French Authorities Block Greenpeace Ship Participating in UN Ocean Conference (Greenpeace International)
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French authorities block Greenpeace ship participating in UN Ocean Conference (Greenpeace International)
) Nice, France - In retaliation against Greenpeace ahead of the UN Ocean Conference, the French authorities have blocked Greenpeace International's ship Arctic Sunrise from entering the port of Nice, where the "One Ocean Science Congress" then the UN conference are being hosted. This follows Greenpeace France highlighting the weaknesses of the French network of Marine Protected Areas last month in the Mediterranean sea, in an expedition on board…
An order made by the town hall and the prefecture forbids the Arctic Sunrise to enter the port of Nice. For the time being, the ship is off the Bay of Angels.
The NGO boat will not be able to participate in the ship parade to be held this Sunday, 8 June, on the eve of the opening of the United Nations conference on the oceans, a symbol "deplorable", according to Greenpeace.


Large green hull crossed by a rainbow, the Arctic Sunrise is recognizable from afar. A chance for Greenpeace activists. Because the boat of this environmental association is for the moment kept at a good distance from the coasts of Nice. Prohibited maritime parade, this Sunday, by the cars
French authorities block Greenpeace ship from participating in UN Ocean Conference
French authorities have blocked Greenpeace International’s ship Arctic Sunrise from entering the port of Nice, where the “One Ocean Science Congress” and the UN Ocean Conference are being hosted. This was retaliation against Greenpeace France, highlighting the weaknesses of the French network of Marine Protected Areas last month in the Mediterranean Sea, in an expedition on board the Arctic Sunrise. Greenpeace International will write a formal l…
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