rainforest Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Launching the Illegal Logging Petition! - by Catherine Delahunty



    This week I launched the Green petition to ban the import and trade of illegal logging outside the “ForestWood” Conference at Te Papa. The conference was organised by the Forest owners Association and Woodco. The Forest owners have been strong supporters of the call for a ban on the import and trade of illegal and [...] read more
    October 15, 2010 10:38 am - 5 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Trade Me joins the fight to protect rainforest! - by Catherine Delahunty



    You may recall back in May, I and a group of NGOs went to Trade Me to ask them to stop the sale of unsustainably and illegally logged kwila furniture and decking on their site. Today we have great news! Since then Trade Me have worked with us to change their rules, so that all [...] read more
    October 6, 2010 11:38 am - 2 Comments
  • frog

    “I feel a change coming on” - by frog



    Fonterra has more than just its financial restructure head-ache to mull on this weekend. Its dogged support for rainforest-destroying palm kernel feed (PKE) must now be giving them a cracking migraine. read more
    September 19, 2009 9:37 am - 24 Comments
  • frog

    Deputy PM calls for direct action against supermarkets - by frog



    In a surprise move, Bill English has called for supermarkets that stock palm oil products to be picketed. After a series of questions from Russel Norman on New Zealand’s complicity in the devastation of rainforests in South East Asia, Bill stepped up to the plate with his proposal for an environmental campaign:    … the primary [...] read more
    September 18, 2009 9:56 am - 23 Comments
  • frog

    Greenpeace occupies palm kernel shipment - by frog



    They’re at it again! The World Bank may have changed it’s mind about funding palm kernel and the destruction of our rainforests, but Fonterra and this National-led government still have their heads in the sand. (Like so many issues, it seems) Twelve activists have boarded the Easy Ambition and chained themselves to prevent the shipment [...] read more
    September 16, 2009 10:28 am - 106 Comments
  • frog

    Creating a rainforest from scratch - by frog



    By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans — and creating a thrill… read more
    March 14, 2009 2:02 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    More palm oil for our cows, less rainforest for our future - by frog



    NZPA noted yesterday that the Port of Napier has reported its first shipment of bulk palm kernel. You may remember Russel exposed the palm cake industry earlier this year. Imports of palm kernel cake have increased a thousand-fold in order to feed NZ’s rapidly expanding industrial dairy industry. To grow palm oil cake Malaysia, Papua [...] read more
    September 10, 2008 1:22 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Debate at Fed Farmers on palm cake - by frog



    The Herald this morning has Andrew Gillanders, Federated Farmers grains and seeds chairman, criticising the practice of importing palm oil cakes as feed for dairy cows.  Gillander notes that the practice contributes to rainforest destruction and should be stopped: “We are importing a waste product created from the destruction of tropical rainforests.” Mr Gillanders said [...] read more
    May 5, 2008 10:08 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Guyana proposes a deal - by frog



    Here’s an unusual truth or dare challenge: The government of Guyana has said it is willing to place its entire standing forest under the control of a British-led, international body in return for a bilateral deal with the UK that would secure development aid and the technical assistance needed to make the change to a [...] read more
    November 28, 2007 3:55 pm - 16 Comments