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GREENPEACE ANTI-CLEARCUTTING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN EUROPE

Protests follow B.C. Premier Harcourt during PR tour of Germany

BONN, February 1, 1994 -- This morning in front of the Parliamentary
Society building, Greenpeace activists performed Oh Canada using chainsaws
and a tree stump in order to welcome British Columbia Premier Mike
Harcourt as he arrived to meet German Parliamentarians.

Protesters wearing t-shirts bearing Premier Harcourt's likeness and the
slogan "WANTED: "MISTER KAHLSCHLAG (clearcut) - FOREST DESTROYER #1" are
escorting the Premier on his European tour.  The Premier is currently in
Germany for two days to try to sell British Columbia's clearcutting
practices as environmentally sound in meetings with politicians,publishing
houses and the paper industry.  Greenpeace plans to meet the Premier on
his visits to Hamburg on Wednesday, Brussels on Thursday and London on Friday.

Greenpeace's campaign internationally is focused on promoting alternative
logging methods to clearcutting, in Canada as well as in other countries
where clearcutting is still used.  Recent developments in the campaign
include:

**This week the German publishing company included a 12 page insert in its
weekly mailing of der Spiegel on the impacts of clearcutting.  The
newsmagazine has a circulation of 1.4 million.

**Yesterday in London, Greenpeace campaigners met with representatives
from British Industry to outline the steps needed for moving away from
destructive logging methods such as clearcutting towards other,
ecologically sound practices.

**This week Greepeace representatives will meet with Members of the
European Parliament who will be travelling to Canada later this month to
gather information about Canadian forest practices.

In Canada, more events will be held during the week of February 7, prior
to the February 10th trial of eight Greenpeace activists who were arrested
last November on the Kennedy River bridge in Clayoquot Sound.  A schedule
of events will be sent out shortly.

For more information please contact:

Karen Mahon or Tamara Stark Greenpeace Vancouver 604-253-7701

**NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS:  photos of today's protests are available through
Associated Press and Reuters.