FW: Keep Baikal Alive!
Robert Orr
colkitto at ROGERS.COM
Fri Apr 9 12:59:52 UTC 2010
Actually, Baikal IS known for its biodiversity, although, like Madagascar,
it lacks the linguistic diversity which is supposed to be an accompaniment
....
"'we are going sailing on the Galapagos of Russia'?" - sounds like a good
promotional slogan - and it should be recalled that the world RUNS on
journalistic nonsense......
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Ryan" <wfr at SAS.AC.UK>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] FW: Keep Baikal Alive!
>I am sure that the petition forwarded by Robert is indeed important and
>worthy of support, but it does not help itself by starting with a bit of
>journalistic nonsense: 'Known as the "Galapagos of Russia," Lake Baikal ...
>etc.'. Who calls Baikal the 'Galapagos of Russia'? Has anyone ever said 'we
>are going sailing on the Galapagos of Russia'? Galapagos are islands,
>Baikal is a lake - sounds a bit like the Red Queen:' I could show you
>hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley'.
> Will Ryan
>
>
> Robert Chandler wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I forward what seems like a worthwhile petition. Please circulate it if
>> you
>> agree.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Robert Chandler
>>
>> ------ Forwarded Message
>> From: Pnina Levermore <info at pacificenvironment.org>
>> Reply-To: <info at pacificenvironment.org>
>> Subject: Keep Baikal Alive!
>>
>> Lake Baikal is No Small Change to Throw Away
>> Known as the "Galapagos of Russia," Lake Baikal is located in southern
>> Siberia near the Russian-Mongolian border. The oldest and deepest lake in
>> the world, Baikal contains 20% of the world's unfrozen freshwater
>> reserve.�
>> The Russian Government is treating Lake Baikal like small change. Prime
>> Minister Putin's decision to re-start the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill
>> obstructs the environmentally safe economic development of the town of
>> Baikalsk and the whole Baikal region. The governmental decree, which
>> Prime
>> Minister Putin signed on January 13, permitted the mill to discharge
>> its
>> wastewater into the cleanest lake on the planet. � This is a violation
>> of
>> both Russian laws and an indicator of Russia's unwillingness to deliver
>> on
>> its international obligations to keep intact Lake Baikal - a priceless
>> heritage site protected by UNESCO. Sign the petition to UNESCO Director
>> General! UNESCO must address the Russian Government with a demand to
>> stop
>> pollution of Lake Baikal.
>>
>> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/608/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=26
>> 83>
>> Pnina Levermore Russia Program Director
>>
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