Greenpeace is an international environmental organization known for campaigns against issues like whaling, deforestation, and climate change. It has over 2 million supporters and funds its operations through donations. Botnia is building a large pulp mill in Uruguay that will employ over 8,000 people but is opposed by some due to environmental concerns. The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector development in developing countries to reduce poverty. Local residents have organized protests and blockades against the mill's construction.

1. Botnia Uruguay-Argentina Omar Cueva

2. Greenpeace’s focus are the environmental issues, and it has become known for its campaigns against whaling, bottom trawling, global warming, ancient forest destruction, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. It has a presence in 42 countries worldwide. The global organization receives its income through the individual contributions of an estimated 2.8 million financial supporters, as well as from grants from charitable foundations.

3. BOTNIA Botnia S.A., a subsidiary of Finnish corporation Botnia, is currently building a large cellulose factory in Fray Bentos to produce bleached eucalyptus pulp. The investment in the project is about 1 billion USD and the factory will directly or indirectly employ more than 8,000 people. The project, however, is not without opponents.

4. World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) The International Finance Corporation (IFC) promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people's lives. IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, DC. It shares the primary objective of all World Bank Group institutions: to improve the quality of the lives of people in its developing member countries.

5. Environmental Assembly of Gualeguaychú www.noalapapelera.com.ar

6. Blockade PROTESTER’S STRATEGY

7. Blockade

8. Presidents meeting in Viena

9. COMPANY RESPONSES The company responses were considerably passive and most of the time involving the Uruguayan’s government.

10. Campaign

11. Videos Argentina y Uruguay después de Botnia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiugB2OjsqE&feature=related Campaign “Mensaje para Botnia” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUw1xiYMUrI&feature=related Campaign “No a la Contaminacion” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp47oS3bOyw Botnia “Pulp mill production process” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZyGZEH8SEY