"[log in to unmask]" wrote: >> Dear friends, >> I received through the president of the Italian Malacological Society the >> following message (that I am also publishing in the coming issue of our >> magazine) and I think that this deserves some attention from all of us, >> interested into the preservation of the natural environment. >> Plese, sign the petition and forward it to somebody else! >> >> Maria >> >> (Maria Antonietta Fontana Angioy >> "Evolver srl - La Conchiglia") >> Rome - Italy >> >> >>HOLLYWOOD DESTROYING NATIONAL PARK IN THAILAND: >> >>Boycott 20th Century Fox movie "THE BEACH" >> >> >> >>Dear Friends, >> >> >> >>On a recent trip to Thailand I discovered that 20th Century Fox is >> >>making a movie called "The Beach" on Phi Phi Leh Island, a treasured >> >>National >> >>Park in Thailand. Portions of the film, which stars Leonardo Di Caprio >> >>Titanic-fame), will be shot on Maya Beach on the island of Phi Phi Leh. >> >>This >> >>is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled islands in the Pacific and it is >> >>being >> >>destroyed to meet Hollywood's perception of paradise. The film company >> >>has >> >>already bulldozed large portions of the beach and removed much of the >> >>natural >> >>vegetation (Giant Milkweed, Sea Pandanus, Spider Lily and other beach >> >>grass) >> >>in order to widen the beach to accommodate a football scene. Fox plans >> >>to >> >>replace the native vegetation with 100 non-native coconut palms to >> >>create >> >>their "paradise." >> >> >> >>Local Thai activists feared that removing the natural vegetation would >> >>create >> >>serious erosion, and they were right. The beach has already been eroded >> >>and >> >>now locals are very worried about how much of the beach and bay will >> >>remain >> >>after the monsoons. >> >> >> >>Phi Phi Leh Island is supposedly protected as a National Park and is key >> >>to >> >>the local tourist economy. Thai activists report that Thailand's Royal >> >>Forestry Department violated their own regulations and were bought off >> >>by >> >>20th Century Fox, who paid the government Bhat 4 million. Local >> >>activists >> >>are enraged that the government would cave in to Fox's demands and that >> >>their concerns were ignored. Activists are not opposed to filming on >> >>Maya >> >>Bay, but want the island to be filmed as-is. A lawsuit has been filed, >> >>but an >> >>injunction to stop further destruction of the island was denied. >> >> >> >>The local Thai people have tried everything, from the courts to >> >>blockading the >> >>beach, to protect their island. They need our help. They ask the >> >>American >> >>public to take action and boycott the film. The Thai people point out >> >>that Americans would never allow Thai film makers to bulldoze >> >>Yellowstone or >> >>other US Na onal Parks. Hollywood must get the message that exploiting >> >>the >> >>environment and powerless people is unethical for mere entertainment. >> >> >> >>Please help the people of Thailand by: >> >> >> >>1) Passing this message on to everyone you know. >> >>2) Signing the petition below. >> >>3) Write a letter to producer Andrew McDonald. Tell him you will >> >> boycott the film unless 20th Century Fox stops destroying Maya Bay. >> >> >> >>The address is: >> >>Andrew MacDonald, Producer >> >>c/o Carol Sewell >> >>10201 W. Pico Blvd. Building 89, Room 224 >> >>Los Angeles, CA 90035 >> >> >> >>============= >> >> >> >>Check out web site of Maya Bay at: http:www.wildrockies.org/wve/ >> >> >> >>============= >> >> >> >>Please sign the petition and forward to someone else. If your name is >> >>#50,#100, #150 and so on, please send the petition back to: >> >><[log in to unmask]> >> >> >> >>PETITION: >> >> >> >>TO: Andrew McDonald, Producer "The Beach" >> >>We, the undersigned, will not see your film "The Beach" and will >> >>encourage our friends and family to boycott the film unless you cease >> >>and desist from >> >>destroying Maya Bay by removing the native vegetation and planting >> >>coconut >> >>palms. Maya Bay is already a paradise and does NOT need Hollywood's >> >>unnecessary alterations. >> >> >> >>1). Bryony Schwan, Missoula, Montana USA >> >>2) Laura Scherubel, Missoula, MT, USA >> >>3) Claire Emory, Ovando, MT USA >> >>4) Carol Hett, Sheridan, WY USA >> >>5) Sue Nackoney, West Yellowstone, MT USA >> >>6) Anna R. Mosqueda, Sacramento, CA, USA >> >>7) Barbara Warner, Lebanon, KY 40033 >> >>8) Nancy Ellen Smith, Woodstock, GA USA >> >>9) Kathy Richmond, Vice President,Friends of the West,Clayton, ID >> >>10) Scott Edgerton, Missoula, Montana, USA >> >>11) Chuck Pezeshki, Director,Clearwater Biodiversity Project, Troy, ID >> >>83871 >> >>12) Ward Klemer, Seeley Lake, MT, USA >> >>13) Aaron Coffin, Missoula, MT USA >> >>14) Bruce Herbert, Seattle, WA USA >> >>15) Darlene Schanfald, Pt Angeles WA USA >> >>16) A. Quarto, Pt. Angeles, WA USA >> >>17) Jim Enright, Yadfon Association, Trang, Thailand >> >>18)Miriam Huitric, Stockholm, Sweden >> >>19)Amy Olsson, Stockholm, Sweden >> >>20)Michel Van Zeveren, Brussels, Belgium >> >>21)Kajsa Sundstrum, Brussels, Belgium >> >>22)Francois Bruart, Brussels, Belgium >> >>23)Sophie Lambrighs, Brussels, Belgium >> >>24)Barbara Pecheur, Brussels, Belgium >> >>25)Veerle Vyncke, Antwerp, Belgium >> >>26)Johan Coeck, Institute of Nature Conservation, Brussels, Belgium >> >>27) Geert De Knijf, Institute of Nature Conservation, Brussels, Belgium >> >>28) Hein de Wolf, Beverwijk, The Netherlands >> >>29) Tom Meijer, Alkmaar, The Netherlands >> >>30) Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Palermo, Italy >> 31) Maria Antonietta Fontana Angioy, Evolver srl - La Conchiglia, Rome, Italy > >32) Jim Cordy, Merritt Island Florida >33) Bobbi Cordy, Merritt Island Florida >34) Carlos Afonso, Algarve, Portugal >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Johan Coeck >> >>Institute of Nature Conservation >> >>Kliniekstraat 25 >> >>B-1070 Brussels >> >>Belgium >> >>Tel: +32.2.558.18.41 >> >>Fax: +32.2.558.18.05 >> >>E-mail: [log in to unmask] >> >>Homepage: http://www.instnat.be >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Tom Meijer - Malacologist -| | Email: [log in to unmask] >> Netherlands Institute for | P.O. 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