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Keywords
Actions and protests
Arrests
Cars
Day
Forests (campaign title)
Greenpeace activists
Illegal logging
KWCI (GPI)
Police
Vicaima
Forests Arctic Sunrise Amazon Timber action (Portugal : 2005)
Police with arrested activist next police vehicle. Greenpeace and Portuguese environmental group, Quercus blockade entrance to the Vicaima timber importing company near Porto, Portugal. The company is known to have imported timber from companies in the Amazon who have been involved in illegal logging. The volunteer activists from Portugal, Brazil, Spain and Germany use chains to lock gates shut and prevent timber lorries from entering.
Unique identifier:
GP0HV8
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
29/03/2005
Locations:
Europe, West Europe
,
Porto
,
Portugal
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Nick Cobbing
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Shoot:
Amazon Timber Action in Portugal
Protest aiming at exposing Portugal's role as European gateway for illegal timber from ancient forests.
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