Dear All,
We Australians regularly lambast our politicians about environmentally
unsound development proposals, and we usually manage to get them to
see the light. No doubt many if not all of you are familiar with the
massive Saemangeum land reclamation project on Korea' Yellow Sea
coast, which threatens the survival of many migratory shoreburds. In
an article on Planet Ark's web site there is an amazing quote from an
official with the Saemangeum development authority. The official, Park
Hyoungbae is quoted as saying "This project is not about protecting
the environment. It is about economic development. And we will do that
in an environmentally sound way". I am glad they are doing it in an
"environmentally sound", I shudder to think what an environmentally
unsound way would be.
The full article can be found at
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/51231/story.htm
Carl Clifford
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