Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Obama-Banner-Action-in-Riau-27MZIFL75I1R.htmlConceptually similarObama Banner Action in RiauGP01WGWCompleted★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WGYCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WYVCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WGXCompleted★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WH0Completed★★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WGVCompleted★★★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WGZCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WYXCompleted★★★★Obama Banner Action in RiauGP01WYYCompleted★★★★View AllGP01WH1Obama Banner Action in RiauGreenpeace activists from the Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar Peninsula take action against APRIL, one of Indonesia's biggest pulp and paper producers, to prevent it destroying the rainforest to make way for tree plantations, grown for pulp and paper. A 20 x 30 meter banner is unfurled in a freshly destroyed area of rainforest reading 'Obama you can stop this', urging the US President to take strong leadership and work closely with other Heads of State to help avert a climate crisis by ending global deforestation, responsible for about a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. The action takes place two days before Obama joins 20 other Heads of State in Singapore to discuss Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and just weeks before leaders must agree an historic deal to avert a climate crisis at the COP15 United Nations Climate Summit.Locations:Indonesia-Riau-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:12 Nov, 2009Credit:© Greenpeace / John NovisMaximum size:2808px X 1872pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Actions and protests-Activists-Aerial view-APRIL-Banners-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Day-Deforestation-Destruction-Diggers-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Paper industry-Peatland-Tropical rainforestsShoot: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.Related Collections:Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia (Photos & Videos)