As you, our campaigner friends may be aware, on previous SAV posts we have attempted to raise awareness globally of the environmental destruction being undertaken within Serbia, with the full support of the Serbian government.
Here are links to our previous post relating to ‘Stara Planina’ and to the river Rzav campaigns; both regions of outstanding natural environmental beauty, and which are now scheduled for complete devastation due to the governments own interests:
Although an animal welfare NGO, we at SAV wish to give our full support to any campaigns within Serbia which is doing whatever it can to save flora and fauna from government destruction. We have been contacted again asking for support, and the information given below is a direct repeat of the data we have been provided with.
As we have a global network of supporters, we ask you please to crosspost this information to as many media and environmental organisations as possible within your own country. As Serbia wishes to become an EU member state in the near future, it is especially important that EU MEPs from across the entire union are given a summary of what destruction the Serbian government are supporting, which appears to be in direct opposition to the Ramsar convention on wetlands protection, which Serbia signed up to.
Some Serbian politicians are now prepared to annihilate one of the last remaining peat bogs in Serbia as well as this region of the Balkans.
We are fully aware that this information provided to us (below) has already been provided to Green Party Uk Members of the European Parliament. We ask that the information be provided to all MEPs across the union, and that based on this policy, should EU accession to the EU even be considered, let allowed ?
Maybe some politicians are only interested in their own personal financial gain rather than in doing what is right for the environment; please see the following:
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234444626.4
http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Censures_Romania_Bulgaria_For_Corruption/1185730.html
Whatever, word about the environmental destruction being approved by some members of the Serbian government needs to be told to the world. Please join us in doing this.
Part of the wording below from our campaigner friends attempting to save the environment in Serbia declares:
“Currently we are preparing our material for the relevant courts in Serbia, some of the material has already been forwarded. We wish to do all we can by ourselves, but are not sure in our success”.
Lets work together and do what we can to inform the world of a potential environmental timebomb happening within Europe.
SAV.
Stara Planina PETITION:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-staraplanina-petition
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Message as supplied to us:
(Note – Bold added by SAV)
As we have contacted You dear Mark , and You dear Caroline ,at the beginning of this year concerning the ski resort on “Stara Planina” in Serbia and the devastating effects in this officially proclaimed Park of Nature, we are free to inform You on the recent developments which are further devastating this region.
Just to mention, new ski resorts are planned on other mountains in Serbia, turning the country into a playground, all accelarated thanks to a minor coallition party in the Serbian Parliament.,while the countrys’ financial situation is on the verge of collapse and the country lives on credits and donations (100 million EUR promised during the last few days by the EU). All this will not be further elaborated, we hope to make a further analysis of this soon.
Concentrating on the place called “Jabucko Ravniste” (pronounced:Yabuchko Ravnyshtae, meaning Apple Plateau) part of the Nature Park «Stara Planina», we wish to elaborate on this and ask for You further help and possible influence.
“Jabucko Ravniste” is one of the three larger peat bogs left in Serbia on which the protected insectivorous plant Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) grows (the other two peat bogs are on Mt. Kopaonik, already devastated by ski resorts although also a National Park and region of artificial lake “Vlasina:, this bog although protected is threatend by the drainage from adjacent agricultural land, bringing in artificial fertilizer and pesticides).
“Jabucko Ravniste” is in the second zone of protection where no building should be allowed, but a tender was announced for this place in the “Financial Times” May 5th, 2008, p. 5, as well as in domestic newspapers. This call for investors was written by the Ministry of Econom,y and Regional Development led by the parliamentery group which intends to devastate ecologically the whole country.
As far as we know, this call for investors from abroad failed, but works are on the way as witnessed by members of our group in July of this year.
The devastating effects of the ski slopes may be seen on GOOGLE EARTH
coordinates N 43º 22′ 28.51” E 22º 32′ 20.32” .
After the runways have eroded the deforested area, now plastic nets cover the ground called «Gabions». What is seen on GOOGLE EARTH is only about one fith of what is planned.
The hotel complex is to be built about 3 km from here on the mentioned peat bog in the region approx.
In coordinates on GOOGLE EARTH N 43º 21′ 56.19” E 22º 37′ 17.12” .
Serbia signed the Ramsar convention on wetlands and is now prepared to annihilate one of the last remaining peat bogs in Serbia as well as this Balkan region. What impact will all this have on the water rersources in Serbia one must not think.
It is a fact that almost all flowing and still waters in Serbia are totally polluted, epidemics appear locally, but it is a question of time when the whole country will suffer from lack of water.
Much of the water is not suitable even for livestock.
The Government is not agile in the prevention of pollution but does support these playgrounds. Lower down from this peat bog, along the road leading to the first village under the mountain, a small river had a dam rcently constructed on it and along this road,
pipes are placed to carry water all the way up the mountains, presumably for producing artficial snow !!!!
Currently we are preparing our material for the relevant courts in Serbia, some of the material has already been forwarded. We wish to do all we can by ourselves, but are not sure in our success.
We ask You to support us in our quest to save Serbia from the ecological disaster planned by a minority.
All negative effects on the environment in Serbia will in the future effect the EU. At Your doorstep You will have a large hungry and thirsty population living in a semi-desert environment. You will either have to move these citizens to other places or let them starve or spend huge amounts of EU tax payers funds for rescue.
We hope You understand the urgency of strong action and sincerely hope You will help us to avoid the dark consequences.
Please help us and stop them as soon as is possible.
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Thanks.
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