----- Original Message ----- From: "Annika Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Tolong kami untuk menghentikan penebangan liar di Taman Nasional Gunung Palung
> (I apologise for any cross-postings of this appeal.) > > Kepada, > > Bapak Eriyawan dan Bapak Saleh Kismadi, > > Apa Kabar? > > My name is Annika Felton and I am a conservation biologist currently working in Australia. I > apologise for not writing to you in Bahasa Indonesia, but my knowledge of your language is no > longer comprehensive enough I'm afraid. I hope you do not mind me taking up a few minutes > of your time. > > I conducted my masters research on the impacts of hand-logging on the orangutan population > around Taman Nasional Gunung Palung, a couple of years ago. Now I, together with other > researchers at Harvard, Yale, Uppsala and Armidale University, and members of Indonesian > NGOs, have instigated a petition to halt the illegal logging which is currently destroying this > park at an incredible rate. Over the last couple of months illegal loggers and hunters have > encroached deep within the Park and the situation is getting absolutely critical. We are > hoping that the petition will result in increased protection of this unique national park. > > I would be extremely grateful if you as representatives of LEAD Indonesia showed your > support for our cause. If you are interested and have the time, could you please open this web > page www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/470616277 and add your name to the list by writing > your name in the white box. On this web page you will find information about the current > situation at Gunung Palung and an English copy of the letter that will be sent to certain > Indonesian ministers. > > I also humbly ask if you could help us distribute this message through your network of > contacts? It would be especially valuable for the cause if we got a strong support from > Indonesian citizens. Below I have included a format of the appeal (in Bahasa Indonesia) that > could be suitable for you to distribute to your contacts if you have the time. The more > assistance we can get in collecting signatures the greater are our chances in saving this park! > > Terima kasih banyak! > > Salah sejahtera, > > Annika Felton > Department of Zoology & Tropical Ecology > James Cook University, Townsville > Australia > > PENTING! > > Saat anda membaca surat ini, salah satu satu tempat hidup Orangutan di Taman Nasional > Gunung Palung di Kalimantan Barat sedang mengalami penghancuran! Beberapa bulan > terakhir ini penebang dan pemburu liar telah merambah sangat dalam ke kawasan Tanaman > Nasional dan situasi tersebut kian lama bertambah kritis. Jika laju penghancuran hutan > seperti saat ini terus berlanjut di Indonesia, maka keberadaan Orangutan di alam diramalkan > akan punah dalam dekade mendatang! Tolong kami untuk menghentikan penebangan liar di > Taman Nasional Gunung Palung dengan menulis nama anda dalam kotak putih di halaman > situs jejaringan: www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/470616277 > > Di situs jejaringan ini anda dapat membaca informasi situasi terkini Gunung Palung dalam > bahasa Inggris dan juga salinan surat berbahasa Inggris yang akan dikirimkan ke beberapa > menteri kabinet Indonesia. Tolong bantu kami menyebarkan informasi dengan mengirim surat > ini ke teman-teman atau rekan sekerja anda (pesan bisa juga langsung dikirim dari situs > kami). Semakin banyak dukungan anda dalam bentuk pengumpulan tandatangan maka > semakin besar kesempatan bagi kita untuk menyelamatkan taman nasional dan orangutan > dari kehancuran! > > Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang petisi ini, silahkan hubungi Annika Felton > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > Salah sejahtera, > > Dr. Cheryl Knott, Assistant Professor Harvard University, USA, Director of the Gunung Palung > Orangutan Project and the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program. > Dr. Timothy Laman, Harvard University, USA. > Togu Manurung, Director of Forest Watch Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia. > Dr. Lisa Curran, Associate Professor, Director Tropical Resources Institute, Yale University, > USA. > Betsy Hill, Field Director of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program. > Andrea Johnson, coordinator of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Census. > Michelle Brown, consultant to the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project. > John Harting, acting co-manager of the Cabang Panti Research Station and the Gunung > Palung Orangutan Project. > Page van Meter, acting co-manager of the Cabang Panti Research Station and the Gunung > Palung Orangutan Project. > Helga Peters, Ph.D. candidate Armidale University, Australia. > Andrew Marshall, Ph.D. candidate Harvard University, USA. > Annika Felton, M.Sc. Uppsala University, Sweden. > Linda Engstrom, M.Sc. Uppsala University, Sweden. > Hayley Hendrickson, Pelangi, Jakarta, Indonesia. > Hapsoro, TELAPAK, Indonesia. > > > Protect Yellowstone National Park from pollution (free!): > http://www.Care2.com/go/speakup > _______________________________________________ Envorum mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lead.or.id/mailman/listinfo/envorum
