A friend of mine forwarded this to me.
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Save the Dugong, Stop the Airbase
What do you do when you have only 12 individuals of an endangered species left in a country? Well, according to the U.S. military, you destroy their last remaining habitat and ensure their demise. That's what the U.S. Marines are proposing to do in Japan, home to a cousin of the manatee called the dugong. The military is planning to pave over a coral reef on Okinawa Island to build an airplane landing strip and expand its airbase.
Take Action! Tell Japan to say NO to the marines, because airplanes don't belong in coral reefs.
http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start/162/
Time is running out for the dugong and thousands of other creatures, including three species of threatened sea turtles, who call the reef and the adjacent seagrass bed home. But it's not too late.
Right now, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the airbase site is open for public comment. It's crucial that you tell the Japanese government to put a stop to the plan for airbase expansion in Okinawa. And please, be sure to tell your friends to write too.
The local people of Okinawa have protested these plans successfully for years, but now they need your support too.
Your friend,
John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner
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Save the Dugong, Stop the Airbase
What do you do when you have only 12 individuals of an endangered species left in a country? Well, according to the U.S. military, you destroy their last remaining habitat and ensure their demise. That's what the U.S. Marines are proposing to do in Japan, home to a cousin of the manatee called the dugong. The military is planning to pave over a coral reef on Okinawa Island to build an airplane landing strip and expand its airbase.
Take Action! Tell Japan to say NO to the marines, because airplanes don't belong in coral reefs.
http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start/162/
Time is running out for the dugong and thousands of other creatures, including three species of threatened sea turtles, who call the reef and the adjacent seagrass bed home. But it's not too late.
Right now, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the airbase site is open for public comment. It's crucial that you tell the Japanese government to put a stop to the plan for airbase expansion in Okinawa. And please, be sure to tell your friends to write too.
The local people of Okinawa have protested these plans successfully for years, but now they need your support too.
Your friend,
John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner
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