Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Obama-Banner-Action-in-Riau-27MZIFL754QX.htmlConceptually similarObama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH3Completed★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH5Completed★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH6Completed★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH8Completed★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WHBCompleted★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WHCCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WHGCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WI8Completed★★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH2Completed★★★★View AllGP01WHFObama Banner Action in RiauGreenpeace activists from the Climate Defenders Camp chain themselves to excavators owned by APRIL, one of the largest pulp and paper company operating in the Kampar Peninsula, and display banners reading "Climate Crime".The 50 activists take action to stop the destruction of the rainforest carried out to make way for tree plantations, grown for pulp and paper production.Locations:Indonesia-Riau-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:12 Nov, 2009Credit:© Greenpeace / Ardiles RanteMaximum size:2500px X 1666pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Actions and protests-APRIL-Arm Bars-Banners-Chaining actions-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Day-Deforestation-Diggers-Forests (campaign title)-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Paper industry-Peatland-Small group of peopleShoot:Climate Defenders Camp in IndonesiaGreenpeace activists and local community set up a "Climate Defenders’ Camp", in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest on the threatened Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra. The Camp was built to bring urgent attention to the role that deforestation plays in driving dangerous climate change, a critical issue to be addressed at the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December in Copenhagen. The activists construct dams across the Kampar Peninsula, where forest destruction for plantations emits huge quantities of CO2 and has led Indonesia to become the world’s third largest climate polluter after China and the US. The forest peat soils in Kampar are particularly deep and store some 2 billion tones of carbon. They form one of the largest natural carbon stores on the planet and a significant global defense against global climate change. Much of the forest that once surrounded the Peninsula has been destroyed to make way for paper and palm oil plantations. Actress Melanie Laurent, and Chinese celebrities, pop star Xiao Wei and Beijing novelist Chun Sue, all join Greenpeace to speak out against forest destruction and climate change.Related Collections:Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia (Photos & Videos) Webbasics Pictures Forests