27 June 4am, Final Outcome. At 4am the German police removed the last climber from the MV Enif. No arrests were made and everyone was released.
The seven 40ft containers (112 pallets) of Amaplac plywood are not destined for the German market and is due to be transporte to a small town in Denmark.
Hamburg 26 June 2000 - Greenpeace volunteers have for the second time stopped a shipment of Amazon timber on board the MV Enif.
At 8pm, Monday 25 June, 4 Greenpeace climbers boarded the MV Enif and attached a banner saying 'Europe Says No to Ancient Forest Destruction!' The volunteers also renamed the ship 'Amazon Crime' in giant letters and have demanded that the timber cargo it is carrying be sent back to Brazil.
The Enif is currently carrying around 500 tonnes of Amazon timber, which is destined for Germany and Denmark. The Brazilian Government has said that 80% of all wood logged in the Amazon is taken illegally.
"The world's ancient forests continue to be destroyed at a frightening speed from Canada to the Amazon, from Russia to Indonesia. The German government and other European governments must stop the import of illegal and destructively logged timber," says Martin Kaiser, Greenpeace forest campaigner.
In Denver in 1997, the G8 group of industrialised nations committed to effective measures against illegal logging and the international illegal timber trade, one of the main causes of worldwide ancient forest destruction. However no action has been taken so far.
"The German government has promised action to protect the world's remaining ancient forests. Yet every month chunks of the ancient forests are being imported into Hamburg. If the G8 countries won't end their role in ancient forest destruction then Greenpeace will," said Martin Kaiser.
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