Newsgroup: it.hobby.viaggi
Titolo: Petition against National Park corruption

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dell'organizzazione per controllare.
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On a recent trip to Thailand it was discovered that 20th CenturyFox is
making a movie called "The Beach" on Phi Phi Leh Island, a treasured
National Park in Thailand. Portions of the film, which stars
Leonardo Di Caprio (Titanic-fame), will be shot on Maya Beach on the
island of Phi Phi Leh. This is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled
islands in the Pacific and it is being destroyed to meet Hollywood's
perception of paradise.
The film company has already bulldozed large portions of the beach and
removed much of the natural vegetation (Giant Milkweed, Sea Pandanus,
Spider Lily and other beach grass) in order to widen the beach to
accommodate a football scene. Fox plans to replace the native vegetation
with 100 non-native coconut palms to create their "paradise." Local Thai
activists feared that removing the natural vegetation would create
serious
erosion, and they were right. The beach has already been eroded and now
locals are very worried about how much of the beach and bay will
remain after the monsoons.
Phi Phi Leh Island is supposedly protected as a National Park and is
key to the local tourist economy. Thai activists report that Thailand's
Royal Forestry Department violated their own regulations and were bought
off by 20th Century Fox, who paid the government Bhat 4 million. Local
activists are enraged that the government would cave in to Fox's demands
and that their concerns were ignored. Activists are not opposed to
filming
on Maya Bay, but want the island to be filmed as-is. A lawsuit has been
filed, but an injunction to stop further destruction of the island was
denied.
The local Thai people have tried everything, from the courts to
blockading he beach, to protect their island. They need our help.
Please help the people of Thailand by:
1) Passing this message on to everyone you know.
2) Signing the petition below.
Please sign the petition and forward to someone else. If your name is
#50, #100, #150 and so on, please send the petition back to:
bry...@wildrockies.org
More information about the organization at:
http://www.wildrockies.org/wve/
PETITION:
TO: Andrew McDonald, Producer "The Beach"
We, the undersigned, will not see your film "The Beach" and will
encourage our friends and family to boycott the film unless you cease
and
desist from destroying Maya Bay by removing the native vegetation and
planting coconut palms. Maya Bay is already a paradise and does NOT need
Hollywood's unnecessary alterations.
1). Bryony Schwan, Missoula, Montana USA
2) Laura Scherubel, Missoula, MT, USA
3) Claire Emory, Ovando, MT USA
4) Carol Hett, Sheridan, WY USA
5) Sue Nackoney, West Yellowstone, MT USA
6) Anna R. Mosqueda, Sacramento, CA, USA
7) Barbara Warner, Lebanon, KY 40033
8) Nancy Ellen Smith, Woodstock, GA USA
9) Kathy Richmond, Vice President,Friends of the West,Clayton,
10) Scott Edgerton, Missoula, Montana, USA
11) Chuck Pezeshki, Director,Clearwater Biodiversity Project,Troy,ID
12) Ward Klemer, Seeley Lake, MT, USA
13) Aaron Coffin, Missoula, MT USA
14) Bruce Herbert, Seattle, WA USA
15) Eric Stewart, Eastpointe, MI USA
16) Lambert Rochfort, Bellingham, WA, USA
17) Anne Munier, Prince George, BC, Canada
18) Alexa Pitoulis, Prince George, BC, Canada
19) Seth Oldham, Prince George, BC, CAnada
20) Becky L'hirondelle, Prince George, BC, Canada
21) Keya White, Prince George, BC, Canada
22) Nicole Gagnon, Prince George, BC
23) Mirco Muntener, Prince George, BC, Canada
24) Keely Hunter, Prince George, B.C., Canada
25) Heather Lamb, Ottawa ON, Canada
26) Eric Lamb, Vancouver BC, Canada
27) Jana Heilbuth, Vancouver BC, Canada
28) Dawn Cooper
29) Shani Cote-Patch
30) Danna Schock
31) Glenn Sutter
32) Mark Segstro
33) Barbara Segstro
34) Pierre Mineau, Research Scientist, Canadian WildlifeService, Ottawa,
Canada
35) Chip Weseloh, Wildlife Biologist, Canadian WildlifeService,
Burlington, ON Canada.
36) Kevin M. Brown, Research Scientist, Cornell University, NewYork,
37) Jacques Brodeur, Professor, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
38) Jacqui Shykoff, Research Associate, Paris, France
39) Gunilla Rosenqvist, Associate professor, Trondheim, Norway
40) Charlotta Kvarnemo, PhD, Stockholm University, Sweden
41) Amanda Vincent, PhD, McGill University, Canada
42) Tony Pitcher, D.Phil., Director and Professor of Fisheries,
 Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
43) Shefali Sharma, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York
44) Saundra K. Krieger, JHU, Baltimore, Maryland
45) Joshua T. Wolf The Park School, Baltimore, MD
46) Lia Gaertner, Natural Resources, Cornell University
47) Nilmini Gunaratne, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, CA,US
48) Maria F. Jaramillo, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley,CA,US
49) Stephanie Hsieh, Stanford Business School, Stanford, CA, US
50) Nelson Hardigg, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT USA
TO the 50th person, PLEASE RETURN TO 
bry...@wildrockies.org
51) Alethea T. Abuyuan, Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, CT,USA
52) Iolanthe T. Abuyuan, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
53) Medge Samblaceno, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
54) Karen Vera,MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
55) Em-em Guevara, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
56) Kitty Espiritu, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
57) Jenny Adriano, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
58) Binky Ilusorio, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
59) Lorraine Belmonte, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
60) Liza Ilarde, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
61) Dinah Ventura, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
62) Tina Bonoan, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
63) Jenny Inumerable, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
64) Ana Socal, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
65) Anne Espiritu, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
66) Sari V. Yap, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
67) Nigel Chen, Bikini Sports, Inc. Makati City, Philippines
68) Chen Mencias, Blue Water, Manila, Philippines
69) Loouie Mencias, Blue Water, Manila, Philippines
70) Bing Javier, Manila, Philippines
71) Jigs Javier, Alabang, Philippines
72) PV Beley, Makati, Philiipines
73) Rosan Cruz, Greenhills, Philippines
74) Chiqui Mabanta, Malate, Manila,Philippines
75) Marianna Price, Manila, Philippines
76) Napjun Quejada, Quezon City, Philippines
77) Jason B. Valencia, Sampaloc, Manila,Philippines
78) Cyma Zulfiqar Saeed, Karachi, Pakistan
79) Kamran Saeed, Karachi, Pakistan
80) Asgher Ali Qureshi, New Jersey, USA
81) Rubab Itrat Qureshi, New Jersey, USA
82) Bruce Casey, Clifton, New Jersey, USA
83) Michele Suchomel, Hoboken, N.J., USA
84) Christine Gabbard, Wayne, PA, USA
85) Spencer Lewis, Conshohocken, PA, USA
86) Suzanne Cerquone, Philadelphia, PA, USA
87) Matthew K. Johnson, Rochester, NY USA
88) David C. Johnson, Canandaigua, NY
89) Bruce Hennessey, Huntington, VT
90) Beth Whiting, Huntington, VT
91) Doug Furman, Missoula, MT
92) Mike Lucas, Missoula, MT Vice President Wildlife Society
93) Nathanael Julliand, Cusy, France
94) Jessica Meredith, Vich, Switzerland
95) Laurent Burgisser, Szenove, Switzerland
96) Jean-Marc Mitterer, Genve, Switzerland
97) Adrienne Godio, Chzard, Switzerland
98) Gaelle Vadi, Neuchtel, Switzerland
99) Edward Mitchell, Neuchtel, Switzerland
100) Philippe Grosvernier, Reconvilier, Switzerland
101) Bernard Lachat, Vicques, Switzerland
102) Margaret Berry, Florence Italy
103) Aidan Kershaw, London, UK
104) Julie Webster, Sydney Australia
105) Richard Holt, Sydney Australia
106) Stuart Masters, Melbourne Australia
107) Tom Simpson, Broken Hill Australia
108) Rob Hamilton, Sydney Australia
109) Rowena Grady, Sydney Australia
110) Jane Matthews, Breckenridge, CO USA
111) Robyn Langkos, River Falls, WI USA
112) Sam Campbell Prescott, Wi. USA
113) Audrey Cenedella Prescott Wi USA
114) Valerie Caskey Munich Germany
115) Mickey Feuerstein Munich Germany
116) Kristin Caskey, Richmond,VA
117) John Malinoski, Richmond, VA
118) Andrea Ray, New York, NY
119) Gregory Yang, New York, NY
120) Alex Hurst, New York, NY
121) Clarissa Berger, San Francisco, USA
122) Hanna Wulf, Z=FCrich, Switzerland
123) Anja Tschudi, Z=FCrich, Switzerland
124) Tobias Burkhardt, Z=FCrich, Switzerland
125) Simon Zeller,Las Vegas,USA
126) Stefan Keller, Zurich, Switzerland
127) Markus Binder, Zurich, Switzerland
128) Yves Zischek, Zurich, Switzerland
129) Guido Keel. Zurich, Switzerland
130) Christoph Braunschmidt, Freiburg, Germany
131) Tina Schneider, Freiburg, Germany
132) Paul Voerkel, Leipzig, Germany
133) Christopher Stolzenberg, Rostock, Germany
134) Ruth Haltof, Rostock, Germany
135) Claudia Fellerhoff, Cuiab=E1, Brasil
136) Benedikt Reuter, W=FCrzburg, Germany
137) Benjamin P=FCtter, Freiburg, Germany
138) Rolf Lang-K=F6rsgen, Mainz, Germany
139) Christiane Bieker, Frankfurt, Germany
140) Michael Karner, Frankfurt, Germany
141) Michael Guenther, Jena, Germany
142) Arnim Henze, Tuebingen, Germany
143) Stephan Rupp, Tuebingen, Germany
144) Malcolm Wright, LA, CA
145) Daniele Colajacomo, Los Angeles, USA
146) Annie Castellano, Rome, Italy
147) Fabio Castellano, Rome, Italy
148) Fabrizio Bartolomucci, Rome, Italy

Io ho scritto e "divulgato" il messaggio. Oggi giorno le petizioni spesso
non servono a molto, ma tentare non nuoce e più siamo meglio è sicuramente.
Ciao da Winnie (Ravenna)

 non servono a molto, ma tentare non nuoce e più siamo meglio è
sicuramente.
cosa significa questo crosspost? di che state parlando? che è, che è? sono
curioso, che succede?
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Alberto Babi Berminyak®

Mi fa venire qualche dubbio la frase :
"This is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled islands in the Pacific and it
is being destroyed to meet Hollywood's
perception of paradise."
La Thailandia non c'entra un bel niente col Pacifico, a me risulta bagnata
dall'Oceano Indiano !
ciao...
nb
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 off by 20th Century Fox, who paid the government Bhat 4 million.
I guess the amount was quite higher than that! 55.000 USD are not enough
to buy one of the most beautiful islands all over the world!
Carlo Easysmile
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Va be' ho capito, qui per arrivarci in fondo dovrò pagare un
interprete...:-((
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Alberto Babi Berminyak®

Ho ricevuto e controllato questo messaggio ed ho pensato di proporlo su questo
newsgroup. A beneficio dei non anglofoni si parla di un nuovo film con Leonardo
di Caprio che stanno girando in un'isola del Pacifico che appariva ai
produttori poco "isola del pacifico" e quindi l'hanno spianata per piantare
palme ed altro ...
Un saluto, Fabrizio
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... devo decidermi ad imparare l'inglese :-(((
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Alberto Babi Berminyak®

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 ... devo decidermi ad imparare l'inglese :-(((
Se intendi imparare un po' di inglese (almeno i rudimenti di base)
senza tanto annoiarti, ti segnalo un simpatico libro: "L'inglese"
di Beppe Severgnini. E' una via di mezzo tra un libro e un corso
(semplice) abbastanza diverso dal solito. Oltre a essere divertente
costa anche poco.
Adriano