Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Blockade-Action-against-Wood-Importer-27MZIFIZ2RZA.htmlConceptually similarBlockade Action against Wood ImporterGP0291HCompleted★★★★Blockade Action against Wood ImporterGP0291KCompleted★★★★Blockade Action against Wood ImporterGP0291GCompleted★★★★Blockade Action against Wood ImporterGP0291JCompleted★★★★Forests Action at Frischeis in AustriaGP012UJCompleted★★★★Forests Action at Frischeis in AustriaGP0Q2CCompleted★★★★Forests Action at Frischeis in AustriaGP0AXRCompleted★★★★Forests Action at Frischeis in AustriaGP014PSCompleted★★★★Blockade Action against Wood ImporterGP0291LCompleted★★★★View AllGP0291FBlockade Action against Wood ImporterWith a giant stump from the Canadian coastal rain forests of the Clayoquot Sound activists protest in front of the Stockerau headquarters of J&A Frischeis, a wood trading company. 30 activists chain themselves to the gate of the company and so block the entry to the premises. Frischeis is one of the biggest Austrian importers of wood from the primeval forests of the tropics, Canada and Russia. The 400 year old stump "Stumpy" has a diameter of two meters at the cut surface and weighs 4 tons. The tree was cut down in 1988 by the Canadian timber company MacMillan Bloedel.In original language:Urwaldbaum blockiert HolzimporteurMit einem riesigen Baumstumpf aus dem kanadischen Regenwald protestiert Greenpeace vor der Zentrale des Stockerauer Holzhändlers J&A Frischeis. 30 Aktivisten ketteten sich vor den Toren des Unternehmens an und blockieren so die Zufahrt zum Firmengelände. Die Firma Frischeis ist einer der größten österreichischen Importeure von Holz aus Urwäldern der Tropen, Kanadas und Rußlands. Der rund 400 Jahre alte Baumstumpf mit dem Spitznamen "Stumpy" hat an der Schnittstelle einen Durchmesser von zwei Metern und wiegt vier Tonnen. Der Baum wurde 1988 vom kanadischen Holzkonzern MacMillan Bloedel gefällt.Locations:Austria-Central Europe-StockerauDate:19 Apr, 1994Credit:© Greenpeace / Waltraud GeierMaximum size:6005px X 3942pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Banners-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Gates-Greenpeace activists-Outdoors-Timber-Timber industryShoot:Blockade Action against Wood ImporterWith a giant stump from the Canadian coastal rain forests of the Clayoquot Sound activists protest in front of the Stockerau headquarters of J&A Frischeis, a wood trading company. 30 activists chain themselves to the gate of the company and so block the entry to the premises. Frischeis is one of the biggest Austrian importers of wood from the primeval forests of the tropics, Canada and Russia. The 400 year old stump "Stumpy" has a diameter of two meters at the cut surface and weighs 4 tons. The tree was cut down in 1988 by the Canadian timber company MacMillan Bloedel.
