-----Original Message----- From: Mary Louise Whitlow Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 12:51 AM Subject: X'cacel update Hi all, Things have picked up considerably since the holidays... There are several important events but first here is a message from Ruth Rosenhek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The X�cacel Campaign Needs Financial Support. This campaign has been a phenomenal success thanks to the great work of Mary Louise Whitlow and many others who have contributed their time and energy to protecting this important region. In the first year, the campaign received $950 from the Rainforest Information Centre (with the help of the Charisma Foundation) to cover the costs of a fax machine, plus monthly telephone, postage and copying expenses. Here are the funds that we need to raise to continue this great effort. Please forward any leads to me and I will be happy to follow up on them. Remember, if each of the supported groups could donate $100-$200 towards the campaign, then this shoestring budget campaign will be able to float through '99 and into the new millennium. Thanks for your help! Checks can be made out to Rainforest Information Centre and sent to: Earthways Foundation, 20110 Rockport Way Malibu, CA 90265 One hundred percent will go directly to the X�cacel campaign, no pass-thru fees! Unreimbursed Expenses for telephone, postage and copies $252 (owed to Mary Louise Whitlow) 1999 Anticipated Funding Needs: Sea Turtle Meeting on Padre Island March 2-6 $500 Telephone $750 Copies $250 Postage $200 Miscellaneous $300 TOTAL : $2,000 plus $252 = $2252. LET'S GO FOR $2,500 FOR '99! Ruth Rosenhek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * THE UPDATE: * 1. The Mexican authorities seem to be trying to moving ahead with the process of authorizing the construction on X'cacel. A public meeting was held January 27, 1999 (on very short notice) in Cancun about the Management Plan for the reserve (from the 60 m in the isobath (ocean) to the 100 yard mark up the beach). At the meeting the director of the University of Quintana Roo (UQROO) stated that an international research center will be placed at X'cacel! The questions scientists and conservationists are asking are, "What will they study?" and "In which hotel room will the research center be in?"! It is hard to believe that the director of the university is unbiased, after all he works for the governor of the state who sold (is selling) the land and also happens to be the governor's cousin. Many people at the meeting expressed their concern that the 100 meters was not sufficient to protect the sea turtles. All the participants recognized the work done by UQROO but they rejected their conclusions. Because of this a Technical Committee was formed to evaluate the studies in X'cacel; the first meeting will be Feb. 15. Also at this meeting experts from ECOSUR (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur) stated that the vegetation study done by Ecored (contracted by Sol Melia) for the rest of the area of X'cacel (excluding the reserve) was not complete but they reinforced the study's recommendation that the area be protected. Score one for our side! * 2. The Audubon Society sent a letter to President Zedillo of Mexico in January signed by Carl Safina, National Audubon's Living Oceans VP, on behalf of 48 environmental organizations in the US, Australia, and Mexico. To see the letter and all the details go to: <http://pweb.netcom.com/~harveys/Turtles4.html> * 3. There are two videos available about X'cacel and the turtles; both videos are in Spanish. One has an aerial view of the tourist corridor Cancun-Tulum and tells of the other problems along the coast. The other video tells of the sea turtle program and environmental education activities at X'cacel. Contact me for details. * 4. Jean-G�rard Sidaner M. wrote another great article about X'cacel! Including the news that, "even in their own home Mallorca (Spain) Sol Melia is not liked", the point of view of the Secretary of the Environment, to irregularities with World Bank money for X'cacel! I will be happy to send anyone the original Spanish or English translation. * 5. A group of students, professors and workers at the National Independent University of Mexico presented a letter about X'cacel to Julia Carabias, Secretary of the Environment. Michael Coyne has created a wonderful web page where you can read the letter and show your support. Please go to: http://www.seaturtle.org/xcacel/ and add your name! * 6. The January 1999 Issue Number 83 of the Marine Turtle Newsletter has a wonderful article about the genetic importance of sea turtles of X'cacel! <http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn83/mtn83p8.shtml> * 7. The Mangrove Action Project included in their January 22, 1999 update information about the mangrove found at X'cacel and the article from "The New York Times". * 8. Please keep sending messages to those who can help stop the destruction of X'cacel! Julia Carabias [[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]; President Zedillo, Residencia Oficial de los Pinos, Puerto Central, Primer Piso, Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, CP11850, Mexico D.F., MEXICO {We can not find an email address for him} FAX: Internat�l access code + Country code for Mexico + (5)-516-5762; Sol Melia, Gabriel Escarrer, President, [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] & [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]; Continental Airlines (Sol Melia's travel partner), email the OnePass Service Center, attn: Gordon Bethune, President <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. * 9. There are several people trying to get X'cacel more press coverage. Please do what you can to help! I hope you and X'cacel have a wonderful 1999! Mary Louise Whitlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other Websites: A. Roberto Flores has a wonderful web site with many articles and other documents concerning X'cacel at: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~robertof/xcacel/ B. Jeff Dawson http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3550/xcacel.html C. Sea Turtle Survival League/Caribbean Conservation Corp. http://www.cccturtle.org/a_xcacel2.htm D. Jelle Ferwerda http://www.student.wau.nl/~jellef/ E. The Friends of X'cacel http://www.turtledisaster.org/ F. Earth Island Institute http://www.earthisland.org/strp/xcacel.html ___________________________________________________________________ Mulai langganan envorum: "subscribe envorum" ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan envorum: "unsubscribe envorum" ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arsip di http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
