A stevedore greets a Greenpeace activist. Activists from the Greepeace ship, Esperanza, aided by local landowners, halt the loading of timber onto the ship, Harbour Gemini, in Paia inlet, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. These forests are being felled by Turama Forest Industries, a group company of Malaysian company, Rimbunan Hijau. Forest destruction accounts for around 20% of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions every year.
Papua New Guinea

A stevedore greets a Greenpeace activist. Activists from the Greepeace ship, Esperanza, aided by local landowners, halt the loading of timber onto the ship, Harbour Gemini, in Paia inlet, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. These forests are being felled by Turama Forest Industries, a group company of Malaysian company, Rimbunan Hijau. Forest destruction accounts for around 20% of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions every year.

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