Finnish company in environmental objection

Greenpeace blockades wood pulp shipment

- Greenpeace said it blockaded a ship on Friday slated to carry a cargo of wood pulp from a Canadian freshwater port to a German plant operated by Stora Enso in protest over what the environmental group said are destructive logging practices.

Stora Enso, the largest paper and board manufacturer in the world, is a Finnish/Swedish venture.

Stora Enso is also in trouble in China where it is planning a huge plantation of eucalyptus to meet its needs for pulp. Natural diversity is put at risk when the area is filled with imported eucalyptus trees planted in straight rows. The tree plantations can also suck up water that would be needed by local agriculture. Fertiliser could also be left in the soil. The problem has remain unresolved even as Stora Enso moves rapidly with the project.

Stora Enso has problems in its plans in Uruguay with protestors in Argentina coming onto the streets.

Stora Enso also faces problems in Finland where they have been accused by Greenpeace of attacking the Europe's last ancient forests in northern Lapland.

But Stora Enso just ignores all the objections as it feels its size is its muscle!