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NEW ZEALAND: Prime Kiwi Habitat to Be Destroyed by Coal Mine

by Forests.org, a project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
http://forests.org/
June 30, 2005

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New Zealand Government Fails to Protect Endangered National Bird
http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=kiwi

New Zealand's (Aotearoa) national bird is the kiwi and the people call themselves kiwis – yet New Zealand’s state-owned coal mining company plans to destroy prime habitat of the endangered great spotted kiwi with a new open pit coal mine. Solid Energy Coals claims it can kill kiwi under the Coal Mines Act despite the species being "absolutely protected" under the Wildlife Act. As well as being prime habitat for the great spotted kiwi, the proposed coal field is home to a rare land snail, red tussock grasslands, wetlands, and beech forest derived from the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. Two open pit mines, disposal areas and roads and offices will scar some 250 hectares of this distinctive landscape, while fouling natural waterways.

Strangely, the New Zealand government is both funding kiwi restoration projects throughout the country to save them from extinction, while simultaneously promoting coal mining which is destroying prime kiwi habitat. A broad coalition of environmental groups is fighting the mine.

Earlier this year local NGOs and a Maori tribe took Solid Energy to court in order to stop the mine. Solid Energy won but is now suing two of the NGOs for costs totaling $US270,000.

Please take the time to demand that Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Chemical - two prime customers for the high quality coal - not buy coal derived from the habitat of New Zealand's endangered national bird.

http://forests.org/action/alert.asp?id=kiwi


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As the July 4th weekend approaches we know many of your groups are planning activities that will call attention to the horrendous conditions at the Guantanamo Prison Camp and other U.S. detention facilities. We want to make sure you know that several new leaflets are available for your use in this work. Click here to access these pieces: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2914

The leaflets are not date-specific, so they will still be relevant and useable after this weekend. Please feel free to download and make copies of any or all of the leaflets that are available. And if you know of other groups working on this issue please send them a copy of this memo and the links to the leaflets.

As always, we encourage you to post any activities (protests, educational events, public meetings, etc.) on the calendar on the UFPJ web site. Just click here: http://unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=50

peace,

Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator
United for Peace and Justice

Die Vereinigung der Huaorani-Frauen im ecuadorianischen Amazonas will mit einem Friedenscamp im Yasuni-Nationalpark das traditionelle indianische Stammesgebiet vor der Zerstörung durch Ölausbeutung schützen. Der Yasuni-Park gehört zu den artenreichsten Gebieten der Welt und ist seit Jahrhunderten Lebensraum von etwa 2500 Huaoranis. Rettet den Regenwald hat 5000 Dollar Soforthilfe für das Huaorani-Friedenscamp zur Verfügung gestellt.

Bitte unterstützen Sie die Huaorani-Frauen und protestieren Sie noch heute bei der Ecuadorianischen Regierung. Hier gehts direkt zur Protestmail

http://www.regenwald.org/mailaktion/aktion.php?show=45

Bitte leiten Sie diese mail an möglichst viele Freunde und Bekannte weiter, wenn diese damit einverstanden sind!

Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung und herzliche Grüße.

Reinhard Behrend
Rettet den Regenwald e. V.
Friedhofsweg 28
22337 Hamburg
Tel. 040 - 4103804
info@regenwald.org

Next Steps

Please Spread the Word About Japan’s Hunt for Humpbacks.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69534291749144715878665

Several weeks ago, you sent more than 10,000 letters to several key countries asking them to vote against Japan’s proposal to reopen the hunt for humpbacks in international waters.

Your heartfelt activism has already made an impact: In South Korea, the city of Ulsan (where this year’s International Whaling Commission meeting is being held) has declared they will abandon plans to build a proposed whale and dolphin meat processing factory.

We are also encouraged by the early voting of the Government of China, which is asserting its leadership for whale conservation instead of just following Japan as it has done in past years.

The fate of humpback whales hangs in the balance

But the most important whaling votes are yet to come, including a resolution criticizing Japan’s humpback whaling proposal. We need to keep the pressure on to make sure the songsters of the sea never have to face the cruelty and suffering of explosive harpoons ever again.

So far, Japan’s efforts to push forward their pro-whaling agenda have been thwarted at this year’s whale meeting, but Japan is working furiously to fly in other registered pro-whaling countries to shift the balance before the end of the week.

We can’t come close to matching the millions of yen Japan’s government is spending to push through their whaling agenda, but with your help, we may be able to ensure conservation-minded countries carry the day at this year’s meeting, protecting whales and the commission set up to protect them.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69540231749144715878665

Please Tell As Many As You Can

In response to Japan’s horrific proposal to slaughter humpback whales in international waters, we’ve created a Stop Whaling Action Center to collect as many signatures as we can from around the world.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69534301749144715878665

But we need your help to let others know about it.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69534311749144715878665

Can you help us reach 50,000 signatures?

Once you’ve signed the petition, please pass it along to friends, family and neighbors who care about making sure we don’t lose the songs of the sea forever.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69534321749144715878665

Simply click here to tell your friends.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M69534331749144715878665
It’s not too late to stop the killing of humpbacks in the open ocean. But we must act now. The crucial vote could come at any day during this week’s IWC meeting.

It’s also very expensive to send our team to Korea to fight to make sure the result of the IWC is whale conservation, not killing more whales. If you can make a contribution to support IFAW right now, it would be greatly appreciated.

If we tell as many others as we can about the unfolding tragedy about to occur in our oceans, we can win this fight.

Sincerely,

Fred O’Regan
President and CEO

IFAW © 2005

http://www.demo.stoppt-softwarepatente.de

Weit über 2.000 Menschen haben in den letzten Wochen per E-Mail von Campact und Attac gegen die geplante EU-Softwarepatentrichtlinie demonstriert. Die Front der Befürworter der Richtlinie unter den Abgeordneten scheint deutlich geschwächt: Nach Campact-Recherchen wollen ein Drittel der Parlamentarier gegen die Richtlinie stimmen http://www.campact.de/stopptswp/mepbyname . Über die Hälfte der Abgeordneten ist allerdings noch unentschieden – sie müssen wir bis zur Abstimmung am 7. Juli überzeugen (Weitere Infos:
http://www.stoppt-softwarepatente.de/stopptswp/5minuteninfo)

Beteiligen Sie sich mit Ihrem Foto an der europaweiten Online-Demonstration von Campact und Attac unter

http://www.demo.stoppt-softwarepatente.de

Brüssel ist weit, deswegen gehen wir im Internet demonstrieren!

Hunderte Menschen laden ein Photo von sich auf unsere Webseite. Die Bilder setzen sich zum Schriftzug „No Software-Patents“ zusammen. Mit jedem hochgeladenen Photo tritt dieser deutlicher in Erscheinung. Kurz vor der Abstimmung im Europäischen Parlament werden wir dann die Online-Demonstration als großes Banner in Brüssel entrollen. Doch damit der Plan klappt, brauchen wir Ihre Unterstützung!

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Gehören Online-Demos zu den Bürgerrechten?

Die Stiftung bridge will Zivilcourage in der digitalen Gesellschaft fördern und unterstützt neben "Libertad!" die Online-Kampagne von attac gegen Softwarepatente.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/20/20287/1.html