Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Forest-Action-on-Board-Ship-Transporting-Congo-Wood--Belgium--2007--27MZIFLNMXPF.htmlConceptually similarForest Action in Inflatable Boats (Belgium: 2007)GP01C4ECompleted★★★★★★Forest Action - Displaying a Banner (Belgium: 2007)GP0BSSCompleted★★★★Forest Action - Police Helicopters (Belgium: 2007)GP01GL6Completed★★★★Forest Action - Activists Display a Banner (Belgium: 2007)GP09MUCompleted★★★★Forest Action - Activists Display a Banner (Belgium: 2007)GP0Y9KCompleted★★★★Forest Action Alerts Police (Belgium: 2007)GP017E7Completed★★★★Forests Action on Illegal Timber in AntwerpGP01Z7DCompleted★★★★★★Forests Action on Illegal Timber in AntwerpGP01Z7FCompleted★★★★Forests Action on Illegal Timber in AntwerpGP01Z7ACompleted★★★★View AllGP014JEForest Action on Board Ship Transporting Congo Wood (Belgium: 2007)Greenpeace activists intercept the MS Ceynowa, a ship suspected of carrying wood from Matadi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The ship and its cargo are bound for Antwerp, Belgium. Activists board the ship and hang banners reading "Save Congo's Forest." The Congo basin of Africa is home to the second largest rainforest in the world, with around half existing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Beyond environmental impacts, logging in the region exacerbates poverty and leads to social conflicts. Greenpeace is calling on the Belgian government to make the protection of the African rainforest a priority.Locations:Antwerp-Belgium-Europe, West Europe-Flemish RegionDate:23 Jun, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Philip ReynaersMaximum size:3504px X 2336pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Cargo ships-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Timber industryShoot:Action on Ship Transporting Congo Wood in BelgiumGreenpeace activists intercept the MS Ceynowa, a ship suspected of carrying wood from Matadi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The ship and its cargo are bound for Antwerp, Belgium. Activists boarded the ship and hung banners reading "Save Congo's Forest." The Congo basin of Africa is home to the second largest rainforest in the world, with around half existing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Beyond environmental impacts, logging in the region exacerbates poverty and leads to social conflicts. Greenpeace is calling on the Belgian government to make the protection of the African rainforest a priority.
