️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇷 @DanielaMontalto]

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

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

Watch this weekend: Indonesia's Orang Rimba: Forced to renounce their faith https://t.co/u6PFoqQHMa #forests #PalmOil

[Unearthed @UE]

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

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Congo basin’s peaty swamps are new front in climate change battle https://t.co/SR9DEL4BkF

[Alison Kirkman @AlisonKirkman]

Lombok becomes first UK company ever to be fined under illegal logging laws https://t.co/I6qGm7ENRS

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

Your comments have been flooding Velvet’s Facebook, showing your anger at them using pulp from vital parts of the #greatnorthernforest (1/5)

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

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

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

Amazon dams threaten to starve rivers and land of life-giving nutrients, new study shows https://t.co/El5H8i8zLk

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

NEWS: Velvet are wiping away a beautiful, centuries old forest for toilet roll. Info below.

RT to expose!

https://t.co/TK4iFmfrTI

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

Velvet's luxury loo roll shouldn’t cost the earth. Save the #GreatNorthernForest

Sign the petition: https://t.co/eeZQd7QlHR

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

.@voguemagazine on links between cosmetics and deforestation (with amazing photography) https://t.co/qh78ki7sBR

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

Northern summer may be ending but BBQ charcoal is creating havoc in Paraguay's forests https://t.co/Jn65srFOS4

[Greenpeace PressDesk @greenpeacepress]

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

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

So many undiscovered species in the world: a new one is found every two days in the Amazon alone https://t.co/65FRNXyA4p

[GreenpeaceUK Forests @GPUKforests]

Now federal court blocks attempt by Brazilian govt to open large Amazon area to mining - for now https://t.co/7KDOVoXBnQ