Where does all our plastic recycling go?
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Greenpeace announces the speaking tour of two Malaysian activists who’ve discovered plastic waste from high-income countries being dumped in their backyard. Malaysia has become one of the new destinations for plastic waste since China put a ban on the trade at the start of this year. A Greenpeace investigation has revealed […]
Read More →Update: Greenpeace activists denied bail, facing months in jail awaiting trial
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Prievidza, Slovakia — The decision by a Slovakian court today to keep Greenpeace activists in detention until a trial takes place is unacceptable, Greenpeace said. The 12 activists from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and Belgium protested peacefully against dirty coal by displaying banners on the mining tower of a Slovak […]
Read More →This is what a UN climate conference looks like. And why we need YOUR voice heard!
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand If you didn’t know, there’s a UN climate change conference about to begin in Poland – and it’s a big one. COP24, as it’s known, kicks off this weekend. For the next two weeks, a number of very smart experts and politicians will be locked in meeting rooms in a conference centre in […]
Read More →COP24 Brings Greatest Test of Countries’ Commitment to the Paris Agreement Yet
Source: World Wildlife FundKATOWICE, POLAND – On the heels of several international reports outlining the mounting impacts and costs of climate change, negotiators at this week’s UN climate talks need to finalize the rules governing how the Paris Agreement will operate going forward and ensure countries deliver a strong commitment to increase their own climate […]
Read More →Greenpeace activists detained for peaceful protest
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Prievidza, Slovakia – 12 Greenpeace activists from Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Finland and Belgium were detained on Wednesday, November 28th, on the mining tower of the Slovak coal company HornaUpper Nitra Mines (Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza, HBP). Greenpeace has since learned that they will be detained for another 48 hours after they had […]
Read More →UN Biodiversity Conference Agrees on a Process Towards a New Deal for Nature and People in 2020 but Ambition is Weak
Source: World Wildlife FundSharm-El-Sheikh, November 29, 2018: The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ended today with an agreement on the preparatory process for a post-2020 global framework, moving us closer to a transformational New Deal for Nature and People in 2020 – a vital step […]
Read More →Rescue of Critically Endangered Sumatran Rhino Brings New Hope for the Species
Source: World Wildlife FundKUTAI BARAT, 28 November 2018: The Government of Indonesia and Sumatran Rhino Rescue, a groundbreaking alliance of leading international conservation organizations have successfully rescued and relocated a critically endangered but healthy female rhino to a secure facility in Kalimantan with the support of local partners. The rescue operation is the first major […]
Read More →WWF Statement on 2018 UN Emissions Gap Report
Source: World Wildlife FundIn response to the findings of the UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018, WWF issued the following statements: Lou Leonard, World Wildlife Fund’s senior vice president for climate change and energy, said: “Tripling ambition won’t happen without the private sector and regional governments being fully brought into the process. They are the […]
Read More →Government must rule out 8 “Dead” Rivers project – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Tuesday, November 27: Greenpeace is calling on the Government to rule out what it says is a massive polluting project proposed for Taranaki that will increase dirty energy dependency and increase production of “river-killing” urea. The billion-dollar project proposes using hydrocarbon gas to make hydrogen and urea. The hydrogen would be […]
Read More →Forest destroying products and producers
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Greenpeace activists at a Unilever factory in UK, in 2008, highlighting Indonesia’s rainforests being destroyed to grow palm oil. © Will Rose / Greenpeace A lot has happened since Greenpeace has been fighting forest destruction for palm oil. Apple invented the iPhone. Shell went into – and pulled out of – […]
Read More →Tramping blind on the Kepler Track
Source: Department of Conservation By Sarah Wilcox Despite a visual impairment that means she can only see light and dark, Mary Fisher is a keen tramper and advocate for getting out and enjoying New Zealand’s natural environment. Sarah invited Mary to walk the Kepler Track with her group of 10 family members earlier this year. […]
Read More →Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Our second season of nest monitoring
Source: Department of Conservation We caught up with Tim, a ranger on the front lines of the Save Our Iconic Kiwi initiative. This is the fifteenth in a series following the work he’s doing to save the Fiordland tokoeka (kiwi). Tim and his team have been studying the population of kiwi at Shy Lake to find […]
Read More →WWF Statement on the Fourth National Climate Assessment
Source: World Wildlife FundIn response to the release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, an authoritative assessment of the impacts of climate change on the U.S. and its territories, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released the following statement from Lou Leonard, senior vice president for climate change and energy: “Any remaining debate on the […]
Read More →WWF Statement on the Fourth National Climate Assesment
Source: World Wildlife FundIn response to the release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, an authoritative assessment of the impacts of climate change on the U.S. and its territories, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released the following statement from Lou Leonard, senior vice president for climate change and energy: “Any remaining debate on the […]
Read More →Black Friday: Breathe, take a break – the planet can’t handle it anymore
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to generate billions of dollars in sales for clothing and other products this year. But this shopping bonanza also generates greater volumes of waste than ever. That is bad news for the environment. Time out for fast fashion illustration © Greenpeace Instead of chasing […]
Read More →Vanuatu warns fossil fuel companies could be sued over climate change
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Port Vila, Vanuatu, 22 November 2018 – Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies that continue to contribute to climate change, the nation’s foreign minister has warned, in what could be a world first legal action by a climate vulnerable country This morning at the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s Virtual Summit, Vanuatu’s […]
Read More →The prospering wildlife of Whakau
Source: Department of Conservation by Alison McDonald, DOC Ranger New Zealand’s periphery is dotted with small out-lying islands, and while it might seem logical to think of these as extensions to the mainland or mere microcosms of the familiar – the reality is that these places, isolated only by a small expanse of sea, offer […]
Read More →Sound of Science: Saving our snails
Source: Department of Conservation “Powelliphanta appear to be “painted on the landscape” in a way which no other land snails in New Zealand are.” Science Advisor Kath Walker has been studying Powelliphanta snails for nearly four decades and has recently submitted her PhD on this ancient lineage of snail – an awesome achievement to someone so […]
Read More →The rediscovery of the takehē – seventy years on
Source: Department of Conservation Seventy years ago today, New Zealand was given a second chance to save a taonga once thought extinct. On 20 November 1948 Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell led a team – including Neil McCrostie, Rex Watson and Joan Telfer – deep into the remote Murchison Mountains of Fiordland National Park. They were on the hunt for a […]
Read More →Public demand more ambition than bag ban
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand The Ministry for Environment (MfE) has reported today that of 9,300 submissions received, 92 per cent support the Government’s proposed mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. MfE has further noted that many submitters “support the proposal as a first step towards wider action on plastic packaging.” Greenpeace Campaign Advisor […]
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