My Name is In Greenpeace’s NewsLetter

July 15, 2007

Hahah, postingan jaman dulu banget, diangkat kembali karena kenorak-annnya :D, dapet dari http://web.archive.org/web/20040410102551/http://www.breakfree.web.id/ , arsip blog gua tahun 2003, kala itu masih pake domain breakfree.web.id..

My Name is In Greenpeace’s NewsLetter ( Saturday, February 21, 2004 , 15:09:52 )
Too bad they spell it wrong….
This is from http://weblog.greenpeace.org/warrior/forests-2004-pacific/press.html

University Students Encouraged by Greenpeace Presence in Indonesia

Jakarta, 27 January, 2004 — Representatives of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace spoke to about 80 students Tuesday (Jan 27) at the University of Indonesia (UI) on environmental and Greenpeace campaign-related issues. A Greenpeace campaigner, a crew member of the Greenpeace flagship the SV Rainbow Warrior and an activist from the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea (PNG) shared their stories of Greenpeace activities and actions worldwide.

The SV Rainbow Warrior docked at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok port last week. Greenpeace has been in Jakarta for two weeks at the invitation of Indonesia’s Environment Minister as part of its Asia-Pacific biodiversity campaign in the lead-up to the United Nations Summit for Life on Earth, the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next month.

“Now we know we’re not alone. Greenpeace is here to help us,” was the response of Tadjid, a member of the University’s environmental group Mapala-UI following the Greenpeace presentation.

Sep, a Greenpeace activist from Papua New Guinea’s Western Province told students of his people’s struggle against illegal logging operations in PNG and of their success last August in stopping a large logging company from destroying their forests, homes and livelihoods.

“We intend to offer our people alternatives now that the illegal and destructive logging has stopped. We are going to ask aid donors to provide funding for ecotourism projects to enable our people to survive,” he said.

Greenpeace campaigner Stephen Campbell said that Greenpeace was encouraged by the interest generated by the UI students.

“It was an excellent opportunity for Greenpeace to be invited by the student group. Greenpeace learnt a lot about issues of concern to them such as illegal and destructive logging, climate change and toxics and we are keen to work with them in these areas,” he said.

Greenpeace is working in close collaboration with its Indonesian counterparts WALHI and Telapak as part of Greenpeace’s campaign to protect the forests and the oceans the Asia-Pacific region and its build-up to the UN Summit for Life on Earth next month.

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