GREENPEACE TAKES DIRECT ACTION TO BLOCK LOGGING OF RUSSIAN OLD GROWTH FOREST
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GREENPEACE TAKES DIRECT ACTION TO BLOCK LOGGING OF RUSSIAN OLD GROWTH FOREST |
FINNISH PULP MILL TARGETED - HARVESTING MACHINES OCCUPIED
22nd August 1996
Greenpeace activists blockade ENSO pulp mill to prevent wood from Russia being processed there.
ENSO has issued a press statement defending its position in Karelia, which has been swiftly rebutted by Greenpeace.
20th August 1996
Activists chained themselves to harvesting machines in Karelia to stop the ongoing destruction in one of the last remaining European old growth forests. The demonstration against the Finnish company Enso took place near the Russian town of Kostamus in the Karelia region near the Finnish border.
The Karelian forests are one of the last old-growth forests in Europe. they are a habitat for brown bear, wolf, Karelian deer and beaver.
''This is chop-and-run style logging, and they are taking all the profits with them across the border to Finland,'' said Sergei Tsyplenkov of Greenpeace Russia .
For news of the action read the latestPress Release
