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Sounding the Alarm Annual Report 2019 INSIDE THIS REPORT "We will continue guiding our young "Yes, our oceans need saving, people, who, like Greta, are growing but so do the thousands of more and more indignant and Southeast Asian fishing migrants increasingly finding out that they who depend on the marine are not powerless.'' environment for their livelihood." Page 03 - Message from Page 22 - Oceans the Executive Director "Such a declaration was the first of “Youth councillors were its kind by a national human rights engaged to develop diet-for- institution and was a vindication climate ordinances and health for the communities leading the policies.” movement to demand Climate Justice..." Page 26 - Food for Life Page 06 - Climate and Energy “Indonesia’s forests saw their worst "Our work in Greenpeace is fires since the crisis of 2015...” only possible thanks to the millions of people who fund our Page 12 - Forests Protection activities across the globe." Page 32 – Financials “Southeast Asia refuses to be the world’s dumpsite.” Page 16 - Plastic Pollution 2 Annual Report 2019 Message from the Executive Director Breaking MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BoundariesHope in a New Generation At the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, I watched Greta Thunberg deliver her impassioned speech. “How dare you!,” she thundered at world leaders as she berated We must mount athem significant for not doing enough response to address the climate emergency. to these growing challenges. It’s more t that moment, I was transported to six years important than ever toago take at the UN Summita stand, in Warsaw, where I talked about the staggering devastation Typhoon Haiyan Thai Communities join Global Break Communities join Global Break Thai exposing root causes, working with A wreaked in my country, the Philippines. Back then, I had dared climate change deniers to see firsthand Right: Fuels Free activities against Fossil communities, andthe defending effects of climate-driven our calamities rights. throughout the world, including the Philippines. In New York, Greta brought renewed hope that change would be possible. At Greenpeace, we’re on a mission to save the planet from Throughout the year, we raised the alarm on air pollution environmental destruction, defend human communities from fromGreta coal also power stood plants at Battery that were Park, threatening rallying hundreds the health of exploitation, and build a better future for all. Over the years, andthousands lives of ofpeople people across to demand Southeast action Asia. from Our world own leaders we’ve achieved many victories for the planet, but with each teamgathered of firefighters, in New York. with I stood volunteers and witnessed from Indonesia how this and year that passes the scale of the world’s problems seems to Malaysia,amazing continuedyoung woman its effort made to people help stop believe the destructionin hope for of intensify. peatlandour future. forests. Building We usedon the creativity: global momentum electronic musicinspired raised 2017 ANNUAL 2017 REPORT awarenessby Greta’s forcourage our rainforests, and conviction, and through in 2019, a Greenpeacedramatic art In 2017, U.S. President, Donald Trump announced the U.S. installation,Southeast Asiawe called provided for an opportunities end to plastic for pollution young people in our to would be withdrawing from the Paris accord on climate oceans.dare make We theiralso worked voices heard.with young Right people, across ourthe planet’sregion, we change, striking a major blow to international efforts to keep future,saw young to pave people the way stepping for sustainable up and taking food partand infarming. protests global temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius. Inlike our never quest before. for climate justice, we stood with communities in amplifying our call to hold big polluters accountable The year then went on to become the hottest on record, andBut helpedwe need rally your the support world to more #breakfree than ever from in fossilwarding fuels. off maintaining a trend that is now strikingly alarming. Extreme Wemore also serious achieved threats a significant to our forests, victory: oceans, a global food campaign security weather continued to batter Southeast Asia, displacing thatand took our rightson the to world’s a safe largest and peaceful tuna company ecology. resulted We hope in you'll millions and damaging livelihoods. The year also heard the protectingcontinue journeyingseafood workers with us, and especially reducing as destructive we go full fishing blast global alarm bells ringing on plastic waste in the oceans practices.on our 3-year strategic plan, focusing on campaigns that and on land. Studies revealed that the number of intact will allow us to reach new levels of strategic partnership forest landscapes globally plummeted, while the level of Alland proof value that in theif we organisation. push further, we can overcome even the deforestation continued to rise. Amid all this, democratic most daunting challenge and achieve great things together. space globally and in the region continued to shrink, while ThisWe willyear continue we also expandedguiding our our young reach people, opening who, a new like office terror attacks, human conflict and human rights abuses have inGreta, Malaysia. are growing more and more indignant and are escalated. increasingly finding out that they are not powerless. The Greenpeace Southeast Asia Atyouth Greenpeace, are tomorrow’s we have leaders a big, butbold also aspiration today’s togame make changers, our We must mount a significant response to these growing earth great again. challenging everyone, including themselves, to do more for provided opportunities for challenges. It’s more important than ever to take a stand, their communities and for the environment. Greenpeace exposing root causes, working with communities, and This is a shout out to all our supporters and volunteers who Southeast Asia gathers inspiration from these young people, young people to dare make defending our rights. More is demanded of us - we need to share this aspiration. Without you, we would not have been whose passionate vigilance has the potential and the power go beyond our comfort zones and confront and challenge able to break boundaries. We look forward to winning more to change the world. their voices heard. Right what is wrong. We need to break boundaries. campaigns with you in the coming years. across the region, we saw In 2017, we pushed the envelope in all our campaigns, young people stepping up breaking boundaries to change the world and create lasting impact. Greenpeace is known for its peaceful, high-profile and taking part in protests creative actions meant to catalyse this transformation. We Yeb Saño investigate environmental crimes, pursue action rather than Yeb Saño Executive Director like never before. just words, and inspire people to confront governments and Executive Director Greenpeace Southeast Asia corporations as we work to enable solutions. Greenpeace Southeast Asia 3 4 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD With One Voice Almost two decades after the birth of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, we discover that we have a lot to be grateful for. Standing out, though, is the astounding growth of people power across the region. hanks to our supporters, a wave of alleged human rights the huge gaps between our current staff and donors, we were abuses in distant-water fishing fleets. condition and the goals to reduce able to forward our Through collaborations with like- emissions in Southeast Asia based advocacies and take a unified minded organisations, investigations, on the Paris Agreement. Tstand against abusive systems. When policy reforms and public campaigns, the illegal importations of plastic scrap we hope to finally put an end to Time and time again, we’ve proven and e-waste was bypassed at the the exploitative practices in the how our united front can spark 34th ASEAN Summit held in Thailand, commercial fishing industry. meaningful change. Southeast Asia we released a regional petition to call may be diverse in cultures and on our leaders to create policies that Because there is strength in numbers, ethnicity, but our greatest strength address the waste importation crisis. we tap into the potential power of lies in our interconnectedness. To save our youth, whose sheer numbers, our region and the rest of the world, While the Bangkok Declaration and the affinity to technology, and ability to we count on your continued support. ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine raise awareness are proving to be We speak as one, working towards our Debris sought to deal with plastic positive and promising traits for the common goals of protecting people pollution in the region, we pointed out environmental movement. and the planet. the framework’s shortcomings, which include focusing on marine-debris In our twenty-year journey, management instead of reducing the Greenpeace Southeast Asia has production of single-use plastics. In come a long way, but there is still much one voice, we emphasised the need for work to be done. We are still facing upstream work, since plastics are not a the challenges of the worsening litter problem but a pollution one. climate emergency, ongoing forest Hundreds of people, from around 16 destruction and the widespread use cities in Indonesia, participate in Our regional activism extended to our and development of fossil fuels across a mass-rally in the capital Jakarta oceans work too, where we uncovered this region. A priority is to close during a