This info was on the EBN mailing list.
Best Regards,
Eddie Chapman. Voss. Norway.
Bird Watching In Norway: http://www22.brinkster.com/birdwatch/index.htm
Guide Service - Birding Holidays - Norwegian Rare Bird Alert
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The Prestige oil tanker accident
Once again, we are witness to another oil spill, this time called The
Prestige, closing in, on to the already seriously punished Galician coast.
The consequences for the people and the environment go beyond the economic
costs.
Into Action
>From the beginning of this crisis, SEO/BirdLife gave the alarm, sending
personnel into the area and setting up an emergency cleanup team. But with
more than 300 kilometres of polluted coast and hundreds of soiled birds, we
need more help.
If you wish to help SEO/BirdLife to clean up the coast and birds, here is
the information you need:
- we need help, especially from Monday to Friday
- don't forget to bring sleeping bags, winter clothes, boots, rubber
gloves and, if you have them, binoculars
- we need cars: it is necessary that you bring your own vehicle
- SEO/BirdLife will cover accommodation costs, through documentation
given to volunteers who register
- the meeting point is the Gandarío hostel in Sada (15 km from A
Coruña). We recommend that you arrive no later than 08:00h or from 20:00h
in the evening.
You can register at SEO/BirdLife via email at stating your
personal details (name, surname, address and telephone number) and day and
time of arrival. If you prefer you can register on +34 981 13 50 14.
As well as the work on the ground, SEO/BirdLife needs your economic support
too. Please make your donation in this account BBVA 0182 0913 23 0209871471
or alternatively online through the SEO/BirdLife web page (in Spanish)
http://www.seo.org/infoseo/infoseofdonativo.asp
Important data
The Prestige oil slick in figures:
- Some ? 100 million in losses for the local shellfish industry, who
find themselves ruined at the height of the season for shellfish sales
- Hundreds of seabirds soiled by oil, many of them unable to recover
and in the middle of migration, when they are most vulnerable
- And there are still 50.000 tonnes of fuel oil thousands of metres
beneath the Atlantic, with an uncertain future...
SEO/Bird life demands
Lets hope that this terrible disaster inflicted on the environment will
serve to bring into effect, once and for all, the principle of environmental
responsibility in the EU and that this kind of transportation stops
threatening the world's coasts.
For more information (in spanish): http://www.seo.org/2002/prestige/
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Juan Carlos Atienza
Research Officer
Research Projects Department
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife)
Melquiades Biencinto, 34
E-28053 Madrid
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 434 09 10
Fax: +34 91 434 09 11
Email:
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