greenpeace left redfaced after calendar mishap
Last Updated : GMT 09:03:51
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
Last Updated : GMT 09:03:51
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today

Greenpeace left red-faced after calendar mishap

Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today

Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Greenpeace left red-faced after calendar mishap

Crew members work on board environmental NGO Greenpeace's ship
Paris - AFP

A 2015 Greenpeace calendar accidentally includes a wildlife photo taken by a French ex-secret agent who helped bomb its flagship Rainbow Warrior vessel in 1985, the environmental group said Thursday.
The embarrassing glitch was made by a publishing firm hired by Greenpeace to produce the calendar for its US members, the group said.
The calendar features a photo taken by Alain Mafart, part of the team that sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, to stop it leading anti-nuclear protests at Mururoa, France's South Pacific test atoll.
"Workman Publishing sourced an image from a nature photographer, Alain Mafart-Renodier. It was later discovered that Mafart-Renodier is also Alain Mafart," Greenpeace USA said in a statement.
The group said Workman had refused to recall the calendar unless it was reimbursed $250,000 (190,000 euros), but said that in any case, the publisher may not be able to retrieve all of the calendars printed so far.
"We determined that this was not the best use of our donors' money. As a result, we have returned all royalty payments for the 2015 calendar we received from Workman," the group said.
"Greenpeace will not be making any money from this calendar. We have also decided to end our business relationship with Workman and the company will not be producing future Greenpeace calendars."
Axel Renaudin, the head of communications at Greenpeace France, said Workman had had a long-standing contract to provide the calendar and bought the wildlife picture in question -- of giraffes and zebras -- from an image bank.
He said that he believed the image was included by accident, and without Mafart's knowledge.
"Personally, I don't think he was even aware," Renaudin told AFP by phone.
The mistake was spotted by Greenpeace activists who were stunned at the mistake, he added.
- Sinking of Rainbow Warrior -
Mafart, a diver, was part of a team that attached two limpet mines to the underside of the Rainbow Warrior ship on July 10, 1985.
After the first explosion, the vessel began to take on water and Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, 36, went below deck to collect his gear. He was killed when the second device exploded.
New Zealand police rounded up two of the saboteurs -- Mafart and Dominique Prieur -- who had posed as a Swiss couple.
They pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were each given a 10-year sentence, although under a deal with France, they were transferred to serve out a three-year sentence at a military base on the French atoll of Hao.
Both were flown home by May 1988 after serving less than two years.
In a book he published in 1999, Mafart wrote about his training as a combat diver and his work for the DGSE, France's foreign espionage agency.
He said the operation had been designed only to disable the ship, and that the agency had been shocked at the loss of life.
The episode -- dubbed "Operation Satanique" -- was a public-relations disaster for the DGSE and the French president at the time, Francois Mitterrand.
It tainted relations between France and New Zealand for years, despite an agreement  whereby Paris paid compensation to its ally and apologised.
Stocks of the flawed calendars in Greenpeace's possession will be recycled, and the group will distribute an "alternative version" featuring photography by Pereira as a tribute to him, the group said.

almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

greenpeace left redfaced after calendar mishap greenpeace left redfaced after calendar mishap

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

greenpeace left redfaced after calendar mishap greenpeace left redfaced after calendar mishap

 



Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Skincare PR Performance Full Year 2017

GMT 09:22 2018 Monday ,22 January

Skincare PR Performance Full Year 2017
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way

GMT 11:03 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Modern colorful bedroom renovation

GMT 10:57 2017 Thursday ,21 December

Modern colorful bedroom renovation
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president

GMT 13:56 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today Turkey detains dozens more

GMT 10:47 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

Turkey detains dozens more

GMT 15:09 2014 Thursday ,10 July

Architecture tale of old and new

GMT 18:44 2017 Thursday ,21 December

South Sudan warring parties agree ceasefire: AU chair

GMT 18:38 2012 Sunday ,05 February

Deadline hours away for Greek

GMT 13:07 2014 Tuesday ,25 March

Alfa Romeo returns to US

GMT 17:47 2014 Tuesday ,19 August

How children's brains memorise math facts

GMT 18:37 2015 Thursday ,02 July

As nations dither, cities pick up climate slack

GMT 06:54 2013 Sunday ,21 July

Bombs strike favoured Ramadan hangouts in Iraq

GMT 16:03 2016 Friday ,04 November

Arsenal-Spurs feud divides families in north London

GMT 05:15 2012 Tuesday ,27 November

DNA sleuth hunts wine roots in Anatolia

GMT 09:54 2011 Thursday ,21 July

Gold prices near $1602 in Asia

GMT 02:47 2016 Sunday ,18 December

Bahrain condemns central Turkey blast

GMT 07:16 2015 Thursday ,16 July

Teenage births at lowest level in 70 years

GMT 06:31 2012 Tuesday ,21 February

Frozen plants back to life

GMT 11:10 2017 Saturday ,28 January

IMF concerned over Afghanistan refugee influx

GMT 07:41 2017 Monday ,23 January

Iraq forces take two more areas in east Mosul
Almaghrib Today, almaghrib today
 
 Almaghrib Today Facebook,almaghrib today facebook  Almaghrib Today Twitter,almaghrib today twitter Almaghrib Today Rss,almaghrib today rss  Almaghrib Today Youtube,almaghrib today youtube  Almaghrib Today Youtube,almaghrib today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

.almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday .almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday almaghribtoday almaghribtoday
almaghribtoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
almaghribtoday, Almaghribtoday, Almaghribtoday