(October 2018) On 6 October 2018 there was a large demonstration "" (English: "Save the forest – Stop coal!") near Hambach Forest. It was organized by BUND, Campact, Greenpeace, NaturFreunde Deutschlands (Friends of Nature), the local initiatives and (AbL), and others. Originally planned for people, and with people anticipated before the event was temporarily forbidden two days earlier, there were participants according to the organizers; the police acknowledged some to . The demonstrators celebrated the recent court decision in a peaceful festival atmosphere with many speeches, demanding an end to the use of coal to generate power. Participating speakers included (NaturFreunde Deutschlands), Jens Sannig (pastor), Ulf Allhoff-Cramer (Detmold farmer), (Buirer für Buir), (BUND), Martin Kaiser (Greenpeace), Mamadou Mbodji (NaturFreunde Internationale), Helene Nietert (Camp for Future), (Campact), (BMU), Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Bernd Riexinger (Die Linke), Michael Zobel (forest educator), Ingo Bajerke (), (Naturfreunde), and Milan Schwarze (Ende Gelände). Various musicians supported the event with live performances including , Revolverheld, , Die Höchste Eisenbahn, , , Davide Martello, and Piri-Piri. 2019 When Greta Thunberg was awarded the Golden Camera Award in March 2019, she dedicated the prize to those protecting the Hambach Forest. She then visited the site, saying "It makes me incredibly sad, to see all this destruction, in this area that used to be a forest ecosystem, and I feel sorry for the people who have to move." 2020 In January 2020, the preservation of the Hambach Forest was agreed at a top-level meeting of the German government and the four federal states affected by the coal phase-out. The "Roadmap for Coal Phase-out" law was passed in July. Gallery See also Ende Gelände 2017 Ende Gelände 2018 September 2019 climate strikes Arnold of Arnoldsweiler Deforestation Direct action Environmental protection Sophienhöhe Forest in Germany Forest protection Forestry Fossil fuel phase-out Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment Kemerköy power station and Yeniköy power station: 2020s protests against cutting down Akbelen Forest to expand a lignite mine in Turkey Lützerath bleibt! References External links Finite: The Climate of Change - A 2022 documentary by Rich Felgate about the climate-justice movement, treehouses, activism and, among others, the Hambach Forest [1:39:16] Autonomism Environmental issues in Germany Forests and woodlands of North Rhine-Westphalia Nonviolent occupation Old-growth forests Squats in Germany