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We need your help:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4AKgAqACoAKgAqACo-Write a letter+ACEAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Svalbard is unique and unspoiled+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Svalbard is a large area (63,000 km2) of fascinating, unspoiled+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Arctic wilderness, the largest in Western Europe today. It's+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-beauty and uniqueness is based on the fact that up till now, it is+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-devoid of any large scale development or industries, other than+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-within the few small communities on the main island (Spitsbergen).+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-No permanent transport infrastructure (roads or railways) connect+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the settlements. Within the Svalbard Treaty, Norway was given+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-sovereignty over and responsibility for the archipelago.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Conserving it's unique nature has so far been a priority of the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Norwegian government. 60+ACU- of Svalbard is legally protected.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-However even so, the ice-free and relatively productive areas of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-central Spitsbergen (Nordenski+AD0-F6ld Land) also deserve to have+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-their pristine character preserved.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Road construction will destroy Tundra Landscape+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Norway's credibility to care for Svalbard's natural character is+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-being challenged. If the plans of a Norwegian coal mining coany+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-proceed, it will set a precedence and lead to a chain reaction of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-destructive development. The company plans to open a new coal mine+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-in Svea, and to make it's operation more feasible, they want to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-construct a 64km long road and power line from Svea to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Longyearbyen. Present operations in Svea's old mine uses ships and+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-light-planes for transportation. The planned road will be built+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-through several valleys, including Reindalen, which is the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-largest, ice-free valley on Spitsbergen. This valley contains some+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of the most important wetland and vegetated tundra areas on+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Svalbard, and hosts large populations of reindeer, geese,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-shorebirds, and a variety of plant and other animal species. The+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-road will be built with an embankment of 1.5 metres, and a power+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-line running along it. The distruction of central Spitsbergen's+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-natural wide open tundra landscape will be visible from a great+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-distance.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Domino effect has not been recognised+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-A recent environmental impact study, organised by the coal+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-company, does not consider the wide range of consequences of the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-road. For example, the ecological impacts, including changes in+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-drainage patterns and levels of trafic disturbance, were+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-underestimated in the study. The study did not recognise the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-direct impacts on the visual landscape, or the indirect+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-impacts of increasing accessibility, and it's corresponding+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-increase in fringe development and recreation. The domino effect,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-which the decision may have for Spitsbergen, have not+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-been calculated. A +ACY-quot+ADs-yes+ACY-quot+ADs- for the construction plans will set a+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-precedence for other nations to do the same on Svalbard. The+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Svalbard Treaty gives all signatory nations equal rights to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-exploit Svalbard's nature. If the Norwegian government approves of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the Norwegian coal company's plans, it will be difficult to object+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-to any other similar development. For example, Russia also has+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plans to build a major road connecting Barentsburg to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Longyearbyen. It is up to Norway to stop the first domino falling.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Please help us to protect Svalbard+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The road is in direct conflict with the government's explicitly+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-stated policy to protect Svalbard's wilderness quality. The+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-communities on Svalbard are already highly subsidised - and the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-road will not make them any more viable - surely a wiser decision+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-for future employment is possible. The total costs of opening a+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-new mine and building the road will be so enormous that the mining+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-operation will probably never be financially profitable.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The huge sum of money which the coal company is asking the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-government to invest, could be used for the creation of more+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-environmentally friendly jobs. The road and it's destructive+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-consequences are not needed.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Please help prevent the loss of Svalbard's wilderness, and+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-persuade the Norwegian government to reject the road-construction+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plans. Write a personal letter of concern, or sign and send the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-attached postcard to the Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland+ACEAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-To: +ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Postboks 8001 Dep.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-0030 Oslo+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-NORWAY+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-This card is sent to remind you of Norway's responsibility to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-protect Svalbard's wilderness. I am deeply concerned about the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Norwegian plans to construct a coal mining road and power line+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-from Longyearbyen to Svea, through a very large area of unspoilt+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Arctic wilderness. If this unnecessary construction is approved+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of, it will not only have irreversible ecologically consequences+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and destroy central Spitsbergen's beautiful landscape, but will+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-also open the door, within the Svalbard Treaty, for other nations+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-to undertake similar industrial developments. Among the leaders of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the world's nations, you have one of the best +ACY-quot+ADs-environmental+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-profiles+ACY-quot+ADs-. 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