Worldlog Hafta 20 – 2010

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21 Mayıs 2010

Dünyaca ünlü primatolog Marc van Roosmalen’a tekrardan Hollanda pasaport vermeyi baÃ…Å¸ardÃ„Â±k. Amazon bölgesindeki biyo-deÃ„Å¸iÃ…Å¸imi gündeme getiren ve gündemde tutan çok özel bir araÃ…Å¸tÃ„Â±rmacÃ„Â± için, çok rahatlatÃ„Â±cÃ„Â± bir durum! TekrarÃ„Â±n ardÃ„Â±ndan konu ile ilgili parlementonya gensoru önergesi verdik. AyrÃ„Â±ca HayvanlarÃ„Â± Koruma Partisinin bölgesel departmanlarÃ„Â± 2009 yÃ„Â±lÃ„Â± sonunda lobicilik yaparak, Hollanda hükümetinin, biyologa Hollanda pasaportunu tekrar vermesini saÃ„Å¸lamak için imza kapmanyasÃ„Â± ile baskÃ„Â± yaptÃ„Â±k. Van Roosmalen 2007 yÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±nda ve ‘biyo-korsanlÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±’ ve izinsiz maymunlara baktÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â± suçlamasÃ„Â± sebebiyle tutuklanÃ„Â±p, hapise atÃ„Â±ldÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±nda baÃ…Å¸Ã„Â± baya bir derde girmiÃ…Å¸ti.

Sea the Truth premiyerinde Marc van Roosmalen ve Marianne Thieme

Çevre eylemcisine göre hükümet, proje tasarÃ„Â±mcÃ„Â±larÃ„Â± ve agaç kesim endüÃ…Å¸trisi baskÃ„Â±sÃ„Â± sebebiyle ‘ondan kurtulmak istiyordu’. O hayatÃ„Â±ndan endiÃ…Å¸e ediyordu. 2008 yÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±nda Brazilya’nÃ„Â±n temyiz mahkemesinde kÃ„Â±smen serbest bÃ„Â±rakÃ„Â±ldÃ„Â± ve 2009 yÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±nda Hollanda’ya kaçtÃ„Â±. 2007 yÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±nda BrazilyanÃ„Â±n, Brazilyan pasaportunu elinden aldÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±ndan beri ‘ülkesiz’, çünki 10 yÃ„Â±l önce Brazilyan vatandaÃ…Å¸lÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±na geçmiÃ…Å¸ti. Van Roosmalen yeni pasaportuyla tekrar Brazilya’ya gidip Amazon bölgesindeki KÃ„Â±zÃ„Â±lderilere karÃ…Å¸Ã„Â± gerçekleÃ…Å¸tiren soykÃ„Â±rÃ„Â±m ile ilgili belgesel yapmak istiyor. Bu giriÃ…Å¸im en az Amazon bölgesinde agaçlarÃ„Â±n kesimine karÃ…Å¸Ã„Â± koymak kadar tehlikeli. Ancak Van Roosmalen bu sefer Hollanda pasaportu ile daha fazla koruma altÃ„Â±nda olduÃ„Å¸una güvenebilir.

HayvanlarÃ„Â± Koruma Partisi Bilim bürosu Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation (NGPF)’Ã„Â±n yeni filmi Sea the Truth’un dünya premiyeri geçen hafta büyük baÃ…Å¸arÃ„Â±ya imza attÃ„Â±. Ne kadar etkileyici bir film! 700’ü aÃ…Å¸kÃ„Â±n katÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±mcÃ„Â±, su altÃ„Â±ndakÃ„Â± hayatÃ„Â±n güzelliÃ„Å¸i ile insanoÃ„Å¸lunun orada verdiÃ„Å¸i zararÃ„Â± büyük bir tezatlÃ„Â±k içinde olduÃ„Å¸unu gördüler. BalÃ„Â±klar 100 yÃ„Â±llÃ„Â±k zaman içinde kayboldu kaybolacaklar. Ama hala okyanuslardan ve denizlerden yÃ„Â±llÃ„Â±k 100 milyon ton balÃ„Â±k çekiyoruz.

Marianne Thieme ve Karin Soeters (NGPF direktörü) birlikte Sea the Truth pastasÃ„Â±nÃ„Â± kesiyorlar.

Daniel Pauly gibi örnek bilim adamlarÃ„Â± bu tempoda balÃ„Â±k tutmaya ve yemeye devam edersek okyanuslarde ve denizlerde 40 yÃ„Â±l içinde hiç balÃ„Â±k kalmayacaÃ„Å¸Ã„Â±nÃ„Â± bildiriyorlar. Devletler çözümü sürdürülebilir balÃ„Â±k projelerinde arÃ„Â±yorlar. Ancak gittikçe daha fazla bilim adamÃ„Â± Ã…Å¸uan okyanustan tutulan her balÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±n, bir balÃ„Â±k fazla olduÃ„Å¸unu söylüyor. Bu belgesel ile Ã…Å¸uan rizikosuz balÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â±n olmadÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â± gösteriliyor. BalÃ„Â±k sektörü ve birkaç HollandalÃ„Â± araÃ…Å¸tÃ„Â±rmacÃ„Â± alaycÃ„Â± bir tutum sergiledi, ama BirleÃ…Å¸ik Milletlerin açÃ„Â±kladÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸Ã„Â± bundan iberetti.

Biz Meath the Truth’da olduÃ„Å¸u gibi çok önde gidiyoruz, ama bu esnada parlementoda yer alan 6 parti yoÃ„Å¸un hayvancÃ„Â±lÃ„Â±Ã„Å¸a son verilmesi gerektiÃ„Å¸ini savunuyor ve YeÃ…Å¸il Sol, Hiristiyan Demkratlar, Ã„Â°Ã…Å¸ci Partisi ve Demokrat 66 et tüketiminin azaltÃ„Â±lmasÃ„Â± gerektiÃ„Å¸ini programlarÃ„Â±na aldÃ„Â±lar. Yarinden itibaren bütün dünyada gösterime girecek olan bu filmin sonuçlarÃ„Â±da aynÃ„Â± olacak. Ã„Â°lk baÃ…Å¸vuru Brazilya’dan geldi ve diger ülkelerde onu takÃ„Â±p edeceklerdir!

Bir baÃ…Å¸arÃ„Â± daha: Hollanda Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) projesinden çÃ„Â±kÃ„Â±yor. Özellikle HayvanlarÃ„Â± Koruma Partisi’nin desteÃ„Å¸iyle parlementoda küçük bir çoÃ„Å¸unluk saÃ„Å¸landÃ„Â±! HayvanlarÃ„Â± Koruma Partisi JSF jet uçaÃ„Å¸Ã„Â±nÃ„Â±n alÃ„Â±nmasÃ„Â±nÃ„Â± deÃ„Å¸il, SavunmanÃ„Â±n inceltilmiÃ…Å¸ ve modernize edilmiÃ…Å¸ F16 jet uçaklarÃ„Â± ile uçmasÃ„Â±nÃ„Â± istiyor.

Haftaya görüÃ…Å¸mek üzere!
Marianne

A Dutch passport has again been successfully arranged for the world-famous primatologist Marc van Roosmalen. This is a huge relief for a special researcher who is doing so much to identify and preserve the biodiversity in the Amazon! We repeatedly asked questions in parliament about the issue and in late 2009 the regional departments of the Party for the Animals started lobbying and began a petition to pressure the government to return the biologist's Dutch passport to him. Van Roosmalen landed in trouble after he was arrested and imprisoned in Brazil in 2007 on accusations of 'bio piracy' and keeping orphan monkeys without a licence.

Marc van Roosmalen and Marianne Thieme during the premiere of Sea the Truth

According to the environmental activist, the government, pressured by project developers and the logging industry, wants to be ‘rid of him’. He feared for his life. In 2008, Brazil’s supreme court partially acquitted him and in 2009 he fled to the Netherlands. Since Brazil had stripped him of his Brazilian passport in 2007, he had become ‘stateless’. Van Roosmalen had become a naturalized Brazilian citizen ten years earlier. Van Roosmalen wants to return to Brazil with his new passport to make a documentary about the genocide of the Indians in the Amazon region. This undertaking is seen as at least as dangerous as agitating against logging in the Amazon and the corruption of the local authorities. With his Dutch passport, Van Roosmalen can fortunately count on better protection.

Last week’s world premiere of Sea the Truth, the new film from the scientific bureau of the Party for the Animals, the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation (NGPF), was a great success. What an impressive film! More than 700 people saw the sharp contrast between the beauty of life under water and the destruction human activity is wreaking upon it. In a century, fish stocks have disappeared or all but disappeared. And yet each year we continue to harvest a hundred million tonnes of fish from our seas and oceans.

Marianne Thieme and Karin Soeters (NGPF director) both cut the Sea the Truth cake

Prominent scientists such as Prof. Daniel Pauly warn that if we continue to catch and eat fish at the current rate, the seas and oceans will be empty within 40 years' time. Governments are searching for the solution in sustainable fishery projects. But ever more scientists are saying that every fish taken from the ocean is one too many. This documentary shows us that currently there is no such thing as 'responsible' fishing. While the fishing industry and some Dutch researchers have responded in scoffing tones, this is what the United Nations announced this week.

As with the film Meat the Truth, we are way ahead of the curve. However, six parliamentary parties have since called for an end to intensive cattle raising and Groenlinks, Christenunie, PvdA and D66 have included reduced meat consumption in their plans. We expect this new film, which will be released all over the world from tomorrow, to have a similar effect. The first request for the film has come from Brazil and other countries will follow quickly!

Another success story: the Netherlands has decided to withdraw from the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project. There is a small parliamentary majority – thanks in part to the Party for the Animals – in favour of withdrawal! The Party for the Animals is against the purchase of the JSF jet fighters and in favour of continuing with slimmed down and modernized fleet of F16 jet fighters.

Until next week!
Marianne