VICTORY: Gas Pipeline Through the Amazon Flounders
It is reported that plans to build a massive South American natural gas pipeline through the Amazon rainforest from the Caribbean to Brazil have "cooled off". This was the most atrocious of many inappropriate industrial developments planned for the Amazon [search] which Ecological Internet has publicized and protested against for several years. No rainforest is ever protected indefinitely, as badly conceived projects tend to linger on for a long time. Yet given a one and a half year delay and signs that momentum for the project has been stymied, Ecological Internet is ready to declare this campaign a victory!
Congratulations to all those that participated, the Amazon rainforest is safer given your efforts. Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network first brought concerns over the pipeline to a global stage in February of 2006, issuing several alerts, to which 8,792 participants sent 75,765 protest emails over nearly a year. As the international profile of the twisted project grew, so did local protests on environmental and economic grounds. As is our intent, our efforts inspired grassroots global Earth activism.
It is vital for the Earth's and humanity's future to protect as global ecological reserves all remaining large contiguous and mostly intact natural ecosystems from industrial development of any type. To ensure continued sustainability of global biosphere functions, rich societies must pay for avoided deforestation and diminishment of ancient rainforests/forests, and encourage small-scale eco-forestry sustainable development activities by local peoples as the only acceptable ancient ecosystem use. Otherwise the Earth and her humanity will die a horrific death.
Comments
How many more things are being planned to be done to the Amazon rainforest??? Isn't it enough that illegal logging has been destroying many an animal's habitat for years already as well as a piece of the earth which we certainly will never get back again in the way it was at the beginning? STOP this further plan - now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Daniela Baer | August 3, 2007 12:46 PM
Natural gas is needed for fertilizer and should be conserved to last several centuries. Dave Moore
Posted by: Dave Moore | August 3, 2007 4:49 PM
Excellent news, Glen. Congrats yet again!
Chris
Posted by: Chris | August 3, 2007 4:50 PM
You are an angel, Glen.
Posted by: Dianne Beatty | August 3, 2007 8:05 PM
That is wonderful news congratulations.
Susie Zent
Australia
Posted by: Susie Zent | August 3, 2007 8:17 PM
Congratulations to everyone who worked to stop the progress of
destruction on this beautiful rainforest
Posted by: Pat Gedvilas | August 3, 2007 8:18 PM
Great news! Many thanks.
But if I may: Glen, could you be a bit more specific in addition to saying "it is reported .."? What source, country, what was said, etc.? Now I am left with more questions .... Thanks!
Posted by: Julian Bakker | August 4, 2007 3:09 AM
I'm so glad that something positive happened. I was in Ecuador in the Amazon 2 years ago, and then I went to Costa Rica this summer. You can definitely see the impact of these companies when you compare the rainforests in both countries. We have to work sooo hard to make sure the Amazon is saved, and also make sure that the monsters don't start swallowing up the Costa Rican rainforest... which there are definite signs of and threats to. A lot of development is going on and being encouraged now in the beautiful oasis (plural) in Costa Rica, and I'm sure other places like Belize. The threat is so huge and overpowering, it's so good to hear that the gas pipeline was stopped in the Amazon.
Posted by: Miriam Kurland | August 4, 2007 10:05 AM
This is great news but the war isn't over. There is so much more work to do.
Posted by: Nicole Perrot | August 5, 2007 7:17 AM
Congratulations to us all-and to all of the earth. I will continue to help as much as I can!
Posted by: Merry Loscalzo-Stumpf | August 5, 2007 4:21 PM
GREAT - every once in a while it pays off to be obstreperous !!! Congrats !
Posted by: Gerhard | August 6, 2007 6:09 AM
Fantastic!
Julie
Posted by: Julie | August 7, 2007 9:26 AM
good news can travel fast too!
dbx
Posted by: Dean Brodrick | August 7, 2007 9:28 AM
Great!!! Thanks!!!
Posted by: Theo | August 7, 2007 10:12 AM
This is great news.
I can suggest an action alert against the Australian Labour Government's (the current opposition) forestry policy. This pro-logging move has been widely condemned, but Kevin remains complacent and totally in limbo with the wrongful logging industry.
Posted by: Reuben van Bemmel | August 8, 2007 4:55 AM