-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Chinese Environmental Activists Need Your Help Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:10:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Pacific Environment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chinese Environmental Activists Need Your Help! The members of Zijin Mountain Watch, a group of volunteer activists in Nanjing, China, desperately need your help. They are trying to stop a 5-star hotel from illegally being built in a pristine mountain forest. Their efforts have led to personal threats, harassment, and to potential job loss and financial hardship. Meanwhile, logging on the mountain to clear forest away for the hotel has already begun. Without government intervention, the area will be destroyed within a few short months. Your emails can help turn the tide, and to save one of China's most threatened cultural and natural heritage sites from an irresponsible and destructive project. Zijin Mountain, which means "Purple Gold Mountain" in Chinese, contains a rich variety of rare plants and wildlife, as well as a significant cultural heritage. The region is the burial site of both the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yuan-chang, and the national father of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Former Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai once stated: "Zijin Mountain belongs to all of China, belongs to the whole world--we could not cut even one tree on this mountain." In 2004, Zijin Mountain was designated as a National Forest Park by the Chinese government because of its ecological and cultural value. Despite the fact that this designation prohibits development and logging in the area, Huang Ma Real Estate Co. has begun to build a sprawling 5-star hotel and related facilities. The local developer has ignored the protected status of Zijin Mountain, bypassed the required Environmental Impact Assessment and gone ahead with the project, despite the catastrophic effects it will have on the forest and surrounding area. Click here to take action! <http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=27208806&u=246910> Pacific Environment 311 California Street Suite 650 San Francisco, California 94104 United States -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan A. Lew <http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ealew/>, Ph.D., AICP Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation <http://www.geog.nau.edu> Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016, USA Editor, Tourism Geographies: <http://www.geog.nau.edu/tg/> An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment Conference: Border Tourism & Community Development <http://www.geog.nau.edu/igust/China2005/index.html>, Xishuangbanna, China, 6-9 July 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
