An international environmental protection organization, officially named Greenpeace International. Founded in Canada in 1971 as an anti-nuclear movement group, its main activities are anti-nuclear, marine ecosystem protection, opposition to environmental pollution by harmful substances, and global atmospheric issues (protection of the ozone layer, measures against global warming, etc.). Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and all of its activities are funded by membership fees and donations from individuals. From 1992 to the following year, it tracked and monitored the Japanese plutonium transport ship Akatsuki Maru, and in October 1993, it broadcasted footage of the Russian Navy's radioactive waste dumping site in the Sea of Japan to the world. It is also known for its non-violent direct actions, such as sending a protest ship to the Mururoa Atoll nuclear test site in France in 1995. It has about 2.5 million members in 26 countries around the world. In April 1989, its Japanese branch was established in Tokyo, and as of 2013, it has about 5,000 members. →Environmental NGO Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information |
国際的な環境保護団体で,正式名称はGreenpeace International。1971年,カナダで反核運動団体として結成され,反核運動のほか,海洋生態系保護,有害物質による環境汚染反対,地球大気問題(オゾン層保護,地球温暖化対策など)を主な活動内容とする。本部はオランダのアムステルダムにあり,活動の資金源はすべて個人からの会費や寄付。1992年から翌年にかけて,日本のプルトニウム輸送船〈あかつき丸〉の追尾・監視,1993年10月にロシア海軍による放射性廃棄物の日本海投棄現場の映像を世界中に配信。さらに1995年にはフランスのムルロア環礁核実験場に抗議船を送るなど,非暴力の直接行動で知られる。世界26ヵ国に約250万人の会員を持つ。1989年4月,東京に日本支部が設置され,2013年現在約5000人の会員を持つ。→環境NGO
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