At 9am this morning five Greenpeace volunteers ended their occupation of the MV Roxane Dolmas after an injunction against them was obtained by the shipping company Dolmas Shipping Line. The volunteers had been attempting to prevent the boat unloading wood from Africa's last remaining rainforests. The occupation ended the day before the ministerial meeting of the "Ancient Forest Summit" (Conference on Biological Diversity in The Hague).
No arrests have so far been made.
Greenpeace is urging ministers to agree measures at the Ancient Forest Summit to end the international trade in illegally and destructively logged wood from ancient forests.
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