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Date: 14 April 2000 1:48
Subject: URGENT ACTION ALERT FROM JOHN SEED. (fwd)
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>Another indigenous peoples' sacred space is in danger........... my buddy
>Sasha Dubrov (the brilliant math student who's being sent to carpenter
>school) is from the Altai and when he learned that I live in the
>mountains, he spent a lot of time telling me how much he loves the Altai.
>I send him lots of cards with mountain scenery.
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>I think this campaign could generate letters from NA organizations here in
>the US, so I'm asking you to pass this along to anyone you think might
>help.
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>Thanks, Jacque
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: URGENT ACTION ALERT FROM JOHN SEED.
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>Dear Friends, It is hard to find time to respond to action
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>alerts, so many come through email these days. So I restrict myself to
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>sending just one or two a year, and this is one of those.
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>It concerns a very special place in Siberia, the Altai, home of many
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>wonders including the highly endangered Snow Leopard. I visited
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>the area in 1992 with Bill Pfeiffer of the Sacred Earth Network
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>and Patrick Anderson of Greenpeace, met the indigenous people and
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>helped the local conservationists as best we could to get both
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>national protection and UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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>Our friends at the NGO "Fund for 21st Century Altai" (contact
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>person: Alexander Yumakaev, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) are requesting
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>international support. They are requesting that concerned organi
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>zations fax protest letters on official letterheads to authori
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>ties in the Altai (see 5 fax numbers at the end of this message).
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>Faxes from individuals are welcome also.
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>Any individuals or organisations without fax facilities are
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>invited to send their protest letter as an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>where they will be printed and then delivered to the relevent
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>authorities.
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>Fund for 21st Century Altai will also need financial help to fight
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>this awful development. We at the Rainforest Information Centre are
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>sending them US$500 as are the Sacred Earth Network. Bank account
information
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>is appended.
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>for the Earth - John Seed
>From: Katun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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>Subject: Alert from Altai! Ukok plateau in danger
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>Dear friends!
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>We urgently need your help! In Altai (mountain area in
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>South-Western Siberia) they are trying to start a
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>nature-destroying project - construction of a road and gas
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>pipeline through the unique high-land Ukok
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>Plateau.
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>The Plateau is situated in Altai Republic (an administrative unit
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>in Russia equal to a state in the USA). Here meet the borders of
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>Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China, and many rivers of these
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>countries start here. The Ukok is a biodiversity center, there
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>are about 20 Red-Book animal species and many endemic plants.
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>This Plateau is also a precious archaeological and historical
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>site, it holds evidences of many ancient cultures that were
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>living here in different epochs.
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>This unique combination of factors of natural and cultural value
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>allowed the Plateau to receive in 1994 local protection status
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>and in 1998 it was listed as a World Heritage
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>site. Despite this, the Inter-regional Association "Siberian
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>Accord" (uniting heads or official representatives of Siberian
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>regions) decided to construct a traffic and energy corridor to
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>China through the Plateau.
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>It is obvious, that this construction will
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>1) damage the unique ecosystems of the Ukok Plateau
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>2) lead to loss of historical and archaeological heritage
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>3) be a destructive invasion into the place that indigenuous
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>Altaians hold sacred
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>4) be economically groundless, as construction and use of the
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>road going through high-land marshes, tundra, permafrost sites
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>and passes elevated more than 2500-2600 meters will require huge
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>investments and endless repair.
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>In December 1999 non-governmental organizations and scientists of
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>Altai Republic, Altai krai, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Kemerovo
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>oblasts wrote a collective letter to the "Siberian Accord"
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>suggesting they examine an alternative option of construction,
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>detouring the Ukok Plateau, going through Mongolia and using
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>existing infrastructure. However, public opinion wasn't
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>considered during the decision making process, and there has been
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>no reply from officials.
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>We are asking you to support our fight and send PROTEST FAXES to
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>the following persons:
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>Victor Danilov-Danilyan, Chair, State Committee for Environment
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>Protection, +7(095)254-6824
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>Zubakin Semen, President, Altai Republic, +7(38822)9-5121
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>Tabaev Daniil, Chair, "El-Kurultai" State Assembly of Altai
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>Republic, +7(38822)9-5165
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>Surikov Alexander, Head, Altai krai Administration,
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>+7(3852)22-8547 or +7(3852)38-0204
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>Ivankov Vladimir, General Director, Inter-regional Association
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>"Siberian Accord", +7(3832)23-7738
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>Just write 2-3 paragraphs on your organization's official
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>letterhead how significant it is to preserve such a place, how
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>bad the roads and pipelines are etc. Please send faxes as soon
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>as possible. Please let us know about sent messages through
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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>Sincerely yours,
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>Alexander Yumakaev, on behalf of
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>The Fund for 21st Century Altai
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>P.O.Box 845
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>Barnaul 656015 Russia
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>phone/fax +7(3852)222-371
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>email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>BANKING INFORMATION FOR WIRING DONATIONS TO THIS CAMPIGN:
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>1. INTERMEDIARY - The Bank of New York, New York
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>SWIFT CODE - IRVTUS3N
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>2. Beneficiary's bank - Savings Bank of the Russian Federation
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>SWIFT CODE - SABRRUMM
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>In favour of account 30301840400000600200, Savings Bank of the
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>Russian Federation (Altay office)
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>SWIFT CODE - SABRRUMM AC1
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>3. Details of payment
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>For Alexander Yumakaev
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>Address: Russia 656055 Barnaul, Ostrovsky Str., 21, Apt. 71
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>Passport N 602462
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>Account N 42301840402030000818/01
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>
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