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March 21, 2005
Action in Den Haag (Netherlands)
The international adventure continues - on Friday, another Forest Rescue Station container was put in place - but not in Finland. This one - which was just likes the ones we have here in the forests, was symbolically placed outside the Finnish Embassy in Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands - along with a banner, strung from two streetlights, which read "Save Ancient Forests".
One of the activists, Martijn, was just back from the Finnish Forest Rescue Station - must have been a strange experience for him!
The police removed some of our activists from both the streetlights and the container, arresting twelve of them and either fining them or a court order. The activists requested to a meeting with the ambassador to explain the importance of protecting the ancient forests of Finland - the ambassador, even invited some of them inside - but a little too late, they had already been arrested by then!
It was all over the media though - the action was reported by local and national newspapers, and on radio and television. Nice work guys...
- Jetske and Dave
© Greenpeace/Rob Keeris
© Greenpeace/Rob Keeris
Posted by Dave at March 21, 2005 06:25 PM
Comments
You give total misinformation.Reindeer herding has not been very natural for over many decadesin Finaland. They are herded bynskidoos and helicopters and their number is absolutely too high to be sustainable. Also majority of people in Inari oppose you. Manu Sami peiple have bothn loggers and reindeer keepers and are noy supporting you.
Please stop giving idealiastic misinformation
Eero Priha
Ps. Read Jouni Kitti's (a sami parlamentarian)article in Aaamulehti today (unfortunately only in Finnish)
Posted by: Eero Priha at March 27, 2005 11:29 AM
Hi Eero - I think you'll find that while Mr Kitti was formerly a parliamentarian, he hasn't been for some years.
Also - I think you'll find that a lot of people in Inari support what we're doing here.
Posted by: Dave at March 28, 2005 09:49 PM
