Activists from the Greenpeace ship 'Esperanza', and assisted by local land owners, halt the loading of illegally logged trees onto the 'Harbour Gemini' ship from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, in Paia inlet, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Wedn...

Photo | 3 September, 2008

Activists from the Greenpeace ship 'Esperanza', and assisted by local land owners, halt the loading of illegally logged trees onto the 'Harbour Gemini' ship from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, in Paia inlet, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Wednesday 3rd September 2008. These forests are being felled by Turama Forest Industries - a group company of Malayasian company Rimbunan Hijau. Twenty percent of global greenhouse emissions annually are caused by the deforestation of natural forests worldwide.

Categories