The media is a crucial element of our strategy. The media is interested in deforestation but are much more interested in what people are doing about it. We see open defiance of unjust laws as both honourable and necessary. We are proud of what we are doing. There is power in the truth.
Openness holds the benefit therefore of enhancing our media strategy.
RAG has protested the arrival of timber ships for nearly two years. The police know we intend to blockade them. It is routine for them to station police at the docks and in the water every time a ship comes in. The first blockade we did was like a full scale naval operation. They have the resources to intervene with our intervention every time if they choose.