'Illegal wood' protest at new EU offices

Greenpeace activists this morning occupied a new EU building in Brussels in protest at the use of rainforest timber in the construction work.

Greenpeace activists this morning occupied a new EU building in Brussels in protest at the use of rainforest timber in the construction work.

About 50 demonstrators entered the new offices of the Economic and Social Committee – a long-standing EU advisory body - complaining that contractors have been fitting illegal wood from the ancient forests of Indonesia.

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