Post by blackcrowheart on Aug 16, 2006 8:27:04 GMT -5
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Continue to stand with the Penan as they protect their last
large contiguous rainforest lands (updated)
www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=penan
August 14, 2006
OVERVIEW & COMMENTARY by Dr. Glen Barry, Rainforest Portal
Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network has yet again
contributed to the successful defense of rainforests and their
indigenous inhabitants. As our recent alert asked, based upon
information from "Bruno Manser Fonds", Malaysian authorities
have refrained from dismantling a logging road blockade set up
by the Penan tribe in the interior of Borneo. The two year old
blockade seeks to protect one of Sarawak’s last virgin jungle
areas from logging. Riot police had massed to smash the blockade
and arrest protestors, when our barrage of hundreds of thousands
of protest emails hit - along with the protest efforts of many
others.
The blockade and rainforests still stand, and violence has been
averted, and this is a victory. Until such time as humanity
learns to live sustainably no rainforests are ever truly saved.
Yet we must soldier on as the Penan have for decades, and
celebrate progress that is made. Congratulations to all that
participated. The update below quotes the Penan headman as
saying "Thank you for your support. Please don’t forget us
now... We are very proud to hear that so many people are on our
side. This is strong encouragement for us to continue our
struggle."
I have updated the original alert to commend Malaysian
authorities for their restraint and to request that the Penan's
last rainforested customary native lands be permanently
protected and their land tenure permanently respected. Unless we
remain vigilant the blockade may yet be broken and bogus
"certified" logging of much of the last 10% of Sarawak's ancient
rainforests occur. The Penan communities are protecting their
last contiguous rainforests from logging. Please stand with them
now at: www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=penan
g.b.
www.rainforestportal.org/ -- Rainforest Portal
www.rainforestportal.org/news/ -- Rainforest Newsfeed
Continue to stand with the Penan as they protect their last
large contiguous rainforest lands (updated)
www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=penan
August 14, 2006
OVERVIEW & COMMENTARY by Dr. Glen Barry, Rainforest Portal
Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network has yet again
contributed to the successful defense of rainforests and their
indigenous inhabitants. As our recent alert asked, based upon
information from "Bruno Manser Fonds", Malaysian authorities
have refrained from dismantling a logging road blockade set up
by the Penan tribe in the interior of Borneo. The two year old
blockade seeks to protect one of Sarawak’s last virgin jungle
areas from logging. Riot police had massed to smash the blockade
and arrest protestors, when our barrage of hundreds of thousands
of protest emails hit - along with the protest efforts of many
others.
The blockade and rainforests still stand, and violence has been
averted, and this is a victory. Until such time as humanity
learns to live sustainably no rainforests are ever truly saved.
Yet we must soldier on as the Penan have for decades, and
celebrate progress that is made. Congratulations to all that
participated. The update below quotes the Penan headman as
saying "Thank you for your support. Please don’t forget us
now... We are very proud to hear that so many people are on our
side. This is strong encouragement for us to continue our
struggle."
I have updated the original alert to commend Malaysian
authorities for their restraint and to request that the Penan's
last rainforested customary native lands be permanently
protected and their land tenure permanently respected. Unless we
remain vigilant the blockade may yet be broken and bogus
"certified" logging of much of the last 10% of Sarawak's ancient
rainforests occur. The Penan communities are protecting their
last contiguous rainforests from logging. Please stand with them
now at: www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=penan
g.b.