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6.1 billion tonnes |
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54 threatened species |
1971
Greenpeace was founded when a small group of activists in Vancouver set sail to the Amchitka island off Alaska to try and stop a US nuclear weapons test.
1977
Activists in inflatable zodiacs took on a Soviet whaling fleet in Albany, Western Australia – the last whaling station in the English-speaking world.
1985
The Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French secret service agents, tragically killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira.
1995
Greenpeace activists scaled and took up residence on the Brent Spar, a disused oil platform, to stop its owner, Shell, from dumping the rusting hulk and its highly toxic contents to the sea bed.
2008
Members of the Esperanza crew and renowned coral scientist Dr John ‘Charlie’ Veron placed three underwater banners on the Great Barrier Reef issuing a dire warning about the fate of the reef.
2010
Greenpeace crew on board the Esperanza take action against the export of French nuclear waste to Russia.
2011
The Rainbow Warrior III, Greenpeace’s first purpose-built vessel, was officially launched in Autumn 2011.
2013
The Arctic Sunrise was involved in a peaceful protest against an oil rig when the Russian Coast Guard boarded the ship and seized the crew at gunpoint, arresting all 30 members.
2016
Crew from the Esperanza in the Indian Ocean recovered FADs (fish aggregation devices) to document and peacefully oppose unsustainable fishing by the world’s largest tuna company.
2017
During a joint high sea operation with Greenpeace, Guinean fishery inspectors on board the Arctic Sunrise, checked and arrested a Chinese fishing boat after shark fins were discovered on board.
2021
Scientists aboard the Arctic Sunrise conducted ground-breaking research on remote penguin colonies of the Antarctic Peninsula. Investigating the impacts of the climate crisis on Antarctic penguin populations, they discovered how changing ocean temperatures and sea ice loss are altering important penguin habitats.
