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| Ape protest at Unilever factory | |
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| About 50 Greenpeace campaigners are staging a protest at Unilever sites in Merseyside and London. | |
| The protesters, some dressed as apes, went into the plant at Port Sunlight, Wirral, and Unilever House on Victoria Embankment to highlight palm oil usage. | |
| Merseyside Police have described the Wirral demonstration as peaceful. The company has yet to comment. | Merseyside Police have described the Wirral demonstration as peaceful. The company has yet to comment. |
| Greenpeace claims the use of palm oil by companies such as Unilever is damaging rainforests in Indonesia. | Greenpeace claims the use of palm oil by companies such as Unilever is damaging rainforests in Indonesia. |
| A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said the force was aware of the demonstration and officers were monitoring the protesters. | A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said the force was aware of the demonstration and officers were monitoring the protesters. |
| A Greenpeace spokesman said the group arrived in two vans at the front and back entrance of the Wirral site at about 0640 BST and simply walked in. | A Greenpeace spokesman said the group arrived in two vans at the front and back entrance of the Wirral site at about 0640 BST and simply walked in. |
| Some of the protesters were dressed as orang-utans and may have caused a distraction to security, the spokesman said. | Some of the protesters were dressed as orang-utans and may have caused a distraction to security, the spokesman said. |
| We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations Greenpeace spokesman | We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations Greenpeace spokesman |
| Later at 0735 BST, campaigners dressed as orang-utans scaled ladders on to a balcony at the headquarters in London. | Later at 0735 BST, campaigners dressed as orang-utans scaled ladders on to a balcony at the headquarters in London. |
| The demonstrators are occupying the sites in protest at Unilever's use of palm oil in some of its products, such as Persil, he added. | The demonstrators are occupying the sites in protest at Unilever's use of palm oil in some of its products, such as Persil, he added. |
| The spokesman said the group would leave "if Unilever agrees to stop buying palm oil from companies who are destroying rainforests". | The spokesman said the group would leave "if Unilever agrees to stop buying palm oil from companies who are destroying rainforests". |
| "We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations," he added. | "We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations," he added. |
| Greenpeace is urging Unilever to use its influence to stop palm oil suppliers clearing areas of rainforest - the natural habitat of orang-utans in Indonesia - to support the crop. | Greenpeace is urging Unilever to use its influence to stop palm oil suppliers clearing areas of rainforest - the natural habitat of orang-utans in Indonesia - to support the crop. |
| Palm oil is an ingredient in foods and soaps and a bio-fuel added to diesel for cars. | Palm oil is an ingredient in foods and soaps and a bio-fuel added to diesel for cars. |
| The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said it was a controversial oil because it is often grown on rainforest land in South-East Asia. | The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said it was a controversial oil because it is often grown on rainforest land in South-East Asia. |