ACTION ALERT

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WORLDWIDE FOREST/BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGN NEWS

Polish Efforts to Expand National Park Needs Your Assistance

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9/24/99

OVERVIEW & COMMENTARY

The following alert is a little skimpy on details, but nonetheless

important.  For many years there has been an active forest

conservation movement in Poland which now asks your assistance in

conserving some of the largest forest expanses in Europe.  This was

passed on by my partner organization, Rainforest Information Center

of Australia ( http://forests.org/ric/ ).

g.b.

 

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Title:   Assistance necessary to finalize Bialowieza expansion

Source:  Workshop for All Beings, Poland; via Rainforest Information

         Centre ( http://forests.org/ric/ )

Status:  Copyright 1999, contact source for permission to reprint

Date:    September 22, 1999

 

Friends, please write a letter or fax as described below.  The

expansion of the Bialowieza National Park is of international

significance.  Please email a copy of your letter or fax to the folks 

at Workshop for All Beings who have been working for more than 10

years for Bialowieza.

 

for the Earth - John Seed

Rainforest Information Centre

 

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>From wapienica@pnrwi.most.org.pl  Wed Sep 22 07:15:13 1999 From:

"PNRWI - Wapienica" <wapienica@pnrwi.most.org.pl> Subject:

 

September 22, 1999

 

Dear John,

 

Warmest greetings from all of us here at Workshop for All Beings in

Poland.  Today we are contacting you to request your assistance in a

vitally important matter related to Bialowieza National Park and its

position as a priority for the Polish government.

       

Several months ago, Poland's Vice-Premier approved budget

appropriations for an enlargement of Bialowieza National Park to six

times its current size.

 

The enlargement, publicized internationally by the Polish government

as the Contract for Bialoweiza, is to occur prior to the end of this

year and will help the protected area of Bialowieza grow from 105 km2

to 600 km2, becoming the largest National Park in Poland.

International support has greatly strengthened the Bialowieza forest

protection and enlargement efforts.

       

However, months of inaction have led to no further progress on the

part of the Polish Ministry of Environmental Protection, Forestry,

and Natural Resources, which is responsible for Polish National

Parks.  Process requires that the Polish Cabinet receive a decree for

Bialowieza's expansion from the Ministry.  This establishment of a

decree for Bialowieza National Park is an indispensable step

according to Polish law, but the decree has yet to be made.

 

Workshop for All Beings asks you to draft a letter in support of the

expansion of Bialowieza National Park and send it to Poland's Prime

Minister Jerzy Buzek.  In your letter, please question why the

Cabinet has not received a formal decree from the Ministry of

Environmental Protection, Forestry, and Natural Resources.  Please

urge that this be completed as soon as possible.  Prime Minister

Jerzy Buzek can be reached at the following address:

 

Al. Ujazdowskie 1/3,

00-583 Warsaw,

POLAND;

fax: International + 48-22-6286846.

 

For our campaign records, we would greatly appreciate receiving a

copy of letters that are sent to the Polish Prime Minister.   On

behalf of the wildlands and wildlife that are Bialowieza, we thank

you for taking the time to show your support.

 

For Wild Bialowieza,

 

Janusz Korbel, and the Staff and Membership of Workshop for All

Beings P.O.Box 40

43-304 Bielsko-Biala 4

POLAND

Tel/fax: 048-33-8183153

e-mail: wapienica@pnrwi.most.org.pl

 

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