Auckland & Wellington: Campaign against Kwila furniture continues

Saturday, December 18, 12 noon, 533 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland Don’t Buy Kwila campaign continues.

Auckland stores are continuing to sell kwila furniture, despite sustained lobbying about the destructive impact deforestation has in West Papua, where most of the Kwila originates.

The NZ Government is also stalling on moves to ban the entry of illegally logged wood, and although Government acknowledges that Kwila is a threatened species it is not taking effective steps to protect Kwila.

Therefore we need to take action.

Please join us to give a peaceful reminder to “Country Road” furniture store 12 noon Saturday 18 December, 2010. Christmas is definitely not the time to trade in plundered rainforest kwila!

For further information: http://indonesiahumanrights.org.nz/

Thursday December 16, 2pm, Fifth Avenue Furniture and Design, 230 Thorndon Quay, Wellington Don't Buy Kwila campaign continues

It’s that time of the year again, when kwila and other illegally logged and unsustainable hardwoods turn up in outdoor furniture shops across the country.

Rainforest Action are organising a protest outside Fifth Avenue Furniture and Design, 230 Thorndon Quay, Wellington at 2pm on Thursday 16th December. Let’s let the owners know it’s not okay to sell kwila – and educate passer-by as we go.

With protest action and consumer pressure, Rainforest Action Group, IHRC, and others have already convinced lots of large retailers of outdoor furniture and decking to stop selling kwila.

Support the people of Papua New Guinea and West Papua. Deforestation is a massive contributor to global climate change and species loss.

"Stop buying kwila. Support indigenous people. Destruction of the forest is like killing people because they lose everything. They cannot have food, they can't get water. Logging companies pollute the water too." www.times.co.nz/cms/news/interview/2008/06/art100020587.php

For more information: http://rainforest-action.blogspot.com/