---------------------- Forwarded by Zaim Saidi/SWIFTIndonesia/Projects/DAI on 12/01/2000 01:55 PM --------------------------- Zaim Saidi 12/01/2000 12:03 PM To: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Stop Illegal Logging in Mandailing! Untuk teman-teman yang terkait dengan isu ini, harap ikut membantukampanye ini. Salam Zaim ---------------------- Forwarded by Zaim Saidi/SWIFTIndonesia/Projects/DAI on 12/01/2000 11:57 AM --------------------------- "lubisksn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/30/2000 12:33:34 PM Please respond to "lubisksn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Zaim Saidi/SWIFTIndonesia/Projects/DAI@DAI cc: Subject: Fw: Stop Illegal Logging in Mandailing! Dear Zaim, If you can help in anyway, I will be greatful. Selamat Berpuasa! Abdur-Razzaq Lubis STOP ILLEGAL LOGGING IN MANDAILING! The Mandailing are a people of the north-west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Their village republics are set amidst irrigated highlands, where paddy, coffee, cinnamon and rubber are grown. Inspired by a rich mythology, the society is characterised by a clan and geneological system, egalitarian ethos and consultative governance (Na Mora Na Toras). The Mandailing people are well known for Gordang Sambilan (Nine Great Drums) and immense contributions to the literature and politics of Malaysia and Indonesia. In recent years, the cradle of this unique knowledge-based ecology has been ravaged by illegal logging. In the pristine mountainous region of Mandailing-Natal (MADINA), millions of hectares of forest have been felled and razed by fire, causing untold damage to the environment in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Many a river in Mandailing are now clogged or dried up, and flooding is becoming common. The deteriorating water quality is theatening water life and the human settlements which depend on the rivers for irrigation and domestic use. Many roads in Mandailing are now unpassable as logging trucks have irreparably damage the roads. Local protest has fallen on deaf ears. The logging company has the backing of powerful forces in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. The local district administration is powerless in the face of a unitary Indonesia where power and decision-making is concentrated in Jakarta, in the far away island of Java. Mandailing cannot wait for decentralization, regional autonomy or federalism to take its course. If illegal logging and deforestation is not stopped now, the Mandailing homeland will be devastated. We are trying to mobilize national and international support to stop the logger's chain-saw. We welcome your STATEMENTS OF CONCERN and any help in terms of contacts, expertise, funding or logistical support. Abdur-Razzaq Lubis & Khoo Salma Nasution For more information about Mandailing culture and society, in Bahasa Indonesia, go to http://www.e.com.my/prototype/mandailing/ later to be converted to www.mandailing.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Abdur-Razzaq Lubis Mandailing Studies Centre Malaysian Representative, Badan Warisan Sumatra (BWS) www.sumatra-heritage.or Khoo Salma Nasution Hon. Secretary, Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) www.pht.org.my Asia & West Pacific Network for Urban Conservation (AWPNUC)
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