Safe Bangka Island - North sulawesi

[BlueBayDivers]

A Chinese company wants to start an iron mine on Bangka, with the intention of mining both on the land, and just off the coast of (the Western side of) Bangka Island.

If this mining starts, then half of Bangka will turn into an open pit mining site, and the underwater mining activities will stir up so much sediment, sand, and dirt that the reefs surrounding Bangka and neighbouring Islands will all die. Even the reefs within the Bunaken National Park are not safe.

please read and sign the petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/safe-bangka-stop-mining/

This should hopefully create more awareness within the government and should be enough to stop the mining company from getting the licence to mine.

thanks!

 

[edpdiver]

Good idea. I already signed the petition. You might want to edit the post, though, so people know what it says (or start another post), with the title: Save Bangka Island: Sign petition to halt mining!

Thanks,
Erwin

 

[buiszie]

thanks,.....

 

[xariatay]

I have signed it too!

 

[BlueBayDivers]

Thanks Erwin .. i will do so. I will open a new thread with the new headline .. thanks for input .. anke

 

[Wingy]

Thanks Irwin, am already a member of the group - Sauhong is one of my favourite Indo dive sites. Hope to get back there one day and find it still beautiful and isolated and serene. Thanks for spreading the message, this is a dive spot worth saving.

 

[doctock993]

Petition seems to be "closed" prior to reaching numbers needed?