Protest Against Deforestation in Indonesia
This article discusses Greenpeace's recent activism against the rampant deforestation in Indonesia. This is a subject that I am very interested in and it caught my attention right away. The method they used was a sort of mock violence as they wielded fake chainsaws and wore masks to protest.
http://www.maple3.com/2008/08/06/protest-against-deforestation-in-indonesia/
The Greenpeace are at it again and this time, they are carrying a protest against the rampant deforestation in Indonesia.
During the protest,the Greenpeace activists donned masks and “armed� themselves with mock chainsaws. They positioned themselves outside the Forestry Ministry to urge the Indonesian government to stop deforestation.
Hm… the activists do remind me of the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Deforestation in Indonesia is so widespread that around 300 football fields of trees in Indonesia are destroyed every hour due to illegal logging, mining and slash-and-burn land clearing for highly profitable palm oil plantations.
According to a newspaper report form 2007, Greenpeace has cited that Indonesia had become the third largest carbon emitter in the world after the U.S. and China, due to the destruction of its peatlands and forests.
The effect of deforestation in Indoneisa can also be felt by its neighbouring countries like Malaysia and Singapore in the form of haze. These haze contains pollutants and dusts particles which are harmful to health and may trigger asthma attacks.
Hopefully, the Greenpeace protests can send a strong message to the government body regarding the seriousness of this matter.