Check, nullify, or modify the mining project in Mompiche.
- Posted to Save the howling monkeys of … by Alejandro Martínez
To: The Government of Ecuador, President Rafael Correa
Dear President Rafael Correa, we invite you to check, nullify, or modify the mining project in the forests surrounding Mompiche, Esmeraldas. At least two rivers, which are vital for the inhabitants of Mompiche are included in the mining area. And these forests are the habitat of hundreds of...
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Unfortunately, there isn't much left of the forests of West Ecuador. More than 90% have been deforested between 1938 and 1988. Where diverse forests once grew, you can now find banana plantations. And the last remnants of forest are also very threatened by illegal and legal logging, oil palm plantations and mining companies. That's why the Chocó is considered as one of the areas with the highest conservation priority. It is one of the world's 10 most important biodiversity-hotspots and one of the WWF´s Global 200.
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Update #4
Posted by Alejandro Martínez (Campaign Leader) on Sep 27, 2012The first results. Read this article (in Spanish) from one of the most important newspapers in Ecuador.
http://www.elcomercio.com/pais/minera-quiere-arena-Mompiche_0_778722182.html
Thanks you all we have collected more than a thousand signatures!
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Update #3
Posted by Alejandro Martínez (Campaign Leader) on Sep 23, 2012October 16th, the day to tweet this petition to the President of Ecuador. Thanks to you all we have collected 657 signatures in 11 days, beyond our expectations. In a few days we'll reach our goal of 1000 people supporting this case, to ask the President of Ecuador to check, nullify or modify the concession granted to a mining company in the forests of Mompiche. We are preparing a letter to the President and we'll enclose the 1000 signatures. This letter will be given to him on October...
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Update #2
Posted by Alejandro Martínez (Campaign Leader) on Sep 19, 2012We invite you to follow us on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/NoALaConcesionMineraDelRioMompiche
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Update #1
Posted by Alejandro Martínez (Campaign Leader) on Sep 14, 2012Thanks a lot to you all. In only two days we have collected 149 signatures. Help us spread this cause. Long life to the howling monkeys, the toucans, and the forests of Mompiche, Ecuador.
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