{"id":6009,"date":"2018-11-18T17:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2019-11-06T03:28:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:28:21","slug":"greenpeace-activists-released-in-spain-after-33-hour-detention-over-peaceful-protest-against-dirty-palm-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/6009\/greenpeace-activists-released-in-spain-after-33-hour-detention-over-peaceful-protest-against-dirty-palm-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace activists released in Spain after 33-hour detention over peaceful protest against dirty palm oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portrait of Victoria a volunteer from Canada aboard the Esperanza in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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18 November 2018 (ALGECIRAS, SPAIN)\u2013<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0The six activists who were detained for 33 hours\u00a0on board a shipment carrying dirty palm oil into Europe<\/a>\u00a0have been released by Spanish authorities in Algeciras. Among them is Victoria Henry, a Canadian woman from Burnaby, B.C.<\/p>\n

The Greenpeace International volunteers climbed onto the\u00a0Stolt Tenacity<\/em><\/i>\u00a0tanker at dawn on Saturday,\u00a0and delayed its journey from Indonesia to The Netherlands for almost two days.<\/p>\n

The climbers were protesting a\u00a0185-metre\u00a0long cargo loaded with palm oil products from Wilmar, the biggest palm oil trader in the world, which trades in palm oil associated with rainforest destruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn delaying this shipment of dirty palm oil, these brave activists have shone a light on how the palm oil industry needs to change in order to prevent a further climate and extinction crisis. This must start with Wilmar, the world\u2019s largest palm oil trader who can and should be an example to the others. We also demand that Mondelez, makers of Oreo cookies, drop Wilmar as a supplier until it can prove it no longer trades palm oil from forest destroyers\u201d,\u00a0said Kiki Taufik, Greenpeace spokesperson.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Wilmar is a major supplier to global snack food giant Mondelez, one of the world\u2019s largest buyers of palm oil, which it uses in many of its best-known products, including Oreo cookies, Cadbury chocolate bars, and Ritz crackers. Canada was\u00a0named<\/a>\u00a0by Mondelez as one of the Oreo cookies’ biggest markets.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Stolt Tenacity<\/em><\/i>\u00a0was safely scaled early Saturday morning by the six women and men from Indonesia, Germany, the UK, France, Canada, and\u00a0the US. No charges have been made against the climbers by the shipping company or the authorities.<\/p>\n

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is remaining in the area to keep watch over the tanker,\u00a0Stolt Tenacity<\/em><\/i>, which is still carrying the dirty palm oil.<\/p>\n

The plantation sector\u2014palm oil and pulp\u2014is the single largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia. Around 24 million hectares of rainforest\u00a0was\u00a0destroyed in Indonesia between 1990 and 2015, according to official figures released by the Indonesian government [1].<\/p>\n

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Contacts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours),\u00a0pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos and video<\/strong><\/b>
\nAvailable\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notes<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

[1] Figures cover\u00a0loss\u00a0of natural forest. Sources:<\/p>\n

1990\u20132012: MoEF (2016b) Table Annex 5.1, pp90\u20131 \u2013 gross deforestation 21,339,301ha<\/p>\n

2012\u20132013: MoEF (2014) Lampiran 1, Tabel 1.1 \u2013 gross deforestation 953,977ha<\/p>\n

2013\u20132014: MoEF (2015) Lampiran 1, Tabel 1.1 \u2013 gross deforestation 567,997ha<\/p>\n

2014\u20132015: MoEF (2016a) Lampiran 1, Tabel 1.1 \u2013 gross deforestation 1,223,553ha<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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