Tribe.net. Local Connections Mish http://gaia.tribe.net/thread/a852f7bd-5a4c-4fe5-8ec5-f2acb9e15894#7b12cfc3-23b9-4db1-b817-4684ead756fb 2006-05-31T21:14:27Z 2006-05-31T21:14:27Z

There is a lot of nasty shit going down in Chile thanks to neoliberalism and the "economic boom". Pascua Lama is perhaps the most dire case. In chilean patagonia the ancient forests (temperate rainforests, much like Cascadia and New Zealand) are being shaved to grow GMO eucalyptus plantations that will dry the land out in less than a generation to feed cellulose plants. CELCO, outside Valdivia, has poured poison into the rivers and all but killed the Santuario de la Naturaleza Carlos Andwanter, home of several endangered species and supposedly an internationally protected RAMSAR wetland. If anyone wants to know more about this and can read spanish, please check out: www.accionporloscisnes.org So far no international action has been taken, but it's about time to get it running. Paz

Mish 2006-05-31T21:14:27Z $item.owner.firstName http://gaia.tribe.net/thread/a852f7bd-5a4c-4fe5-8ec5-f2acb9e15894#e1b408df-3505-4645-829b-c476103d5d68 2006-05-24T19:14:58Z 2006-05-24T19:14:58Z

it's not often i sign or post petition emails but this one i suspect qualifies as an exception... I have just cut amd paste and have not checked the authenicity but i do know and trust some of the names listed.... Hi all, Apologies. I don't know if these make a difference but I'm afraid this one has to be done. After three years of living in the mountains and being fortunate enough to appreciate the amazing wilderness of Canada and New Zealand. I think the destruction of (three) glaciers for gold seems somewhat unjustified...maybe it's just me?! .... For those of you thinking about working for a mining company in South America this makes Jumbo Glacier project seem a little bit inconsequential! We are supposedly in the midst of global warming and seemingly wanton destruction of our planet for the sake of wealth, maybe this is a little help a little too late..... Have a good day wherever you are. If you don't want to sign it fair enough...it just makes some interesting reading. I did my own research separate to the petition sent below and found these links to show that it's not some huge and very sad joke. Peter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascua_Lama On-line encyclopedia http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=10550&topic_id=1 Santiago Times http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75978 independent/ left news group http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12447 http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Barrick/Pascua_Lama_Background http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/257/Barrick_opposition http://forum2.breakthechain.org/viewtopic.php?t=1794 verification of chain letters IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS PETITION CLICK ON THIS LINK ......If you forward it send contacts as a 'blind copy' to aviod junk mail. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/946839131?ltl=1148474564 This is what I was sent.... Judge for yourself, if you want to take action : In the Valle de San Felix, the purest water in Chile runs from 2 rivers, fed by 2 glaciers. Water is a most precious resource, and wars will be fought for it. Indigenous farmers use the water, there is no unemployment , and they provide the second largest source of income for the area. Under the glaciers has been found a huge deposit of gold , silver and other minerals. To get at these, it would be necessary to break, to destroy the glaciers - something never conceived of in the history of the world and to make 2 huge holes, each as big as a whole mountain, one for extraction and one for the mines' rubbish tip. The project is called PASCUA LAMA. The company is called Barrick Gold. The operation is planned by a multi-national company, one of whose members is George Bush Senior. The Chilean Government has approved the project to start this year, 2006. The only reason it hasn't started yet is because the farmers have got a temporary stay of execution. If they destroy the glaciers, they will not just destroy the source of specially pure water, but they will permanently contaminate the 2 rivers so they will never again be fit for human or animal consumption because of the use of cyanide and sulphuric acid in the extraction process. Every last gramme of gold will go abroad to the multinational company and not one will be left with the people whose land it is. They will only be left with the poisoned water and the resulting illnesses .. The farmers have been fighting a long time for their land , but have been forbidden to make a TV appeal by a ban from the Ministry of the Interior. Their only hope now of putting brakes on this project is to get help from international justice. The world must know what is happening in Chile. The only place to start changing the world is from here. We ask you to circulate this message amongst your friends in the following way. Please copy this text, paste it into a new email adding your signature and send it to everyone in your address book . Please will the 100th person to receive and sign the petition send it to noapascualama@yahoo.ca to be forwarded to the Chilean government. No to Pascua Lama Open-cast mine in the Andean Cordillera on the Chilean-Argentine frontier. We ask the Chilean Government not to authorize the Pascua Lama project to protect the whole of 3 glaciers , the purity of the water of the SanFelix Valleyand El Transito, the quality of the agricultural land of the region of Atacama, the quality of life of the Diaguita people and of the whole population of the region. Signature, City, Country 1) Katharine Proudfoot, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2) Laura Cole, London, UK 3) David Platt, London, UK 4) Diane Platt, Manchester, UK 5) Tanya Corker, Manchester, UK 6) Nicola Hargreaves, UK 7) Nicholas Jones, UK 8)Johann Don-Daniel, Germany 9)Ashley Berger, Germany 10) Sarah Downie, Leeds, UK 11)Belle Paterson, Leeds, UK 12) Claire Jenkins, Leeds, UK 13) Carlos Chavez, Leeds, UK 14) Anita Howard, Leeds, UK 15) Tertia Montgomery, London, UK 16) Karen Boyle, Leeds, UK 17) Andrea Hamblett, Leeds, UK 18) Samantha Hemingway, Gibraltar 19) Debbie Neiman, Brighton, Uk 20) Bob Poplett Brisbane Australia 21) Michael Berry, Brisbane Australia 22) Christie Cole, Dublin, Ireland 23) Melinda Rekdahl, Brisbane, Australia 24) Sarah Forder, Brisbane, Australia 25) Carolyn Forder, Brisbane, Australia 26) Todd Owen, Nelson, New Zealand 27) Dominic Szeker, Dunedin, New Zealand 28) Aleeza Stettner, Auckland, New Zealand 29)Elanor, Te Rapuora, Aotearoa 30)Julie, Te Rapuora, Aotearoa 31)Tristan Lockerbie, Aotearoa , New Zealand 32)Jonathon Acorn,Auckland,New Zealand 33)Christine Small, Ruby Bay, Nelson, New Zealand 34)Mark Fielding, Nelson, New Zealand 35) Paul Galloway, Nelson New Zealand 36) David Orsbourn,Nelson, New Zealand 37) Stephen Low Nelson New Zealand 38) Alastair Wiffen Nelson New Zealand 39) Patrick Tremlett, Perth, Western Australia 40) Carol Kirby, Perth, Western Australia 41) Brian Kirby, Perth, Western Australia 42) Paul Hawke, Perth, Western Australia 43) Cherrie Hawke, Perth, Western Australia 44) Anna Mancini, New York, USA 45) Marie Odile Sence, New York, USA 46) Bruno Moryas, Paris, france 47) Sandrine Conruyt, Paris, France 48) Sohn Gérald, St Pierre de la Réunion, France 49) Narain Nadarajah, Sydney, Australia 50) Melissa Richard, France 51) Terry Edwards, Sydney, Australia 52) Anne Trevaskis Ardlethan Australia. 53) Antony Kruger. QLD Australia 54) Michael Chircop QLD Australia 55) Joey Chircop Malta 56) Marc Storace Switzerland 57) Raymond Walsh Southampton UK 58) Heather Lawrenson Cornwall UK 59) Jenna Cooke, England 60) Katie Rhymer, Cornwall, UK 61) Alexandra Looker, Cornwall, UK 62) Katrina Phillips, Auckland, NZ 63) John Pinel, Jersey, UK

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