This email arrived to me from a Birdlife leader. I can't confirm its
truth but if its true they are destroying untouched nature, then I think
you should all sign and pass it round.
cheers
Konrad
>
> Hi everyone! Don't go and see 'The Beach' for the
> >> following reasons:
> >>
> >> HOLLYWOOD DESTROYING NATIONAL PARK IN THAILAND:
> >> Boycott 20th Century Fox movie "THE BEACH"
> >>
> >> Dear Friends,
> >>
> >> On a recent trip to Thailand I discovered that 20th Century Fox is
> >> making a movie called "The Beach" on Phi Phi Leh Island, a
> >> treasured national Park in Thailand. Portions of the film,
> >> starring 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, in the name of entertainment. 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 supposed to be protected as a national park and
> >> is key to the local tourist economy. The Thai activists say
> >> that Thailand's Royal Forestry Department violated their
> >> own regulations and were bought off by 20th Century Fox who
> >> paid the government Bt4 million. Local activists are enraged
> >> that the government would cave in to Fox's demands and that
> >> their concerns were ignored. They are not opposed to filming on Maya
> >> Bay but want the island's environment to remain intact.
> >>
> >> 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 the beach,
> >> to protect their island. Now they need our help. The only thing left
> >> is for the international public to take action and boycott
> >> the film. The Thai people point out that Americans would
> >> never allow Thai film makers to bulldoze
> >> Yellowstone or other US National Parks for example.
> >>
> >> Perhaps Hollywood will finally get the message that
> >> exploiting the environment and powerless people is
> >> unethical especially for mere entertainment purposes.
> >>
> >> Please help my friends in Thailand by:
> >> 1) Passing this message on to everyone you know
> >> 2) signing the petition below
> >> 3) write a letter to producer Andrew McDonald telling him you will
> >> boycott the film unless 20th Century Fox stops destroying
> >> Maya Bay. The address is:
> >>
> >> Andrew MacDonald, Producer
> >> c/o Carol Sewell
> >> 10201 W. Pico Blvd. Building 89, Room 224
> >> Los Angeles, CA 90035
> >>
> >> or e-mail Fox at foxmovies@xxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Check out web site of Maya Bay at: http:www.wildrockies.org/wve/
> >>
> >> (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 me at: mail to:bryony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> 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 do likewise,
> >> unless you cease and desist from destroying Maya Bay, by
> >> removing the native vegetation and planting coconut palms,
> >> which will cause long-term environmental and social damage.
> >>
> >>
> >> 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, ID
> >> 10) Scott Edgerton, Missoula, Montana, USA
> >> 11) Chuck Pezeshki, Director,Clearwater Biodiversity Project, Troy,
> >> 12) Ward Klemer, Seeley Lake, MT, USA
> >> 13) Aaron Coffin, Missoula, MT USA
> >> 14) Songwut Apirakkhit, Philadelphia, PA USA
> >> 15) Justin Busarakamwong, New York, NY, USA
> >> 16) Manida Phillips, Toledo, OH, USA
> >> 17) Laura Timms, Cambridge, UK
> >> 18) Helen Sturge, Stoke on Trent, UK
> >> 19) Nina Watts, Stoke on Trent, UK
> >> 20) Catherine Moore, UEA Norwich, UK
> >> 21) Rosie Kay, UEA Norwich, UK
> >> 22) Kirsty Sutherland, UEA, Norwich, UK
> >> 23) Asa Ahlbeck, Sweden
> >> 24) Talar Shahsuvarian, Crete, Greece
> > 25) Ghada S. Mitri, Beirut, Lebanon
> >_26) Vince Attard, Pembroke, MALTA
27) Konrad Pizzuto, Madliena, MALTA
>
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