A Greenpeace activist climbs on the anchor chain of the
tanker Gran Couva and hangs a banner reading "No more forests, peatland for palm oil" during an action where crew members from the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza occupied the tanker for 24 hours. Below is a vessel with security officials who are attempting to stop the action.The tanker Gran Couva, carrying 27,000 metric tonnes of crude palm oil for the Wilmar Company, was held up from departing to its destination Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of Kampar Peninsula's peatland forest by pulp and paper and palm oil industries and is calling for the Indonesian Government to implement a moratorium on deforestation. Peatland forest is critical for maintaining biodiversity and its degradation releases vast stores of carbon thereby contributing to global climate change.