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Many of you may have heard about the fight to stop
the biggest loss of wader habitat anywhere in the world. An area which will have
a major impact on a large proportion of (Australian) migratory waders that move
through the area on migration. This is a time when international opinion may
easily help to protect the area as outlined below, from WWF
Australia.
Phil Straw
Vice Chair Australasian Wader Studies
Group
A critical
habitat for shorebirds in South Korea is threatened with
destruction by a
government plan to 'reclaim' more than 40,000 hectares of tidal-flat behind a
33km sea-wall.
The Saemangeum reclamation project is the largest of its
kind in the
world and will have serious consequences for migratory birds, as
well
as coastal fisheries and communities.
A recent court ruling has
halted the project and demanded a
re-evaluation of its aims. We now have a
chance to shift the South
Korean government's stance on this ecologically
disastrous proposal.
A final decision is expected within the next 2-3
months, possibly as
soon as the next few weeks. Please take action now to
save this
special area, visited by hundreds of thousands of birds every year
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http://news.panda.org/cgi-bin1/flo/y/mYXM0CWi7j0E8z0CBP80BI
Please sign our panda passport
petition!
Bianca
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