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Action against Palm Oil Tanker in North Sea

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12/24/2008

Greenpeace activists protest against a shipment of Indonesian palm oil en route to Rotterdam by painting 'Forest Crime' on the side of the palm oil tanker Isola Corallo. The tanker is transporting a consignment of 29,000 metric tonnes of crude palm oil from Indonesia's largest palm oil producer, Sinar Mas, to Europe which has already been a subject to a Greenpeace action six weeks ago in the port of Dumai in Sumatra, Indonesia. Recent Greenpeace investigations have brought to light information showing that Sinar Mas is actively destroying Indonesian rain forests and peat lands. While not itself a household name, Sinar Mas supplies to multinationals like Nestle, Pizza Hut and Burger King. 'Sinar Mas is a climate and forest criminal', states Suzanne Kröger, Greenpeace Forests campaigner. 'Despite on-going discussions with Greenpeace, Sinar Mas continues to destroy Indonesia's last rain forests. Now is the time for companies like Nestle and Burger King to show their concern for the welfare of the planet by cancelling their contracts with Sinar Mas, otherwise they are supporting the on-going destruction of some of the world's last remaining forests and thereby dramatically speeding up climate change'.