Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Forest-Abseiling-Action--Papua-New-Guinea--2007--27MZIF9VB6R.htmlConceptually similarForest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)GP041GCompleted★★★★Forest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)GP01BLMCompleted★★★★Forest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)GP0PD2Completed★★★★Forest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)GP01C42Completed★★★★Forest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)GP0YQQCompleted★★★★Papua New Guinea DocumentationGP0S1MCompleted★★★★Papua New Guinea DocumentationGP0I3MCompleted★★★★Action against Deforestation in Papua New GuineaGP031ZHCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Activist Sep Galeva GP01N5LCompleted★★★★View AllGP0DVQForest Abseiling Action (Papua New Guinea: 2007)Greenpeace activists abseil from the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby where delegates gather for the start of the 42nd International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) committee meeting. They unfurl a banner which reads “ITTO Stop Forest Destruction” in an effort to ensure that they stick to an earlier pledge to make all tropical timber come from sustainably managed forests by the year 2000. Unless something is done now to stop wholesale forest destruction there may be nothing left to save. The ITTO’s members need to take immediate action to protect the world’s last ancient forests.Locations:Melanesia-Papua New Guinea-Port MoresbyDate:7 May, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Luis Enrique AscuiMaximum size:2100px X 1400pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Buildings-Climbing actions-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Greenpeace activists-Hotels-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Outdoors-Pacific Islander ethnicities-Public engagementShoot:Forest Abseiling Action in Papua New GuineaGreenpeace activists abseil from the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby where delegates gather for the start of the 42nd International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) committee meeting. They unfurl a banner which reads “ITTO Stop Forest Destruction†in an effort to ensure that they stick to their goal to make all tropical timber come from sustainably managed forests by 2000. Unless something is done now to stop wholesale forest destruction there may be nothing left to save. The ITTO’s members need to take immediate action to protect the world’s last ancient forests.
