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about Sulawesi and Bunaken
(Updated: 12.01.2007)
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Environmental Threat !!
A foreign gold mine company has only 2 boat hours away
from Bunaken started with preparations for the construction
of a gold mine. The accruing poisonous delays should be disposed
into the sea. Not only the concerned population around the area
of Rinondoran/Batubutih see its health and its basic living conditions
as Fischermen endangered through these measures, but also the Dive
Centers there consider their existence and thus also thousands
of jobs at stake. Particularly however, all of them are fearing a
damage to the sub-water world with his unique fauna. The NSWA (North
Sulawesi Watersports Association) has therefore pointed in a press
to the risks of a disposal of the waste into the sea, and alternative
into the soil and has asked the Indonesian government insistently
to deny the approval to the Australian operator of the gold mine,
as long as the harmlessness of the planned disposal method is
not proved by an independent scientific study.
There is at least a partial success to announce
meanwhile: The disposal into the sea is first overruled. However
the company wants to dispose of the waste on land now. If you liked
to follow up the latest development, then inform yourself
with Freundeskreis
Lembeh-Pulisan-Bangka
Special Word of Praise !!
Sarah Noak contemplated measures to protect the
The sub-water world of the BUNAKEN NATIONAL PARK by a unique idea:
Not by bans and regulations. No, her motto was:
Only what one sees with eyes of his
own, one can love.
And one protects only what one loves.
Unfortunately, she is no longer on the spot by now
to continue the project, initiated by her. I do not know which
reasons have made her to stop it for a start.
She set herself the task to archieve an improved
protection for the reefs by joy in dealing with nature. And she
wanted to contribute to the understanding of the local inhabitants
that the sea is not only a "fishing reservoir" and
that the environmental protection ashore is also important to the
maritime habitat. Moreover she was right putting emphasis on education
instead of laws and control and started with teaching the
native youth.
To be able to carry out her private activities more
effectively, she had founded an organization. You can look up more
about its aims on its website http://www.thinkblue-ev.de. But
it seems to me that it has not been updated since the end
of 2005 any more.
- Burned out? Hopefully only a breathing time ...
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