MONTADO NUM PORCO: THANK YOU MR.MILIBAND

quinta-feira, 1 de abril de 2010

THANK YOU MR.MILIBAND

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Recebido do JT.

Caros/as,

Gostaria de agradecer a todos os que tiraram alguns segundos do seu tempo para apoiar uma campanha que tentei vitaminar com a participação de brasileiros – a criação da Área Marinha Protegida de Chagos, território britânico do Oceano Índico. Hoje o governo britânico designou toda a área como reserva marinha sem exceções de pesca. É a MAIOR ÁREA MARINHA PROTEGIDA DO PLANETA, ultrapassando outras áreas sucessivamente designadas nos últimos anos pelos EUA e Kiribati (grandes e pequenos países, portanto, agindo em defesa do ambiente marinho independente de ideologia ou riqueza – nos EUA, foi o GW Bush quem designou as ilhas do noroeste havaiano como Santuário).

Quem dera os semi-analfabetos e aproveitadores políticos que dominam nossos órgãos ambientais no Brasil do presente aprendessem alguma coisa com o que acontece no mundo lá fora. Um dia, quem sabe, passamos da demagogia vazia pra ação efetiva. Temos de seguir peleando, e no momento comemorar que em algum outro lugar do planeta, mais área marinha está protegida.

Abraços,

Thanks you Mr Miliband



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