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Hambacher Forst, Yasuní and the fight to save the planet

In Germany, mobilization has paid off: the destruction of a thousand-year-old forest has been stopped. This success inspires the fight to keep the oil underground in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Español

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Dozens of young people lived in the Hambach forest to protect it. Photo: WDR

"We can either change the values of our civilization, or let the Earth go on without us." - Claude Lévi-Strauss

It has been proven yet again: fighting is the way forward, and in the Hambach forest in Germany, mobilization has paid off.