For about a year and a half, climate activists and conservationists have holed up in the Heidebogen to protest against the gravel quarrying. The area will now be cleared.
The police have started an operation at a protest camp in the Heidebogen forest north of Dresden – an eviction is being examined. On Wednesday morning there should be a joint inspection with representatives of the Bautzen district office and the Sachsenforst, as the Saxony police announced in the morning via Twitter. It should be clarified whether the protest camp has to be dissolved because of a violation of conditions, it said. For about a year and a half, climate activists and nature conservationists have been holed up in the Heidebogen – known locally as Heibo – to protest against the gravel quarrying.
According to the current legal situation, a 7.5-hectare piece of forest is to be cleared for this purpose by the end of February. The police operation is intended to secure both the demonstrations and the forestry work. Both could possibly also take place in parallel. The police suspect 50 to 60 people in the camp.
Source: Stern
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