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Appeal from the east coast of Saudi Arabia

The Unlawful & unfair landfill continuing for nearly 4 years has led to the destruction and disappearance 90% of the forest mangroves on east coast of Arabian Peninsula, Which turn led to an imbalance of inherent nature of marine life and began to disappearance of many marine biology Threatening economy of marine wealth and future of thousands fishermen and their families and the future life of nature.

- Urgent Appeal to all wildlife and nature protection organizations in the world
Appeal to all contributions community organizations and human rights
Appeal to all who's interested in future of the Earth and future of human
Appeal from the east coast of Saudi Arabia

Al-Qatif City - Aug, 24th 2010

Please note that the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia which contains the largest mangrove forest trees In the world and biggest incubator of aquatic breeding and migratory birds and station of continent European and northern hemisphere during the winter season at the Persian Gulf is now being exposed genocide of organization beyond control and desire of organizations to protect the environment and wildlife and citizens in Saudi Arabia.

Through bury the sea and beaches mudflats and mangrove forests and creation land routes and residential areas throughout the region of the sea extending from the city of Khobar and Dammam via the whole seaside access to the large mangrove forest in the Gulf of Tarout and Qatif Despite presence of a variant of wild lands in desert expanses that sings this catastrophic destruction affecting the life of our planet as a whole.

The Unlawful & unfair landfill continuing for nearly 4 years has led to the destruction and disappearance 90% of the forest mangroves on east coast of Arabian Peninsula, Which turn led to an imbalance of inherent nature of marine life and began to disappearance of many marine biology Threatening economy of marine wealth and future of thousands fishermen and their families and the future life of nature.

Hunters & citizens in east Saudi Arabia represented in Assembly of fishermen community act many civil actions and claims movements and peaceful demands strenuous to all official Saudi government

Including addressing the country King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for immediately intervene and stop the Buried unjust that Contrary all laws protecting wildlife in Saudi Arabia and the world, which has been ignored and exceeded all immediate request from him to stop the Illegally destruction according to the national and international laws.

Now and after more than 4 years of these movements and peaceful demands, we find ourselves faced with an environmental disaster and humanitarian features really began to emerge clearly through the disappearance of many fish and aquatic and migratory birds, which began to fade and enforced after it had lost significant places of migration & Nesting and seasonal breeding and became homeless on roofs of homes and wetlands in the past seasons. As well as disappearance of mangroves and the environment foster life and proliferation of other marine life almost entirely, leading to a decline in marine catches during the fishing season in 2010 by the current 40% of fish and 60% of shrimp with an almost total disappearance of some species.

Every person in his position and its possibilities to Solidarity us to identify and prevent this barbaric destruction unjustified which threatens the most important and last bastions rare mangrove forests on the earth.

We hope that you take immediate action as you can and appeal to the Saudi government to stop this threatened destruction to the economic marine and wildlife future and environment of the planet by a feudal groups not responsible to all seeking to collect money only by all the ways At expense of resources and environment of our Earth and future generations.

Send your objection to:
King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz
Royal Palace – Riyadh
Phone: +96626641499
Fax: +96614882222

*High Command states not to allow bridging Gulf of Tarot and keep it on its current
- Royal Decree No. 1861 / 8 in 27/08/1404 H
- Royal Decree No. 982 / m in 15/09/1419 H
- Royal Decree No. 4/5/31112 in 5/8/1423 H - Decision to address the rubble and debris the damages.
- Royal Decree No. 1004 of 01.20.1419 H judge not to own property or granting of lands or issuance licenses till depth of 400 m from the beach* This is work in ALOQAIER Beach as well as FARASAN island
- Decision of Agriculture Minister No. 2 - b -2 820 in 2/2/1423 H - Not allow to close the Gulf of Tarot for being most important and largest proliferation of Fisheries, as stated in the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation in No. 3901 05/06/1416 H

 

Thanks & Best Regards
Residents of eastern coast of Saudi Arabia

Email: 7op@w.cn


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