Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organizationIt was founded in Vancouver, Canada, 1971The main office is situated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization It was founded
in Vancouver, Canada, 1971
The main office is situated in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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The global organization does not accept funding from
governments, corporations or political parties, relying on more than
2.8 million individual supporters and foundation grants.
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The main goals: global warming deforestation overfishing
commercial whaling anti-nuclear issues
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Methods: direct action lobbying research innovation
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Deforestation is the removal of a forest or
stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted
to a nonforest use. It occurs for many reasons: trees or derived charcoal are used as, or sold, for fuel or as timber, while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities, and settlements.
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Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks
below an acceptable level. This can occur in any
body of water from a pond to the oceans.
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Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for
meat and oil. As technology increased and demand for
the resources remained, catches far exceeded the sustainable limit for whale stocks.
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Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear
fission to generate heat and electricity.
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Global Warming
is human caused changes to
the global climate. It refers to the rising average
temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation.
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It has commercial relationships with a range of