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Greenpeace activists abseiled off the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby, where delegates were gathering for the start of the 42nd International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) committee meeting. The activists unfurled a banner which read "ITTO Stop Forest Destruction". Unless something is done now to stop wholesale forest destruction there may be nothing left to save. Enlarge image

Activists send a message for PNG forests

Delegates of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) received a surprise when Greenpeace activists unfurled a huge banner reading "ITTO Stop Forest Destruction" outside their hotel in Port Moresby.

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Proboscis monkeys jumping between trees. Enlarge image

Wildlife of the Paradise forests

The tropical forests of Asia Pacific that span New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the nearby archipelagos is home to a beautiful variety of life. Explore the region through the award winning photographs of Takeshi Mizukoshi who has devoted his life to photographing the world's remaining ancient forests.

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Inside the EU Commission's brand new Berlaymont building we discovered plenty of illegally traded plywood - the logo on this piece reveals it to be from Indonesia. Enlarge image

Evidence of Indonesian wood inside the EU Commission building

We have gained secret photos from the renovations of the European Commission's Berlaymont Building, detailing the amount of timber from dodgy companies in Indonesia.

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12 December, 2005: A Greenpeace activist prepares to take action in TLB timber yard in Brisbane, Queensland. The timber yard stocks illegal ancient rainforest timber from Papua New Guinea and West Papua. © Greenpeace/Thomas Enlarge image

Brisbane timberyard action

12 December, 2005: A Greenpeace non violent direct action against TLB timber yard in Brisbane, Queensland. The timber yard stocks illegal ancient rainforest timber from Papua New Guinea and West Papua.

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The Global Rescue Station, Styx Valley, Tasmania Enlarge image

Tim Georgeson Photos of Styx Valley

Greenpeace photographer Tim Georgeson documents the efforts by Greenpeace activists and citizens to save Tasmania's ancient forests.

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