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GreenpeaceUK Forests

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

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greenpeace.org.uk/forests
Joined August 2009
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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK29 Jan 2018
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: bbc.in/2GpVVzw
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Unearthed@UE1 Dec 2017
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.
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Global firms accused of importing #timber linked to #Amazon massacre and #illegallogging - in spite of their #EUTR and #LaceyAct obligations theguardian.com/environment/… #Brazil #Brasil

Global firms accused of importing timber linked to Amazon massacre

Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedroarana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murder

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Unearthed@UE10 Nov 2017
The world's second largest rainforest is in danger of accelerating climate change - if we disturb the sleeping carbon under the trees bit.ly/2hkdqGl
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Guardian Environment
@guardianeco12 Nov 2017
Congo basin’s peaty swamps are new front in climate change battle d.gu.com/Q0T8JS
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Alison Kirkman@AlisonKirkman1 Nov 2017
Lombok becomes first UK company ever to be fined under illegal logging laws independent.co.uk/news/busin…
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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK11 Oct 2017
Your comments have been flooding Velvet’s Facebook, showing your anger at them using pulp from vital parts of the #greatnorthernforest (1/5)
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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK10 Oct 2017
Velvet and @essity are wiping away the Great Northern Forest. Let em know how you feel hit the link for more info! greenpeace.org.uk/tell-velve…
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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK27 Sep 2017
NEWS: Velvet are wiping away a beautiful, centuries old forest for toilet roll. Info below. RT to expose! metro.co.uk/2017/09/27/your-…
Your penchant for luxury toilet roll is destroying reindeer habitat

Your penchant for luxury toilet roll is destroying reindeer habitat

'Leave the Great Northern Forest to flourish, rather than allowing it to be flushed down the toilet.'

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Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK27 Sep 2017
Velvet's luxury loo roll shouldn’t cost the earth. Save the #GreatNorthernForest Sign the petition: act.gp/2y7zNJk
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Greenpeace PressDesk@greenpeacepress1 Sep 2017
Activists block machines in Poland's Bialowieza forest as govt vows to go on logging despite EU ban act.gp/2eo4QVm via @physorg_com
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@Greenpeace29 Aug 2017
RIGHT NOW: Activists from all over Europe are blocking machinery from illegally logging Poland's last ancient forest ilovebialowieza.com
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David Gaveau@GaveauD23 Aug 2017
In 2016, Kalimantan lost 400,000 ha of forest because of fires of late 2015, fastest loss since 1997. cifor.org/library/6552/what-…
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Unearthed@UE21 Aug 2017
Trees: planting rates are "extremely low" - and could be made worse by Brexit bit.ly/2wvV4eb
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Unearthed@UE15 Aug 2017
Firefighters battle blazes near Athens, as extreme weather continues across southern Europe bit.ly/2fHydG3
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Guardian Environment
@guardianeco9 Aug 2017
‘Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of world's biodiversity’ d.gu.com/Pcq0m0
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Fern@Fern_NGO27 Jul 2017
No change for #Bialowieza #forest despite @UNESCO & @EU_Commission's calls to halt logging: 600-900 trees cut daily. fern.org/node/6348
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Rainforest Alliance@RnfrstAlliance18 Jul 2017
Did you know one large tree can capture and filter up to 36,500 gal of water per year? #KeepForestsStanding #NoForestsNoWater
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@Greenpeace16 Jul 2017
20 million hectares of virgin rainforest could be given to the logging industry. We need to stop this: act.gp/2uVCIQL
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Unearthed@UE18 Jul 2017
Brazil power plant construction paralyzed by indigenous protesters bit.ly/2u3wOgi
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