Feature story - November 25, 2009
Greenpeace Canada forest campaigner Stephanie Goodwin has been detained in Indonesia following an action yesterday by international Greenpeace volunteers to shut down Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a major logging operation in the heart of Indonesia's rainforests.
Greenpeace activists block cranes at the port of one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the world to stop pulp exports. The APP plant is fed by wood from one of the world's largest peatland forests, which stores up to 2 gigatonnes of carbon.
This action, which is still underway, targets one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the world. A dozen activists infiltrated the site and hung banners reading "Climate Crime" and "Forest Destruction: You can stop this."
The area where the action is taking place has critically endangered Sumatran tigers and the endangered ramen tree.
The latest action comes despite intense efforts by local Sumatra law authorities to shut down a peaceful Greenpeace Climate Defenders Camp that supports the activists. This action comes less than two weeks before the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
Stephanie Goodwin was one of 14 campaigners and activists detained by police. She participated in the action to bear witness to the climate crimes of forest destruction in Indonesia and to highlight the need for action from world leaders to end deforestation at the Summit.
Read a Q and A with Stephanie