Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Greenpeace-Volunteer-Works-on-Artwork-of-Wooden-Seahorse-27MZIFISYRP0.htmlConceptually similarGreenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FG7Completed★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FG9Completed★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FGACompleted★★★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FGBCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FGCCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FGFCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers Work on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseGP02FG6Completed★★★★Close up of Wooden Seahorse ArtworkGP02FG8Completed★★★★Close up of Wooden Seahorse ArtworkGP02FGECompleted★★★★View AllGP02FGDGreenpeace Volunteer Works on Artwork of Wooden SeahorseIn the Greenpeace warehouse in Amsterdam a number of wooden seahorses are made. These wooden statues will be submerged on the Cleaver Bank, in the middle of the North Sea to guard the nature reserve, which Greenpeace declares a marine reserve. The statues protect the vulnerable life on the seabed against destructive bottom trawling. According to the organisation the Cleaver Bank has the highest biodiversity in the Dutch North Sea and has been seriously damaged by many years of intensive fishing.In original language:Greenpeace vrijwilligers maken kunstwerken in de vorm van houten zeepaardenIn de Greenpeace loods in Amsterdam wordt een serie houten zeepaarden gemaakt. Deze standbeelden zullen worden afgezonken in het gebied de ''Klaverbank" midden op de Noordzee om het natuurgebied te markeren dat Greenpeace heeft uitgeroepen tot zeereservaat. De beelden zullen het kwetsbare zeeleven en de begroeiing op de boden beschermen tegen de intensieve visserij. Volgens Greenpeace heeft de Klaverbank de grootste biodiversiteit van de Nederlandse Noordzee en het gebied is al ernstig beschadigd door jaren van intensieve visserij,Locations:Amsterdam-Europe-The NetherlandsDate:7 May, 2011Credit:© Greenpeace / Cris Toala OlivaresMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Art works-Greenpeace volunteers-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Marine Reserves (campaign title)-Seahorses-Small group of people-Wood (materials)Shoot:Manufacturing Wooden Seahorses for Marking Marine Reserves North SeaGreenpeace volunteers work out the design of artist Kenneth Lowyck of a wooden seahorse into 30 statues. These artworks, attached to heavy stone columns will be submerged on the Cleaverbank in the middle of the North Sea to mark a marine reserve.
