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Greenpeace India is the Indian branch of the global environmental group Greenpeace, a non-profit NGO, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. The Indian operations run four broad campaigns namely, stop climate change, sustainable agriculture, preserving the oceans and preventing another nuclear catastrophe. Greenpeace India claims to receive 60% of its finance from donors in India, 38% from Netherlands-based Greenpeace International and less than 1% from the U.S.-based Climate Works Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=India moves to tighten controls on foreign funding for Greenpeace )〕 The organization claims that they do not accept money from governments, intergovernmental organizations, political parties or corporations in order to avoid their influence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Value of Environmental Activists )〕 In 2015 following a revelation by an ex-employee in web forum 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2015/06/sexual-harassment-at-ngo/ )〕 about repeated sexual harassment and rape at Greenpeace India and subsequent harassment for complaints, multiple women employees of Greenpeace India has come out talking about similar incidents of sexual harassment, bullying and rape at Greenpeace India. ==History== The global organization known as Greenpeace today, came into existence in the year 1970 while Greenpeace India has been actively working on following: * 2001 – Greenpeace exposed the contamination of Pringles Potato Chips and Isomil Baby food with genetically engineered ingredients and questioned India's GMO free status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hindu : Greenpeace tables a damning report )〕 * 2002 – Greenpeace ran a month-long campaign to create awareness on the potential threats of what could become the first GE food crop in the country, resulting in the rejection of genetically modified mustard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GM mustard: Is health at risk? )〕 * 2004 – Bayer pulled out Genetic Engineering Research in India, clarifying its position in a letter to Greenpeace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Munlochy GM Vigil )〕 * 2005 – Greenpeace announced in a press conference in New Delhi, that farmers in the Narsampet mandal of Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh were cheated by over Rupees 2 crores because local officials had doctored data of Monsanto’s poorly performing Bt cotton varieties. This led to an enquiry and subsequent ban on 3 varieties of BT Cotton, suspension of Joint Director of Agriculture (JDA) of Warangal district and state acceptance of fair compensation to farmers.〔http://www.connectotel.com/gmfood/gp030305.txt〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Munlochy GM Vigil )〕 * 2006 – Greenpeace exposed a scandal surrounding the Indian Government permitting France to dump a ship full of hazardous waste in India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=France: asbestos on ship negligible )〕 * 2010 – Greenpeace through a petition campaign succeeded in including "complete supplier liability" in the Nuclear Liability Bill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greenpeace on Nuclear Liability Bill: Drop it )〕 * 2014 – the organization launched its first solar energy micro-grid, making Dharnai, a village in Bihar, energy independent. * April 2015 – Government of India frozen its bank accounts and suspended its license for failing to abide by FCRA norms〔 * 6 November 2015 – Registrar of Societies (RoS), of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, ordered de-registration of Greenpeace India citing financial fraud (Tamil Nadu is currently under the AIADMK Party rule, headed by Hon. Thiru Selvi J. Jayalalithaa.〔http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/greenpeace-india-claims-its-registration-cancelled-slams-intolerance-1240860〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenpeace India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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