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I know that we have heard on this list of this destruction of the rosewood and ebony in Madagascan protected areas from our comrades within the affected areas. The message below is a means to take action that will be communicated to the Malagasy government to get things changed.
I think these sorts of networking and response actions can play a very important role in gaining resolution to many of the problems we face. It would be good for this programme to perhaps come to agreement on how we do this and whether this list is indeed a useful tool to do so.
That being said I believe it is as when we respond to regional issues such as this one below we are talking as a united regional or African civil
society, and taking our message to where it counts, where it will make an impact. I dont believe that we need to madly circulate petitions but I do believe that credible, targeted action as below provides a very useful tool that enables us to take direct action through the use of the internet.
best
Glenn Ashton
UPDATED ACTION ALERT PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
Protest Madagascar's Legalization of Rosewood Log Export from National Parks
By Rainforest Portalhttp://www.rainforestportal.org/ - a project of Ecological Internet
January 26, 2010
Delmas shipping, a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA-CGM, is being pressured by the transitional Madagascar government to ship hundreds of containers of illegally logged ancient rainforest logs from Madagascar to China anytime soon. Post-coup illegal log and wildlife trade continue to threaten Madagacar's biodiversity rich rainforest remnants, ecological sustainability and future potential for national advancement.
TAKE ACTION HERE NOW:
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=madagascar_landgrab
Madagascar has legalized the export of rosewood logs, ushering in renewed logging of the country's embattled rainforest parks. The transitional authority led by President Andry Rajoelina, who seized power during a military coup last March, earlier this month released a decree that allows the export of rosewood logs harvested from the Indian Ocean island's national parks [1]. Ecological Internet has received confirmation that our Madagascar campaign with Rainforest Rescue did achieve some partial success. The particular logging shipments highlighted at the end of 2009 did not proceed. However, the Malagasy government is now forcing the hand of Delmas shipping by authorizing the export of rosewood. Rajoelina has ordered that rosewood logged from Madagascar's rainforests now be shipped out of the country.
France, Holland, Morocco, and the World Bank have all been implicated in financing illegal logging operations in Madagascar's national parks over the past year. Even as foreign governments condemned the surge in illegal logging last year, many--either directly or through institutions they support--are shareholders in the very banks that have financed the export of illegal lumber from Madagascar. Local sources confirm there are presently thousands of loggers in Masoala (UNESCO World Heritage site) and Makira. With the log exports now open, loggers will step up logging of these rainforest parks. EI has been asked by local organizations to repost our action page, as people are looking for ways to help.
MORE INFORMATION AND TAKE ACTION NOW:
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=madagascar_landgrab
[1] Madagascar sanctions logging of national parks.
Mongabay, Jan. 11, 2010.http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0111-madagascar.html
Mongabay press coverage:
Major international banks, shipping companies, and consumers play key role in Madagascar's logging crisis
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1215-rowan_madagascar.html
Global Witness and EIA report:
http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/887/en/field_investigation_into_illegal_logging_in_madaga
DISCUSS THIS ALERT:
http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/
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I think that Glen is absolutely right... if we as members of civil society,
NGOs etc do not make a noise about such issues then we have no hope of
stopping it. This is what DLIST should be used for, not only to share
information but also as a platform that can facilitate action. We have seen
in the past on this forum how the platform assisted concerned parties along
the west coast of South Africa in impeding unsustainable property
development along the coast.
For those who are interested there is also a discussion and 'burning issue'
on the DLIST ASCLME website on the illegal logging in Madagascar. 2010 has
been declared by the UN as the international year of Biodiversity... lets
hope that Madagascar's precious forests will recover.
http://www.dlist-asclme.org/burning-issues/illegal-logging-madagascar
----- Original Message -----
From: "ekogaia" <ekogaia@iafrica.com>; "Glenn Ashton" <ekogaia@iafrica.com>
To: "General Discussion" <discuss@dlist-benguela.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: [DLIST Discuss] take action on forest destruction in madagascar
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> I know that we have heard on this list of this destruction of the rosewood
> and ebony in Madagascan protected areas from our comrades within the
> affected areas. The message below is a means to take action that will be
> communicated to the Malagasy government to get things changed.
> I think these sorts of networking and response actions can play a very
> important role in gaining resolution to many of the problems we face. It
> would be good for this programme to perhaps come to agreement on how we do
> this and whether this list is indeed a useful tool to do so.
> That being said I believe it is as when we respond to regional issues such
> as this one below we are talking as a united regional or African civil
> society, and taking our message to where it counts, where it will make an
> impact. I dont believe that we need to madly circulate petitions but I do
> believe that credible, targeted action as below provides a very useful
> tool that enables us to take direct action through the use of the
> internet.
> best
> Glenn Ashton
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