Greenpeace activists protest against felling of old-growth forests in Czechia

Activists from the environmental organisation Greenpeace protested outside the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday morning against the felling of old-growth forests in Czechia. Some of the roughly two dozen protestors climbed ladders to hang a banner from the ministry building which read "The Ministry of Cutting Down Old Forests", as well as putting paper helmets on the heads and models of chainsaws in the hands of the statues above the entrance to the ministry building.

According to Greenpeace, old-growth forests are important for maintaining biodiversity and preventing climate change. The head of the campaign said that over 21,000 people had signed a petition in support of saving Czechia's old-growth forests.