Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner reading in French "Illegal timber : France permissive" on a crane in the port of La Rochelle, France. They are protesting against the Safmarine Sahara, a cargo ship loaded with timber sourced from companies with links to illegal logging operations in the DRC. The action exposes France’s role in fuelling the destruction of the DRC rainforest by buying timber illegally logged in the region. Greenpeace is urging the owners of the shipment to reject timber from illegal loggers until they can prove that the timber comes from legal sources. Greenpeace is also calling on the French government to tackle illegal logging and improve forest governance and law enforcement.