Caption

Protest sign in Hambach Forest, environmental activists protest against clearing for open-cast lignite mining. Hambach Forest became a nationally recognised symbol of resistance against the expansion of lignite mining and the fight against progressive climate change and global warming. Environmental activists and climate activists lived in tree houses for years to protest against deforestation. Hambach Forest, Düren district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Dec 29, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A43_483

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No

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No

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Rights managed

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103,4Mb (6,6Mb) / 16,4in x 24,5in / 4912 x 7360 (300dpi)

Keywords

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