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The MAP News, 227th Ed., 21 December, 2009
Dear Friends,
This is the 227th Edition of the Mangrove Action Project News, December 21, 2009.
For the Mangroves,
Alfredo Quarto
Mangrove Action Project
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The MAP Asia office in Thailand is making a special funding appeal to our readers to support their first ever Coastal Community Resource Centre (CCRC) on the bio-diverse island of Phra Thong off Thailand's Andaman Sea coast. The island's communities were hard hit by the tsunami of 2004 and there is a great need for programs and activities that promote sustainable livelihoods, community-based resource management and environmental education. MAP in partnership with Naucrates, an Italian NGO have been very fortunate to receive the donation of two unused tsunami houses on the island which we hope to convert into a fully functional CCRC. Your support can provide MAP with a needed base to extend our conservation efforts on this unique island. Please read how your support can help MAP make a real long term difference HERE .
Our Sincerest Thanks,
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Dear Friend of the Mangroves,
First, I hope that you are doing well! With this Fall season now in full swing, I am keeping very busy taking on old tasks that are needing attention and initiating new ones. I ask now for your help on a yearly task that you have helped with before, and your help has been important to us then as it is still important now.
Our 2010 Children's Art Calendar has just been proofed, and we are now ready to begin production for printing and distribution. As usual, we can offer the calendars at half price to outlets or for $8 per calendar for those who purchase in bulk (20 or more). Otherwise, we are asking $12 per Calendar.
Note there are two versions, and the difference is that one calendar is for international distribution with certain dates marked that have intl. significance, while the 2nd version has these same dates, but added to them are US holidays so this can be sold here in the US. We decided to print this 2nd US oriented version because we had received suggestions that we include US holidays so the calendars are more useful for the bulk of our calendar buyers who are in the US.
Our plan thus far is to print 250 Intl. ones and 550 US ones. We would like to print more, but without help in distributing these and selling them, we are restricted to this smaller scale for now! Let us know soon if you want any bulk orders for distribution in your area. As you will see from this year's selection of beautiful children's art from the many contributing nations, we are very happy to present this new year to all on our list!
PLEASE SEND US YOUR ADVANCE ORDERS NOW, SO WE CAN BETTER DETERMINE HOW MANY CALENDARS WE SHOULD PRINT THIS YEAR.
ORDER HERE
Cheers,
Alfredo
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FEATURED NEWS:
Escalante City Maintains 200 Hectares of Mangroves
PHILIPPINES - The City of Escalante is maintaining 200 hectares of mangrove plantation found along its coastal barangays Environment Management Specialist 1 Stephanie Pamati-an, said. She told PIA the shoreline trees protect coastal communities from flood, soil erosion and forms as habitat to the marine resources of the city. Read More
Source: Philippine Information Service 12/11/2009
SOUTH ASIA
Climate Change Fueling Human-Tiger Conflict
BANGLADESH - The Sunderbans, a vast, low-lying mangrove forest on the India/ Bangledesh border, is the last significant tiger stronghold on earth. An estimated 279 bengal tigers lurk in the mangroves, the largest intact tiger population anywhere in the world. However, the area is also extremely fertile and supports a huge human population, many of whom forage for food amongst the mangroves along with the tigers. Read More
Source: Enviroconflict 12/18/2009
Here Women Guard Casuarina, Mangrove Forests
INDIA - Necessity is the mother of invention. What had started a few years ago completely out of need has transformed into a fine act of self-initiated coastal conservation. In a small village of Puri’s Astarang block comes an inspiring story of the women who have taken the concept of coastal conservation to a new level, all on their own. Read More
Source: Express Buzz 12/13/2009
Restoration of Mangrove Forests
INDIA - Mangroves of the East Coast of India are in the deltaic regions of river systems such as Cauvery in Tamil Nadu; Krishna and Godavari in Andhra Pradesh; Brahmani, Baitarani and Mahanadi in Orissa; and Ganges in West Bengal. There is no study which singles out damming of rivers leading to destruction of mangroves. Read MoreSource: Press Information Bureau 12/14/2009
No Fixed Percentage of CSR for Private Players: Guj Govt.
INDIA - Even as public sector units in Gujarat have been asked to set aside up to 30 per cent of their profits for corporate social responsibility (CSR), the state government is not considering fixing any such percentage for private players. While other states have already fixed the percentage of their revenues for CSR, there are no such provisions in Gujarat. Read More
Source: Express India 12/20/2009
Illegal Dumping at Adheri Mangroves
INDIA - Illegal dumping of debris has been going on unchecked on 400 acres of mangroves in Andheri’s Millat Nagar area for a month now, claim local residents. Several residents, who witnessed the dumping, alerted an environment group, which shot videos of the dumping. Read More
Source: TopNews 12/21/2009
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Belize Country Statement at Copenhagen
BELIZE - Belize is a country blessed with the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, the second longest in the world, thousands of beautiful coral islands, and abundant mangrove, broadleaf and pine forests. Unfortunately we are not able to list our natural riches merely to extol them. Rather, it is to lament their destruction; to testify to the havoc that is being wrought on our environment and on our people by anthropogenic global warming. Read More
Source: The El Guardian 12/17/2009
NORTH AMERICA
Asian Carp Invasion could Devastate Lake Erie
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 12/12/2009
ISSUES ARTICLES
Peat and Repeat: Can Major Carbon Sinks Be Restored by Rewetting the World's Drained Bogs?
INDONESIA - The logging of palm trees grown atop the decaying peatlands of Borneo and Sumatra helps drive the economy of Indonesia, and this fact alone is starting to make the nation a top global priority for efforts to mitigate the warming climate. Read More
Source: Scientific America 12/8/2008
Climate Shifts Devastate Lives, Boost Calls for Climate Justice
DENMARK - Shorbanu Khatun knows firsthand the disasters climate change can trigger. Fifteen years ago, saltwater began infiltrating the soil where Khatun and her husband grew rice, vegetables and fruit trees in Bangladesh's Sunderbans region, in the delta of the Ganges River. Read More
Source: Reuters 12/15/2009
Discourse: Oceans, Coasts our Best Assets in Coping with Climate Change
INDONESIA - Warming seas are melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, leading to sea level rise that will impact billions living in coastal areas. Extreme weather events and flooding will become more frequent. For the first time in history, a day has been committed to oceans alongside the UN climate negotiations. Lynne Zeitlin Hale, the director of global marine initiatives at The Nature Conservancy, was an afternoon panelist at Ocean’s Day on Monday. Read More
Source: Jakarta Post 12/16/2009
Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts: Developed Nations must take Responsibility: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday insisted that being the worst emitters of green-house gases the developed nations should shoulder responsibilities to mitigate impacts of climate change. "Mitigation is the prime responsibility of developed and major developing emitters of greenhouse gas," she said while delivering a lecture at the Lund University in Sweden. Read More
Source: The New Nation 12/20/2009
Climate Change will have Severe Impact on Fisheries, Warns FAO
Even as the Copenhagen summit on global warming has concluded without finalising binding commitments to combat this challenge, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said the fisheries sector will be hugely affected by climate change, jeopardising food supply and livelihood of a large section of the world’s population. Read More
Source: Business Standard 12/22/2009
