June 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

Bird Aviaries Birmingham

Manifesto "Porto Sul - authoritarianism, and desemprego desastre ambiental no Sul da Bahia" Giselle

Islanders, in May 2009

The Government of Bahia, so obscure, announces the installation of an intermodal complex (port, retroport, railway, airport) in the region of Ponta da Granary, north coast of Ilhéus, since January 2008. More recently, news that steel and nuclear power plant in southern Bahia, in the shadows of the Port South

all started with the Bamin, transnational company that acquired the license to exploit the deposit of iron in Caetité, and thus want to sell the ore to China. Other minerals business emerged in recent years, stimulated by the international market before the crisis.

In fact, there is the project of a deep sea port in front of the observatory of Sierra Grande, with a huge patio for ore deposit, adjacent to the beach and nearby the tip of the Granary. This patio would occupy more than twice the area of \u200b\u200bthe village (the area ceded to Bamin is 200 hectares and 80 hectares of yard deposit of iron ore in the open stacks, or 80 football fields just for this purpose).

To enable the business private, the Government of Bahia declared a public utility area of \u200b\u200b1,780 hectares in the EPA's Enchanted Lake, passed on to Bamin at no cost to the company. The Port and the backyard would use mostly imported equipment, and very little manpower. According to Bamin, they will hire up to 300 employees to operate the machines, and most of these people should come out. Moreover, the government says, without presenting any concrete fact that this project will generate 10 thousand jobs and changing the face of the region. In fact, the face South of Bahia can change for the worse. Similar projects such as the extraction of iron ore for export, in Minas Gerais, Amapá and Pará (Carajás), resulted in little or no improvement in quality of life. Who profits from this are the companies. For Brazil and its people are pollution, social and environmental degradation, and misery for a growing share of its population.

Experts hired by the government of Bahia state that this project will forever affect the region, damaging tourism between Islanders, Uruçuca (Serra Grande), Itacare, Maraú Camamu and eliminating jobs. Fishermen jangadeiros and will lose their relationship with the sea and the current job opportunities. The iron ore pollution fills the air, rivers and the sea, harming the health of residents across the region, with skin and lung diseases, in addition to noise, which will affect towns and natural environments. The fish production will decrease, affecting the cost of living and security in the region. To make matters worse, the government has said it wants to install a steel mill and also a nuclear power plant. If the iron goes to China, and the deposit has Caetité expected to last only 15 to 25 years, because making a steel? Or is it just a motto for new grants, promising new jobs and investment? If the region has tourist and locals throughout the cacao zone, because a nuclear plant, which we know to have high cost and high risk of health and safety for the population? Why not revitalize the São Francisco River and re-empower the turbines of the hydroelectric plants that already exist?

Bamin's project, the APA's Enchanted Lake, affects the flora and fauna of the ecological corridor between the Park City of Hope and the State Park of Serra do Conduru between Ilheus and Itacare, with risks to endangered species that live that location, such as laziness collar, otter, the capuchin yellow breast and many other species of the Atlantic. The Enchanted Lake, on the other hand, is an important body of water with about 24 km2, and an outpost of the Biosphere Reserve of the Atlantic Forest, a national organization that represents the UNESCO. Even small and highly fragmented, the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia has a direct influence on the people living life in their area by maintaining the flow of water sources, soil fertility, climate regulation and protection of slopes and mountain slopes, while preserving an immense historical and cultural heritage. After

16 months of the first notice, the Government of Bahia has not done any consultation or public hearing, ignoring municipal autonomy, over the heads of civil society, the Master Plan of the city of Ilheus, the APA's Enchanted Lake, communities and condos and tourism projects recommended by the same government to come to the region. Communities in the region are also unhappy Caetité and countered with the iron mining that will destroy their livelihoods and their environmental resources, without generating benefits for the majority.

We will not accept a bad project and has been tax down our throats while ignoring society of islets and throughout the region. We have an economy that needs relief and recovery, and South Port is to help bury something good that we still have in southern Bahia.

Indigenous Missionary Council, CIMI - Team Itabuna
CPT-CPT - Team sulsudoeste
Federation of Organizations for Social and Educational Assistance - PHASE - Itabuna
Islanders Action Association - (Islanders)
Youth Ministry - Diocese of Itabuna
Association for social redemption - ARES - (Camacan)
Neighborhood Association Aritaguá and Retreat - (Islanders) Indigenous People
Pataxo-Uh-Hãe - (Pau Brazil, Itaju of Cologne and Camacan)
Tupinambá of Indigenous People - (Buerarema, Una and Ilhéus)
Citizenship Council Parish - (Itabuna)
Ceta Southern Bahia - Southern region of Bahia
Unified Black Movement-MNU - (Itabuna)
Brazilian Union of Women-UBM - (Itabuna)
Living Forest - (Islanders)
Basic Ecclesial Communities, BEC's - (Itabuna and Islanders)
Agricultural School Community Margarida Alves - (Islanders)
Residents Association Fonseca - (Itabuna)
Union of Neighborhood Associations of Itabuna - (Itabuna)
Movement Quilombo - (Itacaré)
Village Residents 'Association Juerana (Islanders)
Association of Residents of Laguna Encantada (Islanders)
Village Residents' Association Juerana - AMORVIJU

Sunday, June 21, 2009

What Does Your Neck Feel Like With Meningitis

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Happy Birthday In Letters

Jornal A DIRECTOR, Ilhéus / Itabuna, 13 de Junho de 2009

Itabuna Itajuípe and lost all
Atlantic Forest and are among the most devastated cities in southern Bahia. Data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Fundação SOS Mata Atlantica show that the cocoa region has been experiencing an accelerated process of deforestation. itabuna
The illegal logging and fires occur in areas in full swing. There are places where there are more remnants of the original Atlantic Forest.
Among the municipalities that are totally "naked" are Itabuna Itajuípe, Barro Preto, Arataca, St. Joseph's Victoria and Buerarema. With 210 000 inhabitants, almost all in urban areas, Itabuna has 443 km of territory and 0% forest and dunes.
Other cities that suffer from deforestation and are close to losing what's left are Firmino Alves, Coaraci, Ibicaraí, Ubaitaba, Itapé, Forest Blue, and Jussari Aurelino Leal. In Firmino Alves left only 3% remaining, a total of 408 hectares of forest. In
Coaraci the damage was even greater. The city has only 1% remaining, which corresponds to approximately 261 hectares of native forest. For the residents of Ibicaraí remaining 123 hectares without deforestation. The volume corresponds to 1% of the municipality.
One percent is also the rate of kills in Ubaitaba untouchable, which has 314 acres remaining. Other municipalities have fewer than 10% of Atlantic Forest are Santa Cruz da Vitória (9%), Itororó (8%), Itapé (3%) Alma (6%) and Itapitanga (5%).

Survival
For the director of Knowledge Management and coordinator of the SOS Mata Atlantica Atlas, Marcia Hirota, data show that there is an urgent need for more effective performance of public power. "We must make people understand that life depends on the forest."
She says we must all join in the effort towards the protection of this biome. "It's a matter of survival of the 112 million people, to protect all that remains of the original forest, so it will publish the data every two years ".
Marcia Hirota explains that "the increasing fragmentation in the Brazilian cities and pressure on the forest reinforce the importance of people's awareness and efforts in forest restoration." She looks
that due to the extreme fragmentation of some passages, especially in the interior regions, the interplay between native forests becomes paramount to ensure biodiversity protection, water and climate in these regions.
INPE data and the SOS Mata Atlantica show that Bahia was the third Brazilian state where most deforested between 2005 and 2008.
were eliminated 24,148 acres of forest, and in Bom Jesus da Lapa 1797 were destroyed, lost Cândido Sales 1580 and cleared in Vitoria da Conquista 1418 hectares.

Una Itacaré and have the largest forest area
Atlantic in southern Bahia, considering the extent of the municipalities. Data from the National Institute for Space Research showed that 35% of Una preserves remnants of Atlantic Forest in the county, followed by Itacare, which saves 31%.
The first municipality has an area of \u200b\u200b39,967 hectares with no deforestation. Moreover, it has 167 acres of shoal and 575 hectares of mangroves. In Itacare are 22,375 hectares of native forest 573 acre salt marsh and 939 hectares of mangroves. Islanders
comes next, with 23% of its area covered by Atlantic Forest. She also has 39,538 hectares of remaining forest, 1,916 hectares of sandbanks and 722 hectares of mangroves. In
Canavieiras there are still 20% of native forest, which represents 21,435 acres of remaining. The city also has 1,408 hectares of sandbanks and 4,358 hectares of mangroves.
Atlas
In Santa Luzia the Atlantic Forest is 15,063 hectares, or 19% of the municipality. In Uruçuca are 5,686 hectares, which represents 17% of the total area. The information contained in the Atlas Cities of the Atlantic.
He reveals the identity, location and situation of the major remaining forests in the municipalities covered by the Atlantic. Index by Atlantic Forest Preservation (IPMA) becomes possible rank the counties by native coverage.
Data and maps can be accessed through the internet, on sites and www.sosma.org.br www.inpe.br free. Below is the deforestation rate in some municipalities in southern Bahia.
Remnants of Atlantic Forest in hectares: