Illegal logs

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Greenpeace activists paint 'Forest Destruction, Climate Crime, Moratorium Now' on barges of illegally felled trees waiting in Paia Port waterways to be loaded onto the 'Harbour Gemini' ship, currently occupied by Greenpeace activists, in the rainforests of the 'Turama extension' logging concession, Paia port, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Thursday 4th September 2008.

These forests are being felled by Turama Forest Industries - a group company of Malayasian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau. Twenty percent of global greenhouse emissions annually are caused by the deforestation of natural forests worldwide.

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Title: Illegal logs
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Created: Fri, 09/26/2008 - 4:23pm
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