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5 June 2001
Day of the environment: nothing to celebrate in Brazil

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TAKE ACTION: Send a letter to the President of Brazil and voice your opposition to the destruction.

14 May 2001:
Brazilian government reveals continued increase in Amazon deforestation rates

11 May 2001
Illegal timber confiscated by Brazilian Environmental Agency disappears in the Amazon

17 April 2001
Greenpeace exposes new season of illegal logging in the Amazon

4 April 2001
Government sets precedent in saving Canada's Great Bear Rainforest

2 April 2001
Historic milestone reached in protecting Canada's Great Bear Rainforest

24 March 200
Defending our ancient rainforests: Greenpeace organises demonstrations in 18 Italian cities

23 March 2001
Greenpeace targets forest destruction imports to Belgium

22 March 2001
Greenpeace showers Canadian Embassy in The Hague with wood chip to protest Canada's logging practices

21 March 2001
Greenpeace: stop trade with ancient forest destruction

13 March 2001
Greenpeace calls off protest in France

13 March 2001
Read a recent letter from the Belgian lumber federation to Interfor concerning the Great Bear Rainforest

12 March 2001
Greenpeace stops Canadian certified rainforest destruction from entering French port

7 March 2001
New international report on Interfor released by Greenpeace

28 February 2001
Greenpeace tells Interfor: One picture is worth a thousand words

26 February 2001
Holland rejects timber from Canadian rainforest

22 February 2001
Unbearable truth about TD bank's role in rainforest destruction revealed

20 February 2001
Greenpeace calls on British Columbia Logging Industry to commit to real peace in the woods

19 February 2001
Environmental organisations call for credible forest certification and reject IFIR mutual recognition proposal

17 February 2001
Canada must act to protect endangered rainforests

16 February 2001
Greenpeace demands Hong Kong and China to stop buying rainforest destruction

16 February 2001
Greenpeace boards ship in Italy with pulp from Canadian ancient forests

7 February 2001
Protesters target store doing business with known forest destroyer

30 January 2001
Industry driven forestry certification won't fool: market-certifies forestry practices not forests

26 January 2001
Court frees grandmother jailed for trying to save ancient forest

4 January 2001
Logging vigilantes get a slap on the wrist while a peaceful protestor sits in jail

12 December 2000
Canada's Raging Grannies visit Germany to protest the destruction of the Great Bear Rainforest

11 December 2000
Are your mutual fund investments contributing to the destruction of the Great Bear Rainforest?

30 November 2000
Greenpeace concerned over the disappearance of Bruno Manser

Find out why a 72 year-old great grandmonther was sentenced to one year in jail

21 November 2000
Greenpeace excluded from forests industry talks