Forests

In pictures: orangutans threatened by deforestation linked to the makers of Oreo

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 14th November 2018
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All rights reserved. Credit: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Palm oil suppliers to Mondelēz, one of the world’s biggest brands, known for it’s products like Cadbury chocolate bars, Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers have destroyed 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Indonesia in just two years (2015 – 2017). Mondelēz buys much of it’s dirty palm oil from the… Read More

Rang-tan school posters

Posted by Ed Fuller - 3rd October 2018
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Our volunteer Greenpeace Speakers are presenting to primary schools on the issue of deforestation for dirty palm oil. Below you can find some amazing posters (or rather small works of art…) drawn by school children to support the campaign. You can find out if there’s a Greenpeace Speaker… Read More

Palm oil: what you need to know

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 22nd September 2018
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In the last few months we’ve stepped up our campaign to make brands come clean about palm oil. Here’s everything you need to know. What is palm oil? It’s made from the fruits of African oil palm trees, which are mainly grown on… Read More

Real-life Rang-tan: baby orangutan found crying and alone

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 21st September 2018
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This baby orangutan was found on a palm oil plantation, separated from his mother.

A few weeks ago, a baby orangutan was found crying and alone by workers on a palm oil plantation in Borneo, when I watched the footage of this little orangutan, I was reminded of a line I’d heard in a film you might’ve seen… Read More

Wings of Paradise: drawing attention to rainforest destruction

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 17th September 2018
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Artist Vogue poses in front of his mural, Wings of Paradise, on a building in Oakland, California.
All rights reserved. Credit: George Nikitin / Artist Vogue and Dragon School / Greenpeace

For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities.  Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to be driven by the bottom line whatever the cost to humanity or biodiversity, have played a major role… Read More

Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”

Posted by Nick Monro aka Dikson - 29th August 2018
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The first time I saw an orangutan in real life, I nearly peed with fright! I heard a great commotion in the trees above me and there he was, swinging through the branches, his huge plate-shaped face staring down. It was… Read More