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Actions and protests
Aerial view
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)
Banners
Climate (campaign title)
Climate change
Deforestation
Destruction
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Money
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Sinar Mas Group
Banner against Deforestation in Indonesia
Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the words "Climate Change starts here. Less talk, more money", on a recently cleared peatland forest in the pulp and paper concession of PT. Arara Abadi-Siak owned by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of Kampar Peninsular's peatland forest by pulp and paper and palm oil industries and calls on the Indonesian government and world leaders to implement a moratorium on deforestation. Peatland forest is critical for maintaining biodiversity and it's degradation releases vast stores of carbon thereby contributing to global climate change.
Unique identifier:
GP01VVV
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
27/10/2009
Locations:
Indonesia
,
Riau
,
Southeast Asia
,
Sumatra
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Ardiles Rante
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia
Greenpeace activists and local community set up a "Climate Defenders’ Camp", in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest on the threatened Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra. The Camp was built to bring urgent attention to the role that deforestation plays in driving dangerous climate change, a critical issue to be addressed at the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December in Copenhagen. The activists construct dams across the Kampar Peninsula, where forest destruction for plantations emits huge quantities of CO2 and has led Indonesia to become the world’s third largest climate polluter after China and the US. The forest peat soils in Kampar are particularly deep and store some 2 billion tones of carbon. They form one of the largest natural carbon stores on the planet and a significant global defense against global climate change. Much of the forest that once surrounded the Peninsula has been destroyed to make way for paper and palm oil plantations. Actress Melanie Laurent, and Chinese celebrities, pop star Xiao Wei and Beijing novelist Chun Sue, all join Greenpeace to speak out against forest destruction and climate change.
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