Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments or corporations but relies on contributions from individual supporters and foundation grants.As a global organisation, Greenpeace focuses on the the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment.
Greenpeace has been campaigning against environmental degradation since 1971 when a small boat of volunteers and journalists sailed into Amchitka, an area north of Alaska .Greenpeace of the USSR was organized in 1989 in the time of 'perestroyka' when administarative system was being replaced by newly emerged Russian democracy.
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