#Frankfurt Airport Extension blocked By Tree Dwellers

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Plans to expand Frankfurt’s Airport’s  third terminal and clear 6ha of mixed forest for the motorway connection have been put on hold by a over a month  long now forest tree-sit occupation. 

\Treburer Wald between  Zeppelinheim and Möhrfelden-Walldorf on the edge of Frankfurt is now a home to group of activists living in 3 platform and  a treehouse connected by walkways with multiple banners bringing attention to the climate, pollution and noise impact of the airport.

Frankfurt: Treburer Wald Occupation Blocking Expansion of 3rd Terminal

by Hambacher Forest.   Plans to expand Frankfurt’s Airport’s  third terminal and clear 6ha of mixed forest for the motorway connection have been put on hold for  over a month now by the forest tree-sit occupation.

Treburer Wald Occupation joins Grow Heathrow in London and Zad at Notre Dame des Landes in France as direct action outposts blocking the constant expansion and support of airline industry and its mega-projects despite their impact on the climate.

Air travel makes up 8% of the global warming effect and is projected to double by 2040.  Airports detract from ground level public transportation, offering a way for upper and upper middle class to travel while decimating and uprooting local communities.

The occupation is receiving quite a bit of local support with Sunday supporter gatherings and weekly Monday demonstrations in Terminal 1 of the Airport.

The long history of opposition to the airport expansion started here in the late 70s and became the catalyst for the German ecological movement with thousand blockading the roads and the forest.

The airport struggle was suppressed with massive amounts of police violence and brutality.  However the movement still resurfaced with a Forest Occupation in 2008 and continues to this day at Treburer Wald.

Treburer Wald Bleibt! Treburer Forest Stays!

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