Green Peace

Taiwan escorts "pirate" fishing boat home after Greenpeace bust

Greenpeace activists say they discovered a falsified log book and almost 100 kilos of shark fins when they boarded the vessel on the high seas in the north west Pacific earlier this month.

The environmental group's Lagi Toribau says the Taiwan Fisheries Agency is now escorting the Shuen De Ching No 888 back to Taiwan where the ship faces suspension from operations for up to a year.

Greenpeace says ANZAC climate stance hurting Pacific

The small island nations are seeking a legally binding climate agreement from world leaders at the Paris COP 21 summit in December.

But Greenpeace's executive director, Kumi Naidoo, says the position taken by the Pacific countries is weakened without their most powerful neighbours on board.