However, it will also create an uncontrolled influx of people searching for new economic opportunities. The fragile eco-systems will not be able to survive industrialisation, whilst indigenous people will suffer the encroachment of mining developments within their ancestral land. It is feared that with the construction of the power-line the unique wildlife of the region will be put at risk. Indigenous people are under tremendous pressure to release the vehicle with the stone, as the final voyage from the port of La Guaira in Venezuela to Hamburg has been arranged with Hapag-Lloyd. Once in Germany, the stone will be shaped and polished in the town of Kirchenlamitz.
Venezuelan environmentalists are outraged at the abuse of power which ignores the law.
It is ironic that the outstanding landscape of the Park, celebrated the world over, has to suffer for the sake of the exhibition. To the outside world, the stone is just magnificent. However, to the Pemon people the stone forms part of a sacred site, part of their beliefs and part of their ancient culture. Please act now, and send your letter today.