Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Protest-against-Suspected-Illegal-Timber-in-France-27MZIF3C3U8E.htmlConceptually similarProtest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STODL5Completed★★★★Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STODL7Completed★★★★Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STODL6Completed★★★★Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STODL8Completed★★★★Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STODL9Completed★★★★Action against Ship with Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STOGHDCompleted★★★★Action against Ship with Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STOGHECompleted★★★★★★Action against Ship with Illegal Timber in FranceGP0STOGJCCompleted★★★★Forests Action Congo to La Rochelle Timber Shipment (France: 2007)GP0VCCCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STODL4Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceActivists from Greenpeace France uncover shipments of suspected illegal timber from Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the French port of La Rochelle. They symbolically seize logs and plywood and unfurl banners. In the picture one of the activists is spraying the word "Illegal" on a log. The timber from the Brazilian Amazon - where most of logging is done illegally and timber laundered through the misuse of official documents - is imported by French group Robert & Cie. Greenpeace is calling on the French Ministry of Agriculture to take appropriate legal action.Locations:Europe-France-La RochelleDate:22 May, 2014Credit:© Nicolas Chauveau / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3736px X 2448pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Day-Deforestation-Forests (campaign title)-Greenpeace activists-Illegal-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-One person-Outdoors-Ports-Spraying-Timber-Timber industry-Wood (materials)Shoot:Protest against Suspected Illegal Timber in FranceActivists from Greenpeace France uncover shipments of suspected illegal timber from Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the French port of La Rochelle. They symbolically seize logs and plywood and unfurl banners reading in French « Illegal timber – Forests in danger », « Congo-Brazil : stop illegal logging" and in Portuguese « Stop illegal timber ». The timber from the Brazilian Amazon - where most of logging is done illegally and timber laundered through the misuse of official documents - is imported by French group Robert & Cie. Greenpeace is calling on the French Ministry of Agriculture to take appropriate legal action.
