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April 8: Activits continue
the fight for the last ancient forest in Finland "This is
the worst log pile we've seen this winter, it's so clearly ancient
forest that we get angry. Not only has the Forest Service clearcut
tens of hectares of old-growth forest in here. They have chopped
down everything, pines hundreds of years old and almost all of
the dead trees." Read the
rest of Max's update>
April
8: Join Greenpeace forest campaign leader Uta Bellion
in the cybercentre for a discussion about the international forest
campign and the week's activities. more>
April
8: Ancient Forest Guardians are a rapidly growing active
group of publicly known and highly respected people from all around
the world, dedicated to saving the last remaining ancient forests
on earth from destruction.
Ancient Forest Guardians come from many different countries and
backgrounds and include world famous musicians, leading scientists,
artists, philosophers, Hollywood film stars, world class fashion
designers, Olympic gold medallists, and many many more.
Download
the full list of Ancient Forest Guardians and find out more
about the project.
April 8: Greenpeace released information today exposing
the illegal and destructive logging practices in Papua New Guinea
and Finland, as well as information about Japan, the second largest
timber imports, and their role in the destruction.
Partners
in Crime: Malaysian loggers, timber markets and the politics
of self-interest in Papua New Guinea
Policies
of Destruction: Analysis on the implementation of the
Convention on Biological Diversity in the protection of forest
ecosystems in Finland
Chains
of destruction leading from the world's remaining ancient
forests to the Japanese market
April 7:Governments are meeting
in the Hague for the next two weeks to decide the fate of the
world's ancient forests. Delegates are greeted by kids chanting
and animals of the ancient forests. more>
April 4: One year
has passed since the historic April 2001 agreement,when a different
political party in power agreed to protect 603,000 hectares of
ancient temperate rainforest of the west coast of Canada.
But this historic agreement is now threatened by the government's
inaction. more>
March 29: The European
Commission is now warning all European countries to reject Brazilian
mahogany. This advice comes after a ban on mahogany trade by the
Brazilian government. more>
March 26: Greenpeace
activists boarded the Finnhawk which is carrying a cargo of paper
from Finland's last ancient forests to Germany. One Greenpeace
inflatable was crushed between the dock by the cargo ship as the
Finnhawk attempted to dock. more>
March 25: In Salerno
near Naples Greenpeace activists end 70 hour occupation of a container
ship carrying timber from ancient forests in Cameroon. more>
March 25: Greenpeace activists
occupied a Russian sawmill near the White Sea today to warn that
one of Europe's last great forests is being turned into lumber.
Germany is a major importer of the sawmill's products. more>
March 24: Greenpeace today
carried out a historic event at the Great Wall of China to call
on all governments to place similar barricades in the way of illegal
logging and destruction to protect the world's remaining ancient
forests. more>
March 22: At the Greek
port of Lefkanti, Greenpeace activists prevented the offloading
of timber from ancient Liberian forests today. The port serves
companies implicated in human rights abuses and arms trafficking
in Liberia and Sierra Leone. more>
March 22: The German
government announced yesterday that it will seize all imports
of Brazilian mahogany until it can be verified the timber came
from legal sources. Other EU nations have followed suit. more>
March 20: In north-east
China, 200 elementary school students and 40 professors stood
in one of China's few surviving ancient forests and told their
government to stop forest destruction, clean up the timber trade
and fund ancient forest protection. more>
March 18: Greenpeace holds MV Kapitan Mochalov off the
coast of the Netherlands with activists chained to the anchor.
The Russian ship is carrying timber from the ancient forests of
Russia for European markets. more>
Read the update from
the first day of action,
March 16: Over a dozen activists continue the standoff
in the last ancient forests of northern Finland stopping clearcutting
in two different areas. more>
March 14: Greenpeace
activists weld bars across the entrance of Danish timber dealer
DLH's international headquarters putting them behind bars for
their role in destructive logging practices, serious social conflicts,
human rights abuses and even the funding of war. more>
March 14: Activists expose
the chain of forest destruction at a sawmill in Germany. Day
1: activists chain themselves to a crane and logs. Day
2: confrontations and a meetings with sawmill owners. Day
3: more meetings bring no solutions for the cold and weary
activists.
March 14: Update from
actions in Finnish forests: "It is a shame that my government,
representing one of the richest countries in the world, is destroying
it's last remaining ancient forests." more>
March 13:
Take the tour of the magnificent Paradise Forest of Papua New
Guinea and the Solomon Islands. more>
March 11: Greenpeace activists
detain Africa log ship for four days. Rescue workers equipped
with climbing gear have arrived at the Meltemi. more>
10 March: As
the protest against the African logship Meltemi continued
into its third day, crew members raised the Warrior's new forest
sails. more>
March 9: It is
our second day blocking the logship Meltemi from offloading
its wood near Valencia, Spain. more>
March 8: Greenpeace
blocks a shipment of tropical logs from Liberia off the coast
of Spain more>
March 6: Written and
audio updates from the crew of the Rainbow Warrior as they are
thrown about in Force 10 winds. more>
March 5: Greenpeace
blocks shipment of African logs into the Netherlands for three
days. more>
March 4: Night operation
in the French port of Sete reveals hundreds of logs from Liberia
bound for Europe. more>
28 February - Activists
including the Greenpeace Executive Director Gerd Leipold prevented
the unloading of the MV Enif carrying 'banned' mahogany timber
from the Brazilian Amazon. more>
27 February - Police
arrest activists in France after they bloacked the Agia Irene,
a ship carrying timber from Liberia, for three days. more>
24 February - Greenpeace
activists confront logging in ancient forests in north eastern
Finland. Read the personal update
from one of the activists.
22 February - Update
from the on board campaigner of the Rainbow Warrior as they wait
out Force nine and 10 winds berthed in Marseille. more>
20 February - Finnish government
destroys its own ancient forests. more>
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