BIODIVERSITY PRESS RELEASES 1997:
 15 December 1997: GREENPEACE WELCOMES DECISION TO THROW OUT GE FOOD LABELLING PLAN
 16 December 1997: HISTORIC ANTARCTIC PROTECTION AGREEMENT BECOMES LAW
15 December 1997: GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS ARRESTED BY THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL POLICE
14 December 1997: GREENPEACE HAZARD PATROL BLOCKS U.S. GENETIC SOYA LANDING IN BRAZIL
03 December 1997: EUROPEAN CONSUMERS STILL IN THE DARK AS COMMISSION ANOUNCES DETAILS OF GE FOOD LABELLING PLAN
27 November 1997: GREENPEACE CONDEMNS COMMERCIALISATION OF LIFE
21 November 1997: GREENPEACE GENETIC HAZARD PATROL TRACKS GE SOYA OIL TO
DISTRIBUTORS
19 November 1997: GREENPEACE GENETIC HAZARD PATROL EXPOSES
GENETECH MAIZE SHIPMENT AT DUTCH/GERMAN BORDER
 17 November 1997: GREENPEACE HAILS SUPREME COURT DECISION TO BAR THE "AMERICAN MONACH" SUPER FACTORY SHIP FROM CHILEAN SOUTHERN FISHERIES.
12 November 1997: GREENPEACE QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF GE MAIZE IMPORTS INTO EUROPE
11 November 1997: JAPANESE WHALERS INVADE SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALE SANCTUARY
11 November 1997: GREENPEACE OCCUPIES SHIPMENT OF GENETIC SOYA - LAUNCHING GENETIC HAZARD PATROLS THROUGHOUT EUROPE
5 November 1997: EUROPEAN IMPORT BANS ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAIZE STAY
3 November 1997: GREENPEACE LAUNCHES GENETECH LABELLING POLICY AS EUROPEAN COMMISSION FAILS TO DO SO
 28 October 1997: NEW ZEALANDERS HELP FUEL INDONESIAN FOREST FIRES
- BUYING TROPICAL RAINFOREST TIMBER CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISASTER.
24 October 1997: IWC BOWS TO PRESSURE FROM JAPAN FOR SECRET VOTING
21 October 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON NORWAY AND JAPAN TO HALT COMMERCIAL WHALING
16 October 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BAN GENETICALLY ALTERED FOOD
14 October 1997: GENETIC ENGINEERING MISTAKES "GENIE IN BOTTLE" - GREENPEACE REPORT
26 September 1997: GREENPEACE APPLAUDS EU APPEAL AGAINST WTO BEEF-HORMONE RULING
26 September 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS FOR URGENT ASEAN ACTION ON HAZE
24 September 1997: ORGANIC FARMING IS GREEN PEACE WITH NATURE
16 September 1997: GREENPEACE, FARMERS AND SCIENTISTS FILE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
USA EPA OVER ITS APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS
10 September 1997: GREENPEACE CONDEMNS COMMISSION DECISION TO
FORCE GE MAIZE INTO AUSTRIA, ITALY AND LUXEMBOURG
9 September 1997: SCIENTISTS PREDICT EXTINCTION FOR SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA
21 August 1997: GREENPEACE MARKS DOMAN LUMBER SHIP HEADING FOR EUROPE AS
RAINFOREST DESTROYER
28 July 1997: GREENPEACE IS RIGHT: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS SUBSTANTIATE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROBLEMS IN B.C. FORESTS
16 July 1997: GREENPEACE DEPLORES EP VOTE ON BIO PATENT DIRECTIVE
14 July 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO HALT PATENTING OF LIFE
14 July 1997: SWISS CITES COMMISSIONER MUST GO!
26 June 1997: GREENPEACE EXPOSES BIOTECH INDUSTRY PR CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN PUBLIC
OPPOSITION TO GENETICALLY MANIPULATED FOOD
25 June 1997: GREENPEACE BROADENS STRUGGLE TO PROTECT CANADIAN RAINFOREST
25 June 1997: GREENPEACE AND CANADIAN FIRST NATION ESCALATE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
24 June 1997: GREENPEACE OCCUPIES MASSIVE CANADIAN LOG BARGE TO
PROTEST B.C. RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
20 June 1997: NUXALK TESTIFY BEFORE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL AS RCMP PREPARE FOR BLOCKADE ARRESTS
19 June 1997: ENVIRONMENTALIST'S CHALLENGE ON INTERFOR INJUNCTION DISMISSED
18 June 1997: GREENPEACE TO APPEAL INTERFOR BLOCKADE INJUNCTION
16 June 1997: GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE REPORT REVEALS WORLD GOVERNMENT'S PROTECTED AREAS TARGET WILL LEAD TO
MASS EXTINCTIONS
11 June 1997: DAY SIX - BLOCKADE ESCALATES AS INTERFOR IS GRANTED AN INJUNCTION
10 June 1997: NUXALK AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS ENTER DAY FIVE OF RAINFOREST BLOCKADE AS COURT RECONVENES
7 June 1997: BLOCKADE OF LOGGING OPERATIONS IN ISTA CONTINUES
6 June 1997: ENVIRONMENTALISTS STAND WITH NUXALK NATION TO
PROTECT THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
5 June 1997: GREENPEACE APPEALS TO NESTLE SHAREHOLDERS:
NO FUTURE FOR GENE-TECHNOLOGY!
30 May 1997: ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AFTER 10-DAY RAINFOREST BLOCKADE
30 May 1997: GREENPEACE BLOCKADE MOVES TO CITY: ACTIVISTS OCCUPY WFP HEADQUARTERS
29 May 1997: ARRESTS IMMINENT IN RAINFOREST BLOCKADE
29 May 1997: THE AUTHORITIES OF KOMI REPUBLIC PUT AT RISK THE FIRST EVER RUSSIAN
TERRITORY INCLUDED INTO THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
28 May 1997: COURT GRANTS WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS RIGHT TO CONTINUE
CLEARCUTTING GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
28 May 1997: GREENPEACE RAINFOREST BLOCKADE ENTERS DAY EIGHT INJUNCTION HEARING APPROACHE
S CONCLUSION
26 May 1997: GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS HOLD FIRM - CAMPAIGN MOVES TO COURTROOM AS GREAT BEAR R
AINFOREST BLOCKADE ENTERS DAY SIX
24 May 1997: RAINFOREST BLOCKADE IN CANADIAN WILDERNESS CONTINUING THROUGH WEEKEND
23 May 1997: GREENPEACE BLOCKADE IN GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST CONTINUES THIRD DAY
22 May 1997: EUROPEAN RAINFOREST PROTESTS BUILD - Blockade in Great Bear Rainforest Cont
inues for Second Day
21 May 1997: COALITION ANNOUNCES NAFTA CHALLENGE: Canadian Government to Be Held Account
able for Failure to Pass Endangered Species Legislation
21 May 1997: ACTIVISTS CONTINUE THEIR BLOCKADE OF CLEARCUT LOGGING OPERATION - AUSTRIA BE
GINS SIXTEENTH HOUR OF PROTEST VIGIL AT CANADIAN EMBASSY
21 May 1997: 24 HOUR GREENPEACE PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN VIENNA
21 May 1997: GREENPEACE BLOCKADES WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS TO SAVE THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOR
EST
20 May 1997: BAN ON FACTORY TRAWLER IN CHILE UPHELD - Greenpeace welcomes victory for th
e environment and jobs
15 May 1997: TWO GREENPEACE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT CANADIAN EMBASSY IN NATIONS CAPITAL
12 May 1997: SCIENTISTS SAY GOVERNMENT POLICIES FAIL TO PROTECT B.C. GRIZZLY
BEARS
2 May 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON NORWAY TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL WHALING AGREEMENT
21 April 1997: AUSTRALIA ACTS TO PROTECT ALBATROSS; NEW ZEALAND MUST FOLLOW SUIT
21 April 1997: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND ON-SITE INSPECTIONS REVEAL LITANY OF
"BROKEN PROMISES" IN B.C. FORESTS
 Listen to the press conference (33 mins, 1956k)
20 April 1997: MOST NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT EATING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED
FOOD -- OPINION POLL
16 April 1997:LONGLINERS DEPART AUCKLAND FOR ENDANGERED
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY
14 April 1997: RAINFOREST BEARS DELIVER MESSAGE TO CEOs OF LOGGING COMPANIES
14 April 1997: GREENPEACE: AUSTRIAN REFERENDUM SENDS STRONG MESSAGE ON GENETIC ENGINEE
RING
11 April 1997: BOATS GATHER IN NEW ZEALAND FOR ENDANGERED SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA KILL
8 April 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON EU COMMISSION TO STOP MAIZE AUTHORISATION
2 April 1997: GMO LABELLING LEAVES CONSUMERS IN THE DARK
27 March 1997: CHOCOLATE BUYERS SHOULD AVOID NESTLE NOT TOBLERONE
26 March 1997: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL: PROTEST AGAINST
GENETIC MANIPULATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
25 March 1997: GREENPEACE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SAVE ENDANGERED SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA
24 March 1997: ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS PROTEST AGAINST UNILEVER - Thousands of posters about
Unilever's margarine to be distributed in the Netherlands.
24 March 1997:
SWEDISH VEGETABLE OIL MANUFACTURER TO STOP IMPORTING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SOY
17 March 1997: GREENPEACE DEMANDS FEDS DELIST POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS NEW SEED
14 March 1997: GREENPEACE VICTORY ON INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES
-- but North Sea crisis unresolved
13 March 1997: MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR NORTH SEA MINISTERS AT FISHERIES CONFERENCE
7 March 1997: ITALY JOINS OPPOSITION TO GMO MAIZE
6 March 1997: LEGAL MOVES FAIL TO HALT THIRD DAY OF ACTION AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE FISHING PRACTICES
6 March 1997: GREENPEACE CHALLENGES CHEMICAL GIANT ON GENE BEANS
5 March 1997: GREENPEACE ACTION AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE FISHING METHODS IN NORTH SEA ENTERS SECOND DAY
20 February 1997: GREENPEACE TO MAKE OFFICIAL COMPLAINT AS AUTOMATIC WEAPONS USED AGAINST GENETIC ENGINEERING PROTEST
19 February 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT TO BAN GE CORN AS SHIPMENT IS HELD IN LISBON HARBOUR
14 February 1997: GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS KEEP GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
7 February 1997: GREENPEACE AND FOREST OWNERS AGREE -
LOGGING IN NJAKA STOPPED UNTIL SUMMER
6 February 1997: GREENPEACE CALLS ON EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN IN AUSTRIA'S BAN ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAIZE
28 January 1997: GREENPEACE BLOCKADES FOOD PROCESSING MULTINATIONALS ACROSS EUROPE AND DEMANDS THEY PLACE ORDERS NOW FOR GENETICALLY UNALTERED GRAINS
15 January 1997: GREENPEACE REVEALS: OLD GROWTH FOREST FROM NJAKAFJALL GOES TO CRATES AT ASSI DOMAN
14 January 1997: GREENPEACE IMPOUNDS INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS
13 January 1997: GREENPEACE WINS THE FIRST ROUND IN THE BATTLE FOR NJAKAFJALL
13 January 1997: NEW REPORT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CLOSURES IN NORTH SEA INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES
10 January 1997: GREENPEACE BLOCKS LOGGING IN OLD GROWTH FORESTS
2 January 1997: GREENPEACE CONFRONTS BANISHED NORWEGIAN FACTORY TRAWLER
1996 PRESS RELEASES
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