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Illegal Logging is threatening China’s Giant Pandas
This is the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries. Home to 30% of China’s endangered and iconic giant pandas, it’s the largest giant panda habitat in the world. The area was recognized…
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Greenpeace – 3200 acres of forest illegally felled in Sichuan World Heritage Site
Beijing, October 21 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has discovered that nearly 3200 acres of natural forest, equivalent to 1814 football (soccer) pitches, in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries have been illegally felled. Illegal logging in this UNESCO World Heritage site is a direct threat to endangered plant and animal species, including the…
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Deforestation in UNESCO Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Since 2013 Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) has employed remote sensing interpretation, spatial analysis and field surveys to assess and analyse concerns about the natural forest habitat of giant pandas in Ya’an city prefecture, part of the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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The Rainbow Warrior’s shocking exposure of illegal fishing on the Pacific high seas
On Wednesday 9 September, on the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, not far from Papua New Guinean water, I and an international crew of Greenpeace campaigners aboard the Rainbow…
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The Beautiful Beast: World Elephant Day
Young Asian Elephants in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province ©Beijing Normal University
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BREAKING – Standard Chartered ditches giant coal mine threatening Great Barrier Reef
Hong Kong, 11 Aug 2015 - Standard Chartered has announced yesterday that it is pulling out of one of the world’s most controversial coal developments following an international campaign by Greenpeace East Asia and others environmental groups.
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The Problems of Deforestation in Asia
In East Asia, we have already lost much of our natural forestlands, while our demand for paper, agricultural products, timber, and meat is driving the destruction of the world’s last ancient forests in Indonesia, the Amazon, and the Congo.
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China’s Remaining Forests
China’s hunger for development has put its forests under incredible stress. Tragically, development has robbed the country of almost all of its great primeval forests, through which elephants once roamed as far as Beijing.