Eviction of the Hambach Forest (Germany)

The evic­tion of the squat­ted ham­bach For­est begun this morn­ing. The for­est which is in the rheinisch brown­coal region (close to col­logne) has been squat­ted since April to stop the defor­esta­tion. RWE is cut­ting the trees to expand the largest open cast mine in europe where they extract brown coal.The rhein­ish Brown Coal area is the largest CO2 source in europe.

Sev­er­al hun­dred police forces are in the area and activists are locked-on in the trees and on the ground. They cut the walk­ways to stop the police from enter­ing the tree hous­es. The police removed an occu­pied tri­pod on the road to the squat and they have a spe­cial force for tree climb­ing in the for­est. A few activists on the ground already been arrest­ed and the main bridge to the for­est is closed. In many cities around ger­many there will be sol­i­dar­i­ty actions today. Organ­ise oth­er action in your city to sup­port the resis­tance against brown coal and for the ham­bach for­est. Look out for offices of RWE or sub­sidary com­pa­nys.