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'Bandit' loggers ordered to 'hijack' Greenpeace in the Amazon

Last edited 26 November 2003 at 9:00am
26 November, 2003

300 Brazilian loggers, bribed by local officials with promises of free alcohol, fuel and T-shirts, converged on the Greenpeace ship the MV Arctic Sunrise in a mid-river stand-off in the Amazon yesterday (23 November). The loggers are angered by the international environmental group's ongoing exposure of illegal logging in the area.

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Illegal logging and destruction continues in the Amazon

Last edited 24 November 2003 at 9:00am
24 November, 2003

Porto de Moz (Para, Brazil), 22 November 2003 - Greenpeace today protested against industrial level forest exploitation in the remote Porto de Moz region of Brazil's Para State. Activists painted "Crime" on 6,000 cubic metres of logs and on a barge used to transport logs, and marked the area with yellow tape as a "Forest Crime" scene.

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Free speech on trial

Last edited 19 November 2003 at 9:00am

President George W Bush is visiting the UK this week. Prior to his arrival, he told the BBC that protestors didn't worry him, adding that they were "lucky" to live in a country "where people are free to say anything".

Yet George Bush's administration is prosecuting an entire organisation - Greenpeace - for the peaceful activities of its members.

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Violence in the Amazon revealed

Last edited 4 November 2003 at 9:00am

During November and December 2003, our ship the MV Arctic Sunrise is visiting and supporting the local communities of Para State, who have long been fighting against the invasion of their traditional lands by grileiros (land grabbers), and loggers. The communities are working with Greenpeace to create a protected reserve in the region, for legal and sustainable forestry operations and for governance and social justice.

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Deni Indians celebrate the demarcation of their land

Last edited 25 July 2003 at 8:00am
Deni Celebration of Demarcation

Deni Celebration of Demarcation

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Historic victory for mahogany and ancient rainforests

Last edited 14 November 2002 at 9:00am
14 November, 2002

Greenpeace today welcomed the decision to list Brazilian mahogany as a priority species in need of increased international protection. Big Leaf Mahogany, which is used primarily in high-end furniture, is found in tropical forests from the South of Mexico through Central America and down to the Amazon. Whilst the US is the largest importer, a significant volume is still traded in the UK. Brazilian mahogany dining tables sell at Harrods.

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Illegal logs seized after attack on peaceful Amazon protest

Last edited 19 September 2002 at 8:00am
19 September, 2002

Amazon rainforest protest against forest destructi

Two illegal logging barges carrying over two hundred logs have been impounded and the owner fined almost 200,000 Brazilian reals - nearly US$ 60,000, after a three-day river blockade mounted by Greenpeace activists and local community members in the Amazon to protest against forest destruction and demand the reation of an Extractive Reserve (1). 

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X Games champion Bob Burnquist joins Greenpeace in the Amazon

Last edited 2 September 2002 at 8:00am
Xgames skateboard champion Bob Burnquist wife Jennifer shows their support for Greenpeace's forests campaign

Xgames skateboard champion Bob Burnquist wife Jennifer shows their support for Greenpeace's forests campaign

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UK Government hypocrisy exposed as German authorities act to stop illegal mahogany imports

Last edited 22 March 2002 at 9:00am
22 March, 2002

Illegal mahogany trade

Greenpeace today condemned the British Government for failing in its commitment to protect ancient forests as it was revealed that authorities in Germany have impounded a cargo of illegally logged mahogany from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest - almost identical to one the UK government refused to seize earlier this month. Authorities in Belgium have today also committed to action on this issue.

The Brazilian mahogany, imported to Germany by international timber trader DLH, was seized by German authorities upon its arrival in Hamburg docks at the beginning of March. The mahogany has been impounded whilst the Government attempts to clarify with Brazilian Authorities whether or not the mahogany contravenes a mahogany logging and trade ban imposed by the Brazilian government at the end of last year.

Explaining the German government's action the Deputy Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, Mathias Berninger, said that "This mahogany is from the Rainforest of Brazil and originates presumably from dubious forest management We are holding this mahogany and we will not release it, until it is ensured that it was logged under reasonable circumstances." (1)

A further cargo of mahogany is destined for Belgium and the UK. Today the Belgian Minister for the Environment, Magda Aelvoet stated that "The trade in mahogany from dubious origin is unacceptable. In such circumstances Belgium will detain mahogany as long as there is no absolute clarity about the legal status of the produced mahogany." (2)

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Blair accused of hypocrisy on Amazon timber imports as Greenpeace takes

Last edited 4 March 2002 at 9:00am
4 March, 2002

Greenpeace today accused Tony Blair of hypocrisy as they took the Government to court to try and stop Britain importing illegally logged mahogany from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (1).

Greenpeace first alerted the Government to the illegal shipments on January 31st, after investigations revealed that two cargoes of Brazilian mahogany were headed to the UK - despite a complete ban on mahogany logging and export being imposed by the Brazilian Government late last year (2).

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