Post by Nguyen Dinh Hai on Nov 21, 2003 14:28:04 GMT 7
Urgent Forests Update
As I write this, Greenpeace staff and volunteers are taking action to protect Ancient Forests on both sides of the globe: travelling into the heart of the Amazon to work with local communities, and occupying some of the tallest hardwood trees in the world in Tasmania. We need your help in both campaigns.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can change your email address, unsubscribe from this list, and have a forgotten cybercentre password mailed to you using the links at the bottom of this message. Please remember to delete these links before forwarding this message to anyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTO THE AMAZON
"Early this morning the large RIB [rigid hulled inflatable boat] left the ship to meet up with the river boat working with the small local communities along the Guajara River. To have this ice breaking ship in the Amazon with all its equipment may seem a little strange, but for the people here it means they know that we as Greenpeace, as individuals, our members and supporters care about their plight. That we will do our best to bring their suffering out into the wide open world."
Emily
On board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise
Around 40 percent of the world's remaining tropical rainforest is found in the Amazon basin, a place of enormous ecological importance in sustaining global water and climate systems. Despite decades of intense focus in the spotlight of international environmental concern, today the Amazon is under siege more than ever from the loggers, farmers, and politicians who view it as a modern Eldorado to be plundered for profit.
Together with the traditional Amazon inhabitants, Greenpeace is working to create extractive reserves - places protected from industrial logging where the people can continue to live in and off the forest sustainably.
This is something we can do, but not without your help. Please visit one of these sites, where you will find ways to be part of this great effort. Spend a few minutes to send a letter, make a donation, simply learn more about the Amazon or sign on as a Forest Guardian.
*Forest Guardians*
guardians.greenpeace.org
Our newest and most innovative cyberactivism site. This is where you can get further involved in the campaign - send letters and e-cards, take on a volunteer role, get your own personal treehouse, and learn from, meet and take action with other people like you.
Visit
guardians.greenpeace.org/posting/1069082974
for an introduction to the many features of this activist centre. To really get involved, you'll need to login using your cybercentre account and password.
*Amazon Crime Files*
forests.greenpeace.org
Updates from our staff now in the Amazon and more information about the campaign.
*Kids for Forests*
www.greenpeace.org/kidsforforests
Just for kids, because these are their forests also.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABOVE THE STYX VALLEY
The Styx Valley in Tasmania has the largest hardwood trees in the world. Many are taller than a 25-storey building, over 400 years old and up to five metres wide at the base. Among the wildlife species you'll find in these trees are... Greenpeace activists. Three men and two women from Japan, Canada, Australia, and Germany are currently 65 meters high in the branches, in a solar-powered, high-tech tree-sit to save the Tasmanian forest from being turned into woodchips.
These forests are being logged using practices banned in the rest of Australia and seen only in developing countries. Old growth forests are clear-felled and fire-bombed from the air with petrochemicals. Grazing animals are then poisoned with carrots laced with 1080 poison. And the end product of all this destruction is nothing more than woodchips, the bulk of which are bought by Japan.
The activists have occupied their tree since November 12th, and are filing frequent updates at their weblog:
weblog.greenpeace.org/tasmania
They invite you to join them in action by writing to the Japanese buyers of Tasmanian wood chips:
www.greenpeace.or.jp/cyberaction/tasmania/form_en_html
You can send messages of support to the folks in the trees by visiting the weblog and clicking on the "Contact the activists" link. (Read the postings first -- they've already answered the question about where you find a loo 65 metres off the ground in the Tasmanian forest).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WANT TO DO MORE?
1). Join Greenpeace! Make a secure online donation at:
www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html
2). Visit the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at:
act.greenpeace.org
As I write this, Greenpeace staff and volunteers are taking action to protect Ancient Forests on both sides of the globe: travelling into the heart of the Amazon to work with local communities, and occupying some of the tallest hardwood trees in the world in Tasmania. We need your help in both campaigns.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can change your email address, unsubscribe from this list, and have a forgotten cybercentre password mailed to you using the links at the bottom of this message. Please remember to delete these links before forwarding this message to anyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTO THE AMAZON
"Early this morning the large RIB [rigid hulled inflatable boat] left the ship to meet up with the river boat working with the small local communities along the Guajara River. To have this ice breaking ship in the Amazon with all its equipment may seem a little strange, but for the people here it means they know that we as Greenpeace, as individuals, our members and supporters care about their plight. That we will do our best to bring their suffering out into the wide open world."
Emily
On board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise
Around 40 percent of the world's remaining tropical rainforest is found in the Amazon basin, a place of enormous ecological importance in sustaining global water and climate systems. Despite decades of intense focus in the spotlight of international environmental concern, today the Amazon is under siege more than ever from the loggers, farmers, and politicians who view it as a modern Eldorado to be plundered for profit.
Together with the traditional Amazon inhabitants, Greenpeace is working to create extractive reserves - places protected from industrial logging where the people can continue to live in and off the forest sustainably.
This is something we can do, but not without your help. Please visit one of these sites, where you will find ways to be part of this great effort. Spend a few minutes to send a letter, make a donation, simply learn more about the Amazon or sign on as a Forest Guardian.
*Forest Guardians*
guardians.greenpeace.org
Our newest and most innovative cyberactivism site. This is where you can get further involved in the campaign - send letters and e-cards, take on a volunteer role, get your own personal treehouse, and learn from, meet and take action with other people like you.
Visit
guardians.greenpeace.org/posting/1069082974
for an introduction to the many features of this activist centre. To really get involved, you'll need to login using your cybercentre account and password.
*Amazon Crime Files*
forests.greenpeace.org
Updates from our staff now in the Amazon and more information about the campaign.
*Kids for Forests*
www.greenpeace.org/kidsforforests
Just for kids, because these are their forests also.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABOVE THE STYX VALLEY
The Styx Valley in Tasmania has the largest hardwood trees in the world. Many are taller than a 25-storey building, over 400 years old and up to five metres wide at the base. Among the wildlife species you'll find in these trees are... Greenpeace activists. Three men and two women from Japan, Canada, Australia, and Germany are currently 65 meters high in the branches, in a solar-powered, high-tech tree-sit to save the Tasmanian forest from being turned into woodchips.
These forests are being logged using practices banned in the rest of Australia and seen only in developing countries. Old growth forests are clear-felled and fire-bombed from the air with petrochemicals. Grazing animals are then poisoned with carrots laced with 1080 poison. And the end product of all this destruction is nothing more than woodchips, the bulk of which are bought by Japan.
The activists have occupied their tree since November 12th, and are filing frequent updates at their weblog:
weblog.greenpeace.org/tasmania
They invite you to join them in action by writing to the Japanese buyers of Tasmanian wood chips:
www.greenpeace.or.jp/cyberaction/tasmania/form_en_html
You can send messages of support to the folks in the trees by visiting the weblog and clicking on the "Contact the activists" link. (Read the postings first -- they've already answered the question about where you find a loo 65 metres off the ground in the Tasmanian forest).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WANT TO DO MORE?
1). Join Greenpeace! Make a secure online donation at:
www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html
2). Visit the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at:
act.greenpeace.org