Editing Greenpeace (section)

===Removal of an ancient tree===
In June 1995, Greenpeace took a trunk of a tree from the forests of the proposed [[national park]] of Koitajoki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=93031 |title=Finland's environmental administration, 1995 |publisher=Ymparisto.fi |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312055411/http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=93031 |archive-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> in [[Ilomantsi]], Finland and put it on display at exhibitions held in Austria and Germany. Greenpeace said in a press conference that the tree was originally from a logged area in the [[ancient forest]] which was supposed to be protected. [[Metsähallitus]] accused Greenpeace of theft and said that the tree was from a normal forest and had been left standing because of its old age. Metsähallitus also said that the tree had actually crashed over a road during a storm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vihreavoima.tripod.com/finnish_greenpeace.htm |title=Stolen trunk of a tree: references from Iltasanomat. 9.6.1995 |publisher=Vihreavoima.tripod.com |access-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717104008/http://vihreavoima.tripod.com/finnish_greenpeace.htm |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The incident received publicity in Finland, for example in the large newspapers ''[[Helsingin sanomat|Helsingin Sanomat]]'' and ''[[Ilta-Sanomat]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/arkisto/haku?pageNumber=1&order=FIFO&advancedSearch=1&free=greenpeace&date=20070110&depa=Kaikki+osastot&fromDay=1&fromMonth=8&fromYear=1995&toDay=1&toMonth=8&toYear=1995 |title=References from Helsingin Sanomat, 1.8.1995 |publisher=Hs.fi |date=8 January 1995 |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811005223/http://www.hs.fi/arkisto/haku?pageNumber=1&order=FIFO&advancedSearch=1&free=greenpeace&date=20070110&depa=Kaikki+osastot&fromDay=1&fromMonth=8&fromYear=1995&toDay=1&toMonth=8&toYear=1995 |archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref> Greenpeace replied that the tree had fallen down because the protective forest around it had been [[clearcutting|clearcut]], and that they wanted to highlight the fate of old forests in general, not the fate of one particular tree.<ref>Häirikkö lintukodossa : Suomen Greenpeace 1989–1998 (vastuullinen julkaisija: Matti Vuori, toimitus: Laura Hakoköngäs, 1998, {{ISBN|951-97079-3-X}})</ref> Greenpeace also highlighted that Metsähallitus admitted the value of the forest afterwards as Metsähallitus currently refers to Koitajoki as a distinctive area because of its old growth forests.<ref>Häirikkö lintukodossa : Suomen Greenpeace 1989–1998 (vastuullinen julkaisija: Matti Vuori, toimitus: Laura Hakoköngäs, 1998, {{ISBN|951-97079-3-X}}).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luontoon.fi/page.asp?Section=6582 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811195005/http://www.luontoon.fi/page.asp?Section=6582 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2007 |title=Metsähallitus: The Nature of Koitajoki (in Finnish) |publisher=Luontoon.fi |access-date=21 February 2011}}</ref>