Climate Defenders Camp

Fire at our Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia

Posted by jamie — 12 April 2010 at 4:36pm - Comments

A guest post from Laura at our international office in Amsterdam which was first posted on the Climate Rescue blog

Early on Sunday a fire destroyed part of the Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia on Riau’s Kampar Peninsula. The flames were spotted by villagers across the Kampar river in Teluk Meranti in the early hours of the morning. Luckily the camp's caretaker was not there at the time and no one was injured.

Article tagged as: climate defenders camp, forests, indonesia, kampar, riau, sumatra

Climate Defenders in Indonesia strike again

Posted by jamie — 25 November 2009 at 6:18pm - Comments

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Just hanging around... our activists shut down a paper mill that was busy pulping the rainforest.

After building dams and shutting down bulldozers to prevent further deforestation, the team at the Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia has swung into action once more. At dawn, climbers entered a huge pulp and paper mill in Sumatra and scaled the massive loading cranes, blocking operations at the mill.

As I write, the latest reports are that three teams of climbers have been removed and detained, while a fourth remains in place on one of the cranes. In keeping with earlier reactions to the Climate Defenders, they've been threatened and intimidated but they're still holding out.

Article tagged as: APP, climate defenders camp, direct actions, forests, indonesia
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