Help Requested from Ukrainians to Save Bug River Habitat ******************************************************** Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:45:32 +1000 From: swong@irn.org (Susanne Wong) Subject: dam-l Letters sought to protect Bug River, Ukraine To: irn-action@igc.org X-Sender: swong@pop.lmi.net Sender: owner-dam-l@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca Dear friends and fellow activists, Alexandra Tolstykh, who represents Zeleni Svit/Green World Ukraine is seeking letters of support for their efforts to protect the Southern Bug River. Please help by writing your own letter and circulating this information to your friends. Thanks! Susanne Wong >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Dear friends, > >the Government of Ukraine has plan to build the Tashlyk Hydro >Accumulation Power Station(HAPS), to fill the Alexandrovsky reservoir >in the Southern Bug's river - bed and to decrease the territory of >reserve - the regional nature landscape park "Granite Steppe-Pobuzh'e(GSP)". >In an official report it will be reduce the area of park. Building of >the Tashlyk HASP will destroy the Southern Bug river down stream the HAPS. >By words of Academic from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science >Yuriya Shelyag-Sosonko: "...unique nature of the landscape park which >has no similarity an analogy in the world, especially, the endemic >populations of flower plants, will die." Ukraine has to bear a >responsibility for preservation of the nature park GSP in according >to International Conventions which Parliament of Ukraine has ratified. >The inhabitants of the Region and Ukraine have protested for last decade >against the Tashlyk HAPS and the filling-up of the Alexandrovsky reservoir >on the Southern Bug's river-bed. > >We ask you to support us and to protect the nature of Pobuzh'ye near by >our river. >Please, send appeal with only the content of our letter enclosed below, >but without of our text to you, on next addresses: > To: President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma > Mail address: 252008, Ukraine, Kiev, str.Bankovaya, 11 > Fax: (38044) 2263396; 2932095; > E-mail: for President Leonid Kuchma. > > To: Chairman of the Nikolaev Regional Soviet of deputies Valentin Chayka > 327001, Ukraine, Nikolaev, square of Lenin; > Fax: (380512) 351236; > E-mail:. >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Anatoliy Zolotukhin, chairman Nikolaev Regional >Ecological Association "Zeleny Svit(Green World)", > >Sergy Shapovalov, director Southern Branch of Institute Ecology, > >Oleg Derkach, chairman Nikolaev Branch of the National Ecological >Center of Ukraine. > President of Ukraine > Leonid Kuchma > > Chairman of Nikolaev > Regional Soviet > of deputies > Valentin Chayka > >We have learned that construction of the Tashlyk HAPS and filling of >the Alexandrovsky reservoir on the Southern Bug's river - bed will >bring a huge damage to the river and will flood a big part of nature >reserve - the regional landscape park "Granite Steppe-Pobuzh'ye". >An official design of authorities is to reduce it's area. >It will destroy an unique nature and landscapes. Ukraine is responsible >to International Society for preservation of unique landscapes according >to International Conventions which Parliament of Ukraine has ratified. >We have learned also that inhabitants of the Region and Ukraine have >protested for last decade against the Tashlyk HAPS and the filling-up >of the Alexandrovsky reservoir on the Southern Bug's river-bed. > >We ask YOU to stop the building of the Tashlyk HAPS and others actions >which don't coincide with Word and European Strategy of Human >Protection and International Conventions ratified by Ukraine's >Parliament. We have to know that Ukraine will conduct the European >Conference of Nature Protection Ministers in September 2002 in Kiev. >Destruction of nature landscapes will have a big negative >effect on Ukraine. > >Signature, >Name and Address **if possible please forward copies of your letter to anufr@nikgrpc.freenet.kiev.ua (Alexandra Tolstykh care of Anatoly Zolotukhin) ============================================== Susanne Wong International Rivers Network 1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94703 Tel: 1.510.848.1155 ext 316 email: swong@irn.org Fax: 1.510.848.1008 web: www.irn.org