Campaign: Forests

The case studies are indicative of the way global targets are ineffectual even in European countries who present themselves as role models of nature protection.

Interactive 3D map of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site “Western Caucasus” with 10 environmental threats that could harm the nature of the Caucasus Mountains.

During the last twenty years the global Intact Forest Landscapes lost 1.5 million km2 or 12% of their area.

Over fifty years – on all continents and oceans – together we have spoken truth to power, borne witness, stopped, blocked and placed our bodies in the way of environmental destruction.

The map investigates the link between forest habitats loss and disease outbreaks.

Devastating wildfires are destroying ecosystems worldwide now that natural fire regimes and landscapes are altered by human activities. This map provides a snapshot of communities suffering from and fighting with wildfires from all over the world.

In Russia there are 77 million ha of unused agricultural lands which are overgrown by forests, and it is impractical to convert most of them back.

Greenpeace mapping experts have conducted an analysis of major wildfires across Siberia to identify cases where wildfires were spatially linked to man-made objects such as roads, logging, settlements, or prescribed burnings.