2002

[Daniel, 14, Santiago, Chile] vision fr movemen n t

oceans ancient forests climate toxics nuclear power and disarmament genetic engineering [featuring year 2001financial statements]

[Bill Nandris, one of the ‘Star Wars 17’]

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As I write this, final preparations are underway for the Earth Summit in Johannesburg. How will this gathering compare with the one held ten years ago in Rio de Janeiro? Protocol onclimate change. abandonment ofthe Kyoto its subsequent big energy companies and U craven caving-in bythe the notleast promises, inknee-deep shattered road from Rio is usual’.The a return to ‘business as mired in inaction and halt, them havenow ground toa of most But sustainability’. onthe out ‘road to governments set fanfare, withgreat In Brazil, SA totheinterests ofthe

It is the poor that normally bear the brunt of environmental degradation spirit encouraged bytheEarth Since Rio –and local level. environmental issuesata massive engagement in significant ofallisthe perhaps most But makers andscientists. awareness among policy i i legislation atnational and significant environmental s has decade thepast side, Ontheplus not hopeless. T ncreasing ecological nternational levels andan een theadoption of estaini eiu,but he situation isserious, hi progress isnotmatchedat this impressiveBut local i environment andits learning the about vi children from In schools, small measureofexpertise. de environmental issueswith are tackling local people around theworld Agenda 21–millions of Summit’s innovative mportance for theirfuture. mportance r hrlvl.Hr,global Here, gher levels. d tually every country are tually country every cto,energy andno ication,

“ Chair tositon?Fell the sea. Let’s emptythewhole Fish for lunch? change. e species Chernobyl, we getBhopaland in exchange but vegetables, and air-freighted plastics and computers, We countries haveachoice. businesses and Individuals, quite different direction. arepullingof states in a economics andtheactions xtinction and climate

can havelimitless cars shatter ed promises” ht?I stewaty– shots? Itisthewealthy g And theyrenege. promise, g theirrecordisnot But take action. looking togovernments to Itis quality oflife for all. capitalism andabetter i the understands T the Greenlandicesheet. drive?4-wheel Let’smelt Aspin in the Amazon. ncompatibility ofunbridled lobally who callsthe lobally who they meet, ood.They he public increasingly

politicians not must mantra thatsays with theconventional We disagree constructive. and moreglobally capitalism fairer ismade f our planetanditistime go Business-dominated elections. ‘democratic’ i and big business which – 80% oftheresources consume the 20%who 8 unity ncreasingly finances or people to insist that or peopletoinsist

vernments aredestroying Miguel Ramírez “we want to clean the fields”

10 contact Yuko Hirono “they showed no expression” okn,heating and small cooking, se access tobasicenergy peoplehaveno poorest T technology... could bedonewithexisting Consider energy andwhat nature matter. shows thatpeopleand which public interest, thatworks insystem the i akt We need market. i treto:amarket ntervention: ntervene inntervene thefree- wo billion oftheworld’s rv 12 sun ices for lighting, Penrapee Noparumpa “double standards are unacceptable” ecological 14 justice Zubeda Bi “please save us” technology a year. totalling $250-300billion g coal, subsidies totheoil, currently boundupin is – but available already century.The century.The energythe dirty ofthelast r biomass andhot hydro, solar, – wind, available renewable energy.The cleanand affordable, – to within tenyears – twobillionthose access g toshow heads ofstate Greenpeace iscalling on At Johannesburg, climate into chaos. plunging theworld’s abuse, powered through fossil-fuel r i never mind of theluxury wash byorplayunder, tocookand machinery, towork farm pump water, to by, to readorstudy Noelectricity businesses. tre ces Meanwhile, nternet access. ocks power could replace icher societies are as andnuclearindustries lobal leadership togive 16 life Paulo Adario “a price on

is already my head” money is 18 hope Remi Parmentier “someone made it to Doha” political will political What ismissing isthe US f Yet hours. in just terrorism’ billion tofinance a ‘war on United Statesfound $40 After 11September the challenge. to follow thepeople’slead. go gi to abetter environment T nations oftheworld. co-operating withtheother unilaterally andbegin It istime acting to stop world renewable energy. s f environmental lawsand opposition tointernational America its reverse must costly”. as “too environmental protection internationalhas rejected – nationwasteful onearth rteps 0yas the 30years, or thepast ocus itsindustrial trength ongiving the he commitment ofpeople e shp.Itisupto ves ushope. vernments andbusiness A–

h ihs,most the richest, 20 growth Camila Fernanda Velazquez Yepi to take upthe “the forest stands for life”

22 peace Inoqusiaq Piloq “regarded as not quite human” 3 greenpeace 2002 “Your Honour, with all due respect ... I reckon the prosecution has got the wrong Texan.”

[Texan ‘Star Wars 17’ defendant, Kelly Osborne addresses the judge in a Californian court]

greenpeace organisesand thepublic promotion campaigns of renewable for the protection energies, of for oceans the elimination and ancient of forests, toxic chemicals, for the phasing-out for nuclear of disarmament fossil fuels Since the 1970s, plutonium april 2002 A touring and an end to nuclear contamination, and against the release ofhas genetically been extracted modifiedfrom spent organismsexhibition ofinto photographs nature. from nuclear fuel by the civil the Russian nuclear facility at nuclear industry, mainly in Mayak showing the human and France and the UK.The environmental costs of reprocessing of Japanese radioactive waste opens to plutonium in Europe has led to great acclaim in Moscow. the transport of immense www.greenpeace.org/mayak Greenland 2001 Artist Bernard McLeod marked the anniversay of the quantities of radioactive june 2002 Greenpeace takes bombing of Hiroshima on 6 august 1945 by drawing a dramatic charcoal- material around the world at dust image on the ice. His figures recall the ‘shadows’ cast on buildings by to the high seas and the UK Japanese civilians as they were vaporized by the nuclear explosion huge risk to the countries High Court to prevent a along the route. Greenpeace is shipment of reject plutonium campaigning to stop our seas being returned to the UK from becoming nuclear highways Japan. BNFL is taking back and for an end to the the material after it admitted dangerous plutonium trade. to falsifying critical safety Meanwhile, the USA has plans data of an earlier shipment for testing and building new in 1999. nuclear weapons – the first new generation since the end challenges of the Cold War. In addition, the $238 billion missile Greenpeace will continue to defence programme – campaign against President Star Wars – is part of a Bush’s reckless Star Wars re-structuring of American programme and the threat of nuclear warfare which is nuclear weapons whether in highly destabilising. the US, Greenland, the UK or the Pacific Ocean.

highlights We will work to halt the focus construction of a proposed july 2001 Seventeen new nuclear reactor in Finland Nuclear energy is not “clean” Greenpeace activists are – the first in Europe, east or energy. Nuclear reactors arrested during a peaceful west, in more than a decade. produce vast amounts of protest against the Star Wars nuclear powerradioactive waste.Thisand highly missile programme at Greenpeace will continue to dangerous material remains Vandenberg air base, work to stop the dangerous disarmamentradioactive for thousands of California and face felony trade in plutonium globally. years, and the nuclear industry charges and up to six years in has no environmentally or jail.The activists – known as publically acceptable solution the ‘Star Wars 17’ – are from for its disposal. Greenpeace is seven countries including the working to close nuclear USA, Australia, India, Sweden reactors so that no more and the UK. All are later radioactive waste is produced. released, but not before taking the opportunity to make powerful statements to the court outlining their moral and legal objections to Star Wars. www.stopstarwars.org reenpeace 2002 g 4 c Children, Bhopal limate poorest people. poorest 2 billion oftheworld’s renewable energy tohelp touse steps and opposed theKyotorejected Protocol bythefossilfunded fuel lobby, w Bush, GeorgeW president, American opposition. this issueare being metwith toconfrontGlobal efforts primary cause. coalandgas wasthe of oil, changing andthattheburning the global climate was Climate Change confirmed that Intergovernmental Panel on theUN’s Early in 2001, human history. at rates thananytime faster in causing theclimate tochange coalandgas is burning ofoil, on-going addiction tothe world’senvironment.The biggest threatfacing theglobal Climate change isthesingle ho isheavily influenced and s andcause chemistry the body’s caninterfere with environment, the accepted theypollute y chemical compoundsevery thousands ofdangerous andrelease to manufacture T released. beforeconducted theyare chemicalsof these isnot research into thelikely impacts cases, Inmost wildlife. may 2002 in field oil controversial ‘Liberty’ it isdropping plansfor the gr and other environmental of campaigning byGreenpeace january 2002 ten years. li the world’s population –who billion people–onethird of thetwo in particular all, access torenewable energy for world governments toprovide throws down thegauntlet to october 2001 highlights Robert Watson.Robert P chair oftheIntergovernmental ask for theremoval ofthe memo tothe White to House including sending a policy, i manipulation ofUS and continuing andblatant T week ofglobal protests. isthetargetofa company, the world’s biggest oil nternational climate change eri ear eventhoughitiswidely t ewtotaypwr within anypower, ve without he world’s industries continue hese aresparkedhese byEsso’s nlo lmt hne Dr anel onClimate Change,

us oil giant BPannounces oups, Alaska. ous diseasesin humansand

oxics Esso/ExxonMobil, F Greenpeace ollowing years october 2001 highlights on-going pollution. i fi corporations criminally and established tohold i Greenpeace iscalling for organism onearth. fatty tissuesofeveryliving up in thefood chain andin the environment andarebuilding do notbreakdown easily in the concerned that bysubstances Itisparticularly substances. and disposal ofallhazardous s livingthe earth’s organisms by the environment andhealthof toprotect Greenpeace seeks www.stopesso.org in tomakerefuses investments Essostill billion in 2001, Despiteprofits of$15.5 fuels. in they andtodemand policy, in ExxonMobil having undue g We renewable energy. i continue to pressfor amassive power Greenpeacewill but Everyone hastheright to use. result ofcenturies offossil fuel f change through increased marine environment. seriouscauses damageto the onthehullsofships and agent’ asa TBT isused ‘de-fouling chemical TBT isannounced. i an pressure from Greenpeace, de people areexperiencing the Many oftheworld’s poorest challenges ndustrial disastersndustrial and nternational lawtobe ncrease inncrease theuptake of nternational banonthetoxic od,dogtaddsae the drought anddisease, loods, opn h auatr,use topping themanufacture, lobally to stop companieslobally tostop like nancially liable for vest in alternativesvest tofossil f

va luence over US energy renewable energy.

will continue tocampaign s tating impacts ofclimate F ollowing production processes. chlorine oftheir aspart preventing industries using incinerationwaste and will meanstopping them.This manufacturing andreleasing industries their wordstostop ensure governments on act hazardous chemicals and spotlight onsources of Greenpeace will keep the challenges crisis.answer toourwaste Burning isnotthe problems. de s cause which dollar polluters Incinerators aremulti-billion incineration.against waste i from allcontinents in an organisations in 54countries gr joinactivists community june 2002 nternational dayofaction evere environmental xoMbloltne cin eo,Italy Genoa, action, ExxonMobil oiltanker oups andenvironmental gr adation andhealth Greenpeace hazardous waste inside.hazardous waste first removingwithout the vessels in Asianscrapyards conditions todispose oftheir s e campaign shipowners tostop Greenpeacewill particular, In world will continue. dumped in thedeveloping from rich countries arenot ensure hazardoussubstances Greenpeace’s campaign to alternatives. non-hazardous cleaner, with tobesubstituted plastic, suchasPVC or destroyed, w long-lived toxic compounds around thehomethatrelease materials commonly used campaign for themany Greenpeacewill In addition, xploiting laxenvironmental tandards andworking hen theyaremanufactured

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forests based species.based up to75%oftheworld’s land- andarehometo of evolution, e Ancient forests arel

xpressions ofbillions ofyears engineering iving has cometoendthis waste. time or telephone books.The and sometimes eventoilet rolls building materials as furniture, make consumer such products to logged being ‘systematically’ irreplaceable wild placesare uniquemany ofthese and Amazingly, of ancient forests. tothedestruction contributors felling asoneofthemain large-scale commercial tree- Greenpeace hasidentified traditions isin thebalance. preservation oftheircultural andthe programmes, and mineral extraction de T and thePacific arealsohome. Asia Africa, Central America, and South America, North the ancient forests ofRussia, in world’s manygroups of Norwill the their habitat. survive theon-going plunder of will manyofthese not But heir livelihoods arebeing di st genous peoplefor whom ro y ed bymassive timber children from 19countries. are joined byover 1000 remaining ancient forests.They ov de Diversity) in The Hague to of theConvention onBiological Ancient Forest Summit (part april 2002 Asia-Pacific. i de i hi Sunrise andEsperanza –to Rainbow Warrior, Arctic three Greenpeacevessels – actions arecarried by out spring 2002 Pa logging operations of in state dramatic swooponillegal enforcement officers in joinactivists Brazilian law october 2001 highlights T wh and socreatenewlife forms animals andmicro-organisms unrelated species into plants, genesfrom toinsert scientists Genetic engineering enables raim,thereby transfe organisms, i f engineered (GE) organisms – opposed toallsuchreleases. opposed Greenpeaceistherefore health. environment andhuman engineered organisms onthe ofgenetically effects No oneknows thelong-term generations. new environments andfuture organisms andspreading to genesinto other their ‘foreign’ mportation ofillegalmportation and t uoe America and nto Europe, nterbreed with non-GE s,mie oa rice etc–can soya, maize, ish, he resulting genetically ghlight thecontinued er ci st ra Greenpeace occupies the Saga Wind carrying ich donotoccurnaturally. de ru

180 countries meetatthe

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the fateofworld’s iv el y extracted timber Delegates from Over 34port Greenpeace rring k make surethatlist doesnot We must ancient forest areas. alltheir large lost already A staggering 76countries have sustainably orstopped. f Logging Amazon in thewhole prohibited tobeexpanded. loggingthe areaswhere is id Indianwants tosee lands Greenpeace In theAmazon, Summit? Earth in fi of putting theenvironment leaders rise to thechallenge Forever. Will world be lost. countless other creatureswill Siberian wolfand tiger, jaguar, forest elephant, the great apes, Unless world soon, leaders act challenges world’s exporter. largest second the soybean planting in Brazil, prevents theapproval ofGE and containment ofGE fish, Conference tocallfor safe SeaMinistersNorth in march 2002 highlights boundless geneticexperiment. turning theenvironment into a this isnojustification for but provide newmedical tools; understanding ofnatureand potential toincrease our Molecular biology hasthe notbeboughtandsold. must Life isnotacommodity and humans aswell astheirgenes. animals and patents onplants, all Greenpeace alsoopposes orest needstobemanaged orest eep growing. rs st

niidadpoetd and entified andprotected, J t when theymeetin Augustt when r ohannesburg atthe umental in getting the Greenpeace is oceans ov d nuclearwaste pollution, many directions including toxic Y system. life support the Earth’s of andavital part ecosystems theyareintricate water; Oceans aremorethanjust in filedrequest bylocal decision followsmaize.This a contamination ofMexican thegenetic agrees tostudy Environment Commission june 2002 gr salmon –grotesque fish which in permission tobegin trafficking A fish farm in theUSA awaits challenges Australia andtheUSA. Spain, among them more countries, consumer campaigns in several 2001-02 and experts from 25countries. byorganisationsand endorsed Greenpeace andother groups shre,climate change, ischarges, et theyareunder threatfrom

di ow er genetically engineered genous communities, f

ishing andwhaling. 2-3 times than faster Greenpeace launches T he NAFTA y this banoverturned –andmay aggressively pushing tohave Norway andJapan areboth But Commission in 1986. the International Whaling w large-scale commercial maintain themoratorium on Greenpeace alsoworks to d f – andthelivelihoods ofthe fishmeasures toprotect stocks vi Greenpeace campaigns r v i d being over-exploited –oreven world’s majorfisheries are ofthe Most biodiversity. single threattomarine Overfishing isthebiggest in labellingmandatory ofGMOs the Greenpeace wishestosee any approvals. a legal petition against Greenpeacehasfiled normal. va indigenous where Mexico, and diversity occurred in pollution ofacentre oforigin T provisions. d Argentina are struggling Canadaand US, hands.The hasafight but onits market, long astheyarestill onthe GE f on therelease ofGMOs. realistic answer isaglobal ban ndustrial-scale fishingndustrial-scale fleets ishing communities who ound tobecontaminated with ush toturn fish into cash. acuum theoceansin their et succeed. epend uponthem. epleted altogether –as esperately against such he first case ofgenetic he first case go haling wasimposed which by

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ood andanimal feedas va r ously for conservation r ieties (see p8).The only p8).The ieties (see action Shimonoseki. w Whaling Commission in the meeting oftheInternational favour ofwhaling atthe54th fails towin anyconcessions in pro-whaling campaign Japan may 2002 Atlantic. east the Mediterranean andNorth- large-scale drift-net fishing in theEUbans campaigning, y december 2001 li marine environment andthe unregulated fishing onthe the damaging of effects We inLeone andGuinea Conakry f in Greenpeace expedition to september 2001 highlights ishing in offSierra theseas ears ofGreenpeace ears velihoods oflocalfishermen. halers’ home port of homeport halers’ vestigate illegal (‘pirate’) st

Africa finds evidence of Despite avigorous After 20 a mangroves in Latin America. suchas local ecosystems farming isdestroying which the spreadofintensive shrimp Greenpeace will work tohalt world’s populations whale live. hemisphere 80%ofthe where ofthesouthern haven ofmost makingsanctuaries asafe Atlanticwhale and South establishment Pacific ofSouth campaigning for the ex We worldwide. that isdecimating fish stocks and unregulated pirate fishing work towards ending theillegal Greenpeace will continue to challenges isting whale sanctuaries by sanctuaries isting whale

wish tobuild onthetwo

Local fishermen, Sierra Leone, threatened by unregulated fishing Banner-wielding dolls protesting outside the Swiss offices of Novartis. Greenpeace found massive levels of GE soya in Novartis babyfood sold in the Philippines, despite the company’s promise to stop using GE ingredients in its food products 7 greenpeace 2002 8 greenpeace 2002 unity

Mexico reveal genetic pollution. It is the news that many people have dreaded.

September lab 2001: tests on maize grown in the state of Oaxaca in

country from theUSA.country maize into imported the this contamination isGE T Mexican maize varieties. contaminated traditional (GE) maize has genetically engineered T

he most likelyhe most source of revealthat he tests

tonnes of GE maize from the USA the from maize GE of tonnes

to stop the ship ‘Sea Crown’ importing 40,000 importing Crown’ ‘Sea ship the stop to

abu nrneo h oto earz Mexico Veracruz, of port the of entrance harbour

Greenpeace swimmers block the block swimmers Greenpeace “ 2002 april health implications orthe knows either thehuman Noone other species. plant –mayalsoeffect the entirelifespan ofthe toxin –produced during there isevidence thatthe However, certain pests. crop in order topoison implanted into the gene, GE T he majority ofAmerican

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an the fields” di and tonewpests resistant ofvarietiespursuit inessential thecontinuing e di Crop swamped out. that rare species maybe or natural environment, evolve in thefield or that superweeds may mountainous region of community leader from the a Miguel Ramírez, environmental conditions. tniegntcpo,is xtensive geneticpool, est,andahealthy versity, s eases andchangingeases “ d explains how the Oaxaca, be lost iftheybecame be lost would communities.These y forpreserved thousandsof va gr inbecause this region we We was indeed contaminated. confirmed that ourmaize It wasin 2001thatitwas local people. thelivesaffected ofthe ears bytheindigenousears iscovery has dramatically ow r ieties thathavebeen

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The Japanese whaling fleet is making its annual

visit to the Southern Ocean. It is looking for minke whales. “

they showed no expression operation. action against thewhalers’ and take non-violent direct and photograph thehunt Sunrise is on handtofilm Greenpeace ship Arctic the As in previous years, the placetothemselves. have don’t thewhalers But the moratorium overturned. mi spent morethan$320 J came into force –the on commercial whaling Commission’s moratorium the International Whaling that since 1987–theyear showingreleased areport e During ofthis thecourse pdto,Greenpeace xpedition, apanese governmentapanese has llion in tohave itsefforts that themoneywas in admitted who Barbuda, Antigua & country, ‘payroll’ min bl gr in J T scale commercial whaling. J the IWCandvote with and Panama thenjoin who countries suchasGuinea v Its strategy istobuythe otes ofdeveloping apan gives payments these apan for areturn tofull- he Fisheries Agencyof

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“It’s wrong to think that because we have a temporary ban on commercial whaling the whales are saved, they’re not. Unless the governments of the world act to stop them, Japan will overturn the ban and full-scale whaling will begin again.” Yuko Hirono ”

“ Yuko Hirono J w Iwantedthe make contact. f When wefound thewhaling Greenpeace Japan. a campaigner from On boardwas Yuko Hirono, on theedgeoficeshelf. w fi To Heading from south Cape moneytobuyvotes. payers’ isusingthe country tax- also publicly admitted that J J return for voting with leet wequickly tried to apanese personapanese washere, officialsapanese have apan onwhaling issues. nally caughtupwiththe halers thata tosee halers in the freezing seas wn, the Arctic Sunrise theArctic wn, contact contact. nowbecause wehad Ithought “Yes!” speakers, o WhenIheard my the radio. could hearmesoItried Ididn’t thinkbut they down andtaking photos, were manymenlooking and itwasnoisy.There high isvery thedeck but yel Fr T w J only non- and thatitisn’t apanese who areagainst who apanese wn voice ontheirloud he factory ship ishuge. he factory haling. om ourinflatable Itried li ng

up tothewhalers, that Greenpeaceisright? Maybe somearethinking earning theirsalary. job, – they’re doing just their a strong opinion themselves thinkI don’t thattheyhave but our position very much, T oftheocean. ecosystem the we careabout emotional because view but f not towhaling; is opposed e Stay warm.”Then I cold andwearecold too. said “take care–it’svery I introduced myself and ra aia-ihs or or an ‘animal-rights’ xplained why Greenpeace xplained why he whalers misunderstand he whalers

The Japanese whaling fleet comprises of five ships, three ‘catchers’ which harpoon the whales, a smaller, swifter spotter ship, and a large factory ship will doit. they Greenpeace activists” and waveyour handto ordered thewhalers “smile F probably ifthe waved back; waved tothemnobody e showed no it.They this time but theykept this, thrown backpackageslike have thewhalers the past, In itondeck. it soItossed None ofthemwould accept note andother papers. ahand-writtenthe whalers Another time Itried togive xpression, and when I andwhen xpression, isheries AgencyofJapan J and never speakbadofthe mad! They peaceful stay k the Greenpeaceinflatables thecrewsof But concussed. andathird wasnearlycut onehadhis lip knocked out, lens hadacontact activist One Others got it worse. directlyhosed in theface. Igot onus. pressure hoses respond byturning high whalers hunt for more.The thecatchers can’t side, tiedtothe have awhale while they ship; factory the catcher ships tothe fromof harpooned whales thetransferby obstructing We apanese whalers. apanese eep smiling.They get don’t

try to stop thewhaling tostop try ” Not long after returning to port from the Southern Ocean, the Japanese whaling fleet set sail again, this time to hunt the endangered sei whale in the North Pacific

11 greenpeace 2002 ere gathered in Ban Krut for their annual meeting.ere gathered in Ban Krut for The 26 8The two solar energy presented by the executive systems were who from around the world directors of Greenpeace offices w the blessings of Bhuddist monks EDs received

sun “ dou

quantities of greenhouse gases. And greenhouse gases cause global warming, which is one of of one is which warming, global cause gases greenhouse And gases. greenhouse of quantities the reasons why coal is no longer popular for new power stations in rich and developed countries. developed and rich in stations power new for popular longer no is coal why reasons the This has repercussions for For the past eight years energy campaigner, the multinational the villagers of Ban Krut Penrapee Noparumpa. companies that are now and Bo Nok in Thailand’s “The protests by the people having difficulty selling Prachaub Khiri Khan have

Coal-fired power stations are an old-fashioned source of electricity; they use technology from the the from technology use they electricity; of source old-fashioned an are stations power Coal-fired of Bo Nok and Ban Krut their obsolete wares in been trying to stop the against the proposed coal Europe and North development of two plants is one of the hottest America.To maintain massive coal-fired power

last century. Besides being extremely dirty, the burning of coal is an industrial process that creates huge huge creates that process industrial an is coal of burning the dirty, extremely being Besides century. last environmental and political profitability they are trying stations proposed by the issues in Thailand. In to dump this old-fashioned, US-based power company, January 2002 when the polluting technology on Edison.They are prime minister visited one developing nations, where campaigning instead for of the villages he was met the demand for electricity clean and renewable by 20,000 protestors – is rapidly expanding. energy, such as solar or this is a huge turn-out for wind power, and have been an environmental demo in supported by Greenpeace this country. reenpeace 2002 g 12 8 Penrapee Noparumpa

ble standards are unacceptable” Governments and corporations need to lead the shift away from polluting technology. and corporations need to lead the shift away Governments At present, fuel and nuclear fossil in subsidies with hundreds of billions dollars a year so that dirtyindustries are provided energy stays cheap

In February 2000, the Finnish power company, Fortum, pulled out of the controversial project after presssure from environmental and community groups in Thailand and Europe

Edison wants to build the to help make the interests and against the Thailand, like other a school in Bo Nok and a power stations close to a protestor’s voices heard at will of the Thai people. I developing countries, temple in Ban Krut. It is a national park – on a international level. And told the company that they certainly needs electricity first step to cleaner future coastline which is a this is what took us to should respect the rights of but does not need to use for the local people and at breeding ground for whales Edison’s headquarters in the Thai people and fossil fuels like coal to the same time sends a and dolphins. Would such California earlier this year. withdraw from the project. generate it.There are message to multinational a proposal be considered in many renewable options companies like Edison that We told representatives of To allow it to go ahead the USA or Europe? like solar, wind and we don’t want dirty Edison that their corporate would be like burying our biomass power which can energy here.” The people here have been hypocrisy and double country’s beautiful and meet our needs. involved in the struggle standards are irreplaceable landscape – against the proposed coal unacceptable.Their dirty and the livelihood of local The communities are also plants since 1996. technology is no longer communities – under a pile calling for clean energy. In Greenpeace has been wanted in the US, so they of coal ashes. April, we helped install involved since 1999, but are trying to dump it in 2-kilowatt solar systems at our contribution has been Thailand, against the reenpeace 2002 g 13 14 greenpeace 2002 g breathedthe women who Half ofallpregnant and poverty. l the disaster –facea children –born well after i 150,000 arechronically Some 20,000 andrising. fig people were –a dead 8,000 By thethird day, ifetime ofbadhealth andageneration of ll, as aborted spontaneously.as aborted ure that now stands at ure thatnow stands justic J She died in house. out-building ofsomeone’s poor healthsheltering in an ofher lifespent therest in relatives and in thedisaster, allher Shelost the factory. Zubeda Bilived to close to this day. fi people ofBhopalwhose responsibilities tothe have shrugged offtheir and governments involved thecorporations Since then, anuary 2002. anuary ght for continues justice “ We st Isawthe kitchen where andwenttothe them, andsworeat shouted I chillies onthe stove. someone wasburning fi woke I wastheonewho to sleep. We sons andmydaughter. myfive daughters-in-law, myfour I, at home. rs o ve wascold. ’d ’d .Ithoughtthatmaybe t.

eaten andthengone had anormal evening

The safety siren for alerting the community in case of a gas leak was turned off

gr myone-year-oldI put k We thepots. evensee couldn’t in there wassomuchsmoke Bynow, get medressed. water onmeandtried to My daughters-in-law put I felt weakandveryfaint. run!" bhago –run, “bhago, were running andshouting people Outside was awake. By this time the household ept having motions. loose

andson on my chest to andson onmychest the house thatwe the house

were coughing and Zubeda Bi e e nobody couldnobody be people soblistered that theskins of full ofcorpses, were streets no gas.The thereof Bhopalwhere was towardsheaded adistrict We saveus”. please Dear God, m d thought wewere going to We His eyes were puffedtight. swelled totwiceitssize. his face but him, protect w thesurroundin Greenpeacefound evidence ofthesiteitself, ofsevere contamination in1999, factory On avisittotheabandoned e Ikept praying “Allah ie. ls hswsdet otn plsadacdnsdrn h prto ftefcoy orcontinuedreleasesofchemicalsfrom spillsandaccidentsduringtheoperationoffactory, Thiswasduetoroutine ells. iah hamebachalijiye –

left the house and left thehouse were really scaredand

pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. It was the worst industrial disaster in history. in disaster industrial worst the was It India. Bhopal, in factory pesticide On the night of 2 December 1984, 40 tons of lethal gases leaked from Union Carbide’s Union from leaked gases lethal of tons 40 1984, December 2 of night the On d One dayfollowing the a camp. taken in military trucks to wewere medicine.Then cameandgave us doctors Inthemorning recognised. thought shewasa hindu wearing asari they shewas Because and ran. Shewoke up funeral pyre. d wasmistaken for the gas, w [Zubeda Bi was a muslim a was Bi [Zubeda isaster arelativeisaster ofmine, ead andthrown ontoa ho had passed out from out ho hadpassed and would have wished to wished have would and be buried]. be T Chemical for $9.3billion. multinational Dow company wasboughtbythe Tw survivor ofBhopal. Life ischeapifyou area of $370-533per person. go s reached a ‘full andfinal’ In 1989Union Carbide will nolonger wearasari. ettlement withtheIndian he purchase Dow made

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In the aftermath of the disaster, Union Carbide refused to provide full information regarding the nature of the poisoning which meant that doctors were unable to properly treat those exposed 15 greenpeace 2002

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rainforest is much more than symbolic protest. symbolic than more much is rainforest Campaigning to stop the destruction of the Amazon the of destruction the stop to Campaigning Pa operations of in thestate ra enforcement officers in a joined 16Brazilian law- 11 Greenpeaceactivists and dangerous operation, in adramatic In October, well armed. go andthe country’, id vernment officials were ra

on illegal logging .T h is ‘frontier g ra loggers were caughtin the No large-scale operations. to expose sophisticated photography andfieldwork, aerial satellite images, used Greenpeace which on evidence gathered by T in from Indian landsdeep Some ofitwasstolen the international market. $7million almost worth on i arrested. recovered over 7000m in theraidtook part which aircraft andfive trucks T llegally mahogany – cut unmen were later ohlcpes twolight wo helicopters, he authorities werehe authorities acting life

id the jungle.

tef thoughsome itself, 3 of auld iv,ChicoMendesandPaulo Vinhas arethreeofthebestknown Manuel daSilva, Fulgencio have before. Brazilianenvironmentalists beenmurdered Prominent “ had enoughproof. Fi photos andother data. collating up-to-datemaps, logging operations and observing illegal airplane, and from oursmall onfoot thearea, surveyed Greenpeace activists F personal risk.without the mahogany mafia you take on don’t $10,000, tree fetching some with asingle mahogany and isfully awarethat, Greenpeace campaigner Paulo isaveteran Adario. operation wasPaulo Intimately involved in the or monthsIandother al,in September we nally, changed. At thatmomentourlives and hewill die’. said ‘Paulo todie, deserves Awoman colleagues lived. some ofmy where house was this phonecalltothe there completed ourplans, aswe Early in October, ‘operation mahogany’. up toset Agency, Fe theBrazilian IBAMA, and worked together with inthe authorities Brasilia, We de

de r al Environment li vered theresultsto “a price onmyhead. learned thatthere wasa I in theforest, contacts From our building. theonly secure the office, our homesandmoved into We evacuated were stolen. the licence plates.They We traced a womaninside. with threearmed menand driving around thehouse truck wasrepeatedly seen Adark blue continued. thethreats But of nights. couple place toevery f T make difficult decisions. My family andIhadto

or weeksImoved from hey lefttheAmazon and

price on my head” rul.Atonecampthey trouble. had beenexpecting theloggers But motorbike. a twocars, bulldozers, 4 11trucks, equipment: andalotof logs, thousands ofillegally felled remote campswefound helicopter and airplane at Landing by ahead. went ‘Operation mahogany’ vulnerable. communities evenmore organisations andlocal leave ourfriends in other andwewould also win, mahogany mafia would the even temporarily, Ifwestopped, to continue. ourwork had the danger, in spiteof that, concluded late into thenight and My colleagues andItalked in but protecting theforest, the agencies thatare could tosupport beused that wasseized in this raid mahogany a problem.The Y operations like this one? Wi i theyfled barricade.Then andbuilt a airstrip, had rolled logsacross the back bytheloggers. nto thebush. es, we hope. But moneyis But wehope. es, s ll there bemore tead itisbeing stolen cheap illegal timber. w the legitimate operators leaving themarket opento recover,much thatitcan’t the mahogany mafia so continue until wedamage i the morerisk ourworkmore effective andthe week, every almost T ncreases.This will ncreases.This he threatscontinue ho can’t competewith ho can’t

Following several Greenpeace exposés of the mahogany corruption trail, the Brazilian government suspended all logging, transport and trade of Brazilian mahogany in December 2001 father. that sheisproud ofher shetellsdaughter me when Itisin thefaceofmy it. Iknow thatit’sworth but f no solitary walksin the caféafter work,outdoor beers withfriends in an it’snomore Until then, rs.Ys it’sdifficult, Yes, orest. ”

17 greenpeace 2002 “Greenpeace’s ships help us to operate in areas that other organisations cannot reach. 18 greenpeace 2002 When WTO director general, Mike Moore, informed me that only one Greenpeace person would be

hope given a visa due to ‘lack of accommodations in Qatar’ I told the WTO and the Qatari authorities

‘don’t worry about hotels, we all sleep onboard the Rainbow Warrior!’” Remi Parmentier the ban on toxic chemicals, forest conservation, genetic engineering in food and agriculture – depend on on depend – agriculture and food in engineering genetic conservation, forest chemicals, toxic on ban the

“

someone made it to doha”

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the EUbanon makes itsvoice heardat is vital thatGreenpeace it political knows, director Greenpeace International’s As Remi Parmentier, European goods. 100% tariffs onselected Canada theright toimpose theUSand awarded and WTO itillegal declared amrwofgt gis rngnccosi h S,afisherman from farmer whofights againsttransgeniccropsintheUSA, “ nbadwr wtess rmcmuiisaon h ol,people aroundtheworld, fromcommunities On boardwere ‘witnesses’ the conference hallsand paralysed byimpasse in inSeattle –ended disarray, T surprised. Iwasn’t Qatar, of theremotesultanate capital take placein Doha, WTO conference would When Iheardthatthenext always straightforward... even ifgetting there isn’t mi biennialthe WTO’s hs rdtoa ieiod r hetndb rd ieaiain a bytradeliberalisation: livelihoods arethreatened whose traditional he previous conference – ni India, a Lebanese campaigner againsttoxic wastedumpingandan campaigner aLebanese India, st er ial conferences – environmentalist and human rightsactivistfromChad andhuman environmentalist g the actions ofanti- in able tomake adifference wondered how wewould be andI the protests, T sailing for New York to the Rainbow Warrior was morning of11September Onthe there atall. wenearlyBut didn’t get country. ‘controlled’ lobalisers onthestreets. he WTO wasfleeing from

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19 greenpeace 2002 20 greenpeace 2002 our Our the food. evergreenforests our I thelove medicine, pygmies, “Iare love trees. ourour brothers, lungs, animals. Kids for forests project, China

ontmro.Itborn is intomorrow. your hand – please safeguard make sure our that forests, this wonderful country will be left in peace.”

“

the forest stands for life”

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Boy from a forest-dwelling community threatened by logging, Sarawak, Malaysia de beirrevocably and plants, mi hometo ancient forests, ranksmassed ofkids –can rightBy what –asked the Biological Diversity. oftheConventionpart on Ancient Forest Summit – had gathered for the Hague politicians where to and theirdemands The theirenthusiasm their art, Kids for Forests brought over 1000 In April 2002, st loso epe animals llions ofpeople, ro y ed?

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I did never forget this.”

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www.greenpeace.org/kidsforforests/

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In March, a Greenpeace dog sled team set off on a trek of several hundred kilometres across northwest Greenland. Braving temperatures as low as -40°, the expedition visited isolated Inuit communities around Thule, an American radar base 1200km north of the Arctic Circle. peace US Greenlanders –hasbeena T li some150people 1953, When itwasexpanded in oftheCold the start War. resettled. fo vin hule –Pituffik tothe rc

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For decades, the Danish government lied about the treatment of the community, claiming they had moved voluntarily. But in 1999 a Qaanaaq pressure group won an historic victory when a Danish court agreed that the

” resettlement had been illegal. Later this year the Danish Supreme Court will rule on the Inuit people’s right to reclaim their old hunting- grounds

23 greenpeace 2002 24 greenpeace 2002 balanc accounts onp25. f commentsthat on p26.The International arealsoprovided entities comprising Greenpeace consolidated accountsofthose globally.Thesupporters transparent toGreenpeace f theyarepublished accounts, obligation to produce these Whilst there exists nolegal Greenpeace International. including worldwide, organisations operating f are theconsolidated accounts T report 2001 F ollow relate totheworldwide ofbeingor thepurpose or alloftheGreenpeace he accounts presented onp25 he accountspresented inance director’s in only acceptfundsfrom continues togrow We strongly. from thegeneral public T ov y an increase of10%over last i g approximately 2.8million numbers increasedSupporter to campaigning independence. ourfinancialpreserve and fundraising policy designed to f i achieved 9%growth in net we performance indicator; net ofexpenditure isakey g ratework of worldwide.The forfuture ourvital campaigning provide financial asecure r in continuing commitment to e A 12%increase in fundraising i s biggest increase in income was ncome rose to ncome in 2001. ncome grew bysome33%. udtos in line withastrict oundations, aise the funds necessary to thefundsnecessary aise xpenditure reflects our een in the US, where total where een in theUS, ear andanincrease of47% oal yya-n,andtotal lobally byyear-end, ro he support Greenpeaceenjoys he support vest in our supporters and in our supporters vest d er ivi wth offundraising income

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or 2001show asmallsurplus pniue andtheaccounts xpenditure, oanna Knowles € . ilo.Asa 1.3 million. e e mtra,July 2002 Amsterdam, Accountants f onthe (as presented by GreenpeaceInternational policies employed withthose harmonise theaccounting wh offices havebeenadjusted, in T national offices andhavefound themtobein conformity therewith. fi in completed) unaudited financial performed ortheaudit wasnot (either noaudit because was s Where audited financial Greenpeace national offices. International andind s the audited financial from possible, prepared where fi T statements combined summaryfinancial Greenpeace ‘Worldwide’ Preparation ofthe We * GreenpeaceNational Offices * GreenpeaceInternational onthefollowing aspresented page s December onthis 2001and2000presented pagefrom thefinancial financial combined summary for statements 31 theyears ended ‘Worldwide’ T A ollowing page). tatements of: tatements were notavailable tatements ofGreenpeace nancial statements ofGreenpeaceInternationalnancial statements andtheind he managementofGreenpeaceInternational haspreparedtheGreenpeace nancial statements havebeen nancial statements he financial ofthe statements hese combinedhese summary uditor’s Report fo d

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have notaudited the financial oftheGreenpeacenational statements [ € thousands ] This summaryshows the 1,6 103,093 112,369 143,646 157,730 139,184 153,169 1,1 114,738 119,711 114,738 119,711 100,287 111,028 53140,553 45,361 02188,295 26,443 90,221 29,490 83,563 85,336 23,715 26,572 88,295 90,221 85,223 88,295 20,375 18,761 13,605 12,797 6,536 22,136 10,587 12,690 11,120 10,073 ,7 3,182 1,280 3,270 1,291 ,0 7,460 7,803 2,806 1,341 5,844 7,641 9,019 7,138 9,040 5,346 7,068 7,412 9,294 4,833 012000 2001 8 266 585

25 greenpeace 2002 greenpeace international combined summary financial statements

Years ended 31 December 2001 and 2000, all amounts are thousands of euros. This summary shows the total income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of Greenpeace International which acts as a coordinating body for Greenpeace national offices as well as running international campaigns and the Greenpeace fleet.

Preparation of the Fixed assets are stated at cost income & expenditure [€ thousands] 2001 2000 Greenpeace International less depreciation. Depreciation income: combined summary financial is provided to write-off the grants from greenpeace national offices 35,259 30,471 statements cost of fixed assets over their other grants & donations 3,140 3,398 useful lives. Ships are not merchandising & licensing 206 74 These combined summary interest 664 560 further depreciated than their financial statements have been residual value total income 39,269 34,503 derived from the financial statements of Stichting Balances and transactions fundraising expenditure 1,301 1,376 Greenpeace Council and other between Greenpeace net income 37,968 33,127 affiliated Greenpeace International organisations expenditure: organisations but excluding the have been eliminated. Balances grants to greenpeace national offices 4,692 4,749 Greenpeace national offices. receivable from Greenpeace national offices are subject to campaigns The financial statements have oceans 1,985 1,864 assessments of their been prepared in accordance forests 4,336 4,746 collectibility. genetic engineering 1,490 1,209 with International Accounting toxics 1,494 1,938 Standards All expenditure categories climate 1,964 2,549 include salaries, direct costs nuclear & disarmament 3,827 2,203 Income and expenditure are and allocated overheads (eg media & communications 2,963 2,494 accounted for in the year to marine operations & action support 14,709 8,220 building costs, depreciation). which they relate. On the basis Organisational Support organisational support 4,913 4,599 of prudence, income is only includes the costs of the interest 477 253 recognised to the extent that it following departments: total non-fundraising expenditure 42,850 34,824 is received. Information Technology, Legal, deficit for the year (4,882) (1,697) Individual Greenpeace Human Resources, Finance, International organisations’ Governance and Executive opening fund balance 19,536 21,344 Director. financial statements have been translation gain/(loss) 216 (111) translated into euros.The local closing fund balance 14,870 19,536 currency amounts of income and expenditure have been translated at average rates for balance sheet the years concerned. Balance sheet items have been fixed assets 14,399 11,889 translated at the year-end current assets rates for the years concerned. due from greenpeace national offices 3,953 5,635 The resulting translation gain other debtors 816 735 cash 10,554 15,951 or loss is recognised in the fund balance. total assets 29,722 34,210 liabilities due to greenpeace national offices 8,693 9,732 other liabilities 6,159 4,942

fund balance 14,870 19,536

total liabilities & fund balance 29,722 34,210

Auditor’s Report We have audited the financial statements of Greenpeace International, These financial statements are the responsibility of Greenpeace International Amsterdam, for the years ended 31 December 2001 and 2000, from which the management. In our opinion, the combined summary financial statements set combined summary financial statements set out on this page were derived, in out on this page are consistent, in all material respects, with the financial accordance with International Standards of Auditing. In our report dated 18 statements from which they were derived Accountants July 2002 we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on the financial statements Amsterdam, July 2002 from which these combined summary financial statements were derived. reenpeace 2002 g 26 The money to win global Over 2,800,000 people are harmonycampaigns comes from people active supporters; they live in like you. Some 93% of our 101 different countries. global income comes from Get active Join Greenpeace individual donations, including and the millions of people bequests and major donors. around the world who, like you, Greenpeace also accepts gifts want a cleaner, greener more from grant-giving charitable peaceful world. foundations. www.greenpeace.org

Greenpeace International would like to thank its individual supporters around the world who provide 93% of the organisation’s funding

Sources of Greenpeace global income worldwide [€ thousands]

individuals 130,713

84% legacies & bequests 11,666 % foundations 6,947 7 2% major donors 3,843 4% other income 4,561 3%

total 157,730

Greenpeace does not solicit or accept funding from governments, corporations or political parties. Greenpeace neither seeks nor accepts donations which could compromise its independence, aims, objectives or integrity. Greenpeace relies on the voluntary donations of individual supporters, and on grant support from foundations.

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