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Tuskers on a mission

Ungelesener Beitragvon KoratCat » Mo Sep 14, 2009 9:26 am

TUSKER CARAVAN

Tuskers on a mission

Five elephants will trek 250 km in Thailand to urge US President Obama to take action against global warming

A caravan of five elephants has began a 250-km trek in a public-awareness campaign over global warming, which is expected to be discussed at a world summit in Copenhagen in December.

Chang(e) Caravan

Executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia Von Hernandez said the Chang(e) Caravan has been organised especially to arouse US President Barack Obama to take concrete action to tackle global warming. He was speaking yesterday at the opening ceremony of an elephant-nursing centre in Nakhon Ratchasima to flag off the caravan.

Forests, animals in danger

The rain forests in Southeast Asia and its inhabitants the wild elephants are one of the areas and animals most at risk of global warming. They and around 20 per cent of other animals are endangered because of the phenomenon and man-made problems, he said.

The Chang(e) Caravan project is aimed particularly at urging Obama to bring up the issue of a worsening global-warming at the Copenhagen summit. "He is expected to take a leadership role over the issue and act on it seriously," Hernandez added.

Alongkot Chukaew, the manager of the caravan, said all five domesticated elephants were well trained - they can associate closely with humans and crowds.

14-day walk

The 250-km route, which will be covered in 14 days, will snake past Khao Yai National Park and along the Bang Pakong River basin through Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri and Chachoeng-sao. The finish line is in Samut Prakan province.

There are 15 rest points along the route. All elephants will walk no more than 10 km each day, and will be transported in specially designed trucks in crowded areas or communities, he said.

Water, food and medical care will be sufficiently provided at each rest point.

The elephants will participate in various "non-abusive" activites in selected communities along the route to raise awareness among local residents on global warming, he added.

Elephants are a crucial indicitor signifying the health - and wealth - of our ecological system. "Successful prevention to protect wild elephants means successfull prevenion of the entire ecological system, which humans are a part of," Alongkot pointed out.

There are now 2,000 wild and 3,000 domesticated elephants in Thailand.

the Nation Sept. 14, 2009
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Ungelesener Beitragvon KoratCat » Mo Sep 14, 2009 9:49 pm

Elephants for chang(e)

Elephants take Thai Buddhist monks to bless the Greenpeace Chang(e) Caravan.
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — Greenpeace today embarked on an extraordinary 15-day journey with five elephants, to call upon the world leaders, and Barack Obama in particular, to demonstrate audacious leadership and take immediate action to avert climate chaos. We all know that politicians can forget their promises, but an elephant never forgets.

Chang for Change

The Chang(e) Caravan, was launched at a colourful ceremony on the outskirts of Khao Yai National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and one of the last refuges of the Asian elephant. Chang, Thai for Asian elephant, is facing imminent extinction due to loss of forest cover. When an elephant's habitat is gone, it's gone: they can't just pack their trunks and move.

"Southeast Asia is one of the most vulnerable and least prepared regions to cope with the impacts of climate change. Likewise, the Asian Elephant, along with almost 20 percent of world's biodiversity in the region, is severely threatened by relentless deforestation which in turn magnifies climate change impacts," said Von Hernandez, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia.

"Unfortunately despite the science and the obvious signs, world leaders are reluctant – even unwilling – to act. It is time for President Obama to take responsibility and deliver on the change he promised. He has a second chance to make history again. And that opportunity could be the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on September 22," he added.

Chang(e) all over Thailand

The Chang(e) Caravan, led by elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), is a TckTckTck initiative. Tck Tck Tck involves a growing number of organisations mobilising civil society and galvanising public opinion in support of profound change and rapid action to save the planet from the devastation effects of climate change.

The 15-day journey, a people's caravan for change, will traverse the vast Central Plains of Thailand, from Khao Yai National Park to the outskirts of Bangkok. The city is the venue of a crucial UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change) meeting ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit in December.

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Elephants take Thai Buddhist monks to bless the Greenpeace Chang(e) Caravan.


Elephants and their mahouts take Thai Buddhist monks to the venue for the send of blessing for the Greenpeace Chang(e) Caravan. The Chang(e) Caravan, launched yesterday by Greenpeace, will pass by Thailand’s Central Plains, along climate change-impacted areas, to call on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, to take decisive action on global warming. The caravan is led by elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), and is a part of the global TckTckTck initiative involving a growing number of national and global organizations in support of a single goal: to mobilize civil society and to galvanize public opinion in support of transformational change and rapid action to save the planet from dangerous levels of climate change.

Greenpeace Sept. 14, 2009
Es gibt nichts Gutes, ausser man tut es! Erich Kästner, 1899 - 1974


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