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EU still using illegally traded timber

A Greenpeace campaigner watches as plywood is loaded on to a Maltese bulk carrier, The Greveno, anchored near the mouth of Lamandau River, on the west side of Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan Enlarge Image

Indonesian illegal logging

The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior discovered barges loaded with hundreds of logs soon to be exported from Indonesia and suspected to have been extracted illegally. The logs come from a region that includes the Tanjung Puting National Park -- home of dwindling numbers of orang-utans where logging is forbidden. Four activists from the UK, the Philippines, the US and Papua New Guinea displayed a banner with the message "Stop Forest Crime" on one of the log barges in central Kalimantan.

The habitat of Indonesian orang-utans is threatened by illegal logging. Enlarge Image

UK seize illegal timber

We are demanding that the UK Government seize a huge cargo of illegal timber that arrived at London's Tilbury docks on 18th March. The timber is from Indonesia's rainforests, where illegal logging is threatening orang-utans and tigers.

Activists build an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) plywood blockade outside the EU social and general HQ, Brussels. Enlarge Image

EU Forest Crime Scene

The Greenpeace Forest Crimes Unit have descended on the swanky refurbished EU buildings in Brussels after undercover investigations revealed that wood used in their renovation originated from companies associated with the illegal and destructive Indonesian timber trade. We decided to get out the power tools and do a little 'renovation' of our own. Now the buildings have a fresh forest-friendly look rather than sporting illegal timber straight from the homes of tigers and orang-utans.

The Forest House - an interactive guide to the wood in your home Enlarge Image

The Forest House

Are you sleeping on illegal Okoumé trees from the Congo? Is your kitchen table made from wood which has started social conflict in a distant African country? Are you literally flushing an ancient forest down the toilet? Check out our interactive Forest House to see exactly where your household goods come from and the forest-friendly alternatives.

Pictured in the banner are members of the Batamoa clan, whose lives are being destroyed by logging in Papua New Guinea. Enlarge Image

Australian Minister backs Greenpeace on forests

Good news for the forests of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and communities around the world suffering at the hands of illegal logging: the Australian Federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Senator Ian Macdonald, has agreed that it must come to an end. He has vowed to ban the importation of illegally logged and unsustainable timber into Australia.

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