Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior was forced to move on it's third day of blocking the tanker, MT Westama, from leaving Dumai port with over 30 000 metric tons of Palm Oil. Dumai, in the Riau province on Sumatra, is the largest Palm Oil export port in Indonesia. Palm Oil plantations are linked to forest and peatland destruction. Conversion of the forest and peatlands release massive amounts of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
17 November 2007
Dumai Indonesia

Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior was forced to move on it's third day of blocking the tanker, MT Westama, from leaving Dumai port with over 30 000 metric tons of Palm Oil. Dumai, in the Riau province on Sumatra, is the largest Palm Oil export port in Indonesia. Palm Oil plantations are linked to forest and peatland destruction. Conversion of the forest and peatlands release massive amounts of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

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