I think that if this your bag -- go for it. How it relates to the Conch-L listserver I am not sure. What I would hate to see is the same message 380 times with another signatory. Please keep this private or address it to the appropriate person off the listserver. Thanks! Bill F. -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 5:57 PM Subject: Re: let's defend the natural environment! >"[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. Box 157 | & >[log in to unmask] >>> Applied GeoScience TNO - | 2000 AD Haarlem | Phone: +31 23 >530.03.51 >>> National Geological Survey | The Netherlands | Fax : +31 23 >540.17.54 >>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> EQMal (European Quaternary Malacologists) - >>> http://www.nitg.tno.nl/eqmal/eqmal.html >>> Dutch Malacological Society: >>> http://web.inter.NL.net/users/Meijer.T/nmv.html >>> The Quaternary Pointer Page: >>> http://web.inter.NL.net/users/Meijer.T/kwartair.html >>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Maria Antonietta Fontana Angioy >>> Evolver srl - La Conchiglia >>> Rome, Italy >> >>-- > >Regards, Carlos > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com