- Signatures: 9,822
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 3-5-2003
| Number | Date | Name | City | State | Country | Why are you concerned about preserving the Leuser Ecosystem? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,883 | 6:28 pm PST, Nov 29 | Brianne Gates | Los Angeles | California | United States | |
| 9,882 | 3:51 pm PST, Nov 25 | Eleni Jensen | Thames | New Zealand | I'm mostly concerned about the Borneo Orang-utan. I think that whats happening to this particular species is disgraceful and i can't believe that humans would even think of doing this kind of thing. Please visit www.gardenmandy.com/rainforest-and-endangered-species-being-distroyed-by-palm-oil-industry/. for more information. i think its extremely impotant | |
| 9,881 | 9:49 am PST, Nov 11 | Taylor Dall | Williamsburg | Michigan | United States | |
| 9,880 | 5:59 pm PST, Nov 4 | Anonymous | Grafton | Wisconsin | United States | All of Earth's ecosystems are important. Just because not as many people have seen rainforests doesn't make them less important. Actually, there are plant species yet undiscovered that hold all sort of potential to cure people from terrible disease. To make this less possible would be a great shame. |
| 9,879 | 7:17 am PST, Nov 3 | Heri Heribertus | Pontianak | Indonesia | Many animals as in Borneo are in a countdown to extinction. So act now before it's too late! | |
| 9,878 | 1:27 pm PDT, Oct 23 | Anonymous | Redhill | United Kingdom | So many species, so many unknown cures and possibilities | |
| 9,877 | 8:42 pm PDT, Oct 15 | DeSonya Williams | Greenville | Mississippi | United States | Because it concerns the world. |
| 9,876 | 2:26 pm PDT, Oct 9 | Shelley Larizzio | Shamokin | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 9,875 | 12:16 pm PDT, Oct 9 | Emma jones | Kenilworth | United Kingdom | ||
| 9,874 | 3:24 pm PDT, Sep 24 | g. koyanagi | Vancouver | Canada | ||
| 9,873 | 12:58 am PDT, Sep 24 | Dr. PREMRAJ PUSHPAKARAN | kochi | Indiana | India | 62/103, pranavam, kottecanal rd, kochi, kerala, india, 682018, |
| 9,872 | 4:09 pm PDT, Sep 16 | Samantha Page | Wootton Bedford | United Kingdom | ||
| 9,871 | 8:34 am PDT, Sep 11 | Ayman Ahwal | Birmingham | United Kingdom | There are a hundred reasons, practical, scientific, historic, spiritual, as well as for the fact that it is a world natural heritage site and therefore it's conservation becomes the affair of the world | |
| 9,870 | 8:53 am PDT, Sep 7 | Keely Jared | Chickasha | Oklahoma | United States | Please allow nature to just be. We need this ecosystem! Please look inside your sould and do what is right! |
| 9,869 | 10:55 pm PDT, Aug 14 | Richard A. Taylor | El Paso | Texas | United States | |
| 9,868 | 1:40 pm PDT, Aug 12 | Debra Ritchi | Buckingham | Virginia | United States | |
| 9,867 | 8:22 pm PDT, Jul 27 | jacob fourzan | el paso | Texas | United States | I feel we need to protect every ecosystem we have left |
| 9,866 | 10:07 am PDT, Jul 10 | Laurel Watson | Maricopa | Arizona | United States | |
| 9,865 | 1:33 pm PDT, Jul 8 | Jennifer Lopez | Cedar Park | Texas | United States | Animals are a part of our world. Our family has always loved and respected animals. |
| 9,864 | 2:10 pm PDT, Jul 4 | greta malkotzoglou | Athens | Greece | ||
| 9,863 | 7:09 am PDT, Jul 4 | Ayman Ahwal | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Leuser is a World Heritage site and is one of the most ancient tropical rain forests in the world. It is therefore OUR (the world's) business to protect it for eternity. | |
| 9,862 | 7:59 pm PDT, Jun 24 | myca ewald | Thunder Bay | Canada | ||
| 9,861 | 4:48 am PDT, Jun 23 | Sarah Dennis | Essex | United Kingdom | Its meen | |
| 9,860 | 11:03 pm PDT, Jun 5 | Lynn Autumn | Leucadia | California | United States | Please help us to preserve and protect endangered species, our precious flora and fauna, for ourselves and future generations. |
| 9,859 | 5:24 am PDT, May 23 | Jarrred Weaver | philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | because this are God's anamils and we have no right to run them out the earth |
| 9,858 | 9:23 pm PDT, May 21 | Anonymous | United States | United States Minor Outlying Islands | ||
| 9,857 | 2:37 am PDT, May 14 | Anonymous | Ridgewood | Australia | ||
| 9,856 | 1:03 am PDT, May 12 | Anonymous | hackham | Australia | concerned for the innocent animals being endangered | |
| 9,855 | 11:14 am PDT, May 8 | Desire'e Davis | Little Creek | Delaware | United States | Someday we will need those animals and they shouldn't be affected badly from human behavior |
| 9,853 | 10:06 am PDT, May 7 | Lauren-Michelle Montgomery | New York | New York | United States | Trees are important because they help other peple live as well as me. We should keep rainforests because they maybe have a few trees in them and stuff. |
| 9,852 | 3:31 pm PDT, May 2 | Louise Denham | Newport | United Kingdom | ||
| 9,851 | 2:17 pm PDT, May 2 | EnviroChick Smit | new york city | New York | United States | SAVE THE TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Save Endangered Rainforest Species – Stop Ladia Galaska Roads
The World Bank issued a statement in 2002 that it will not support any road proposals that could potentially lead to destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem. The Leuser Ecosystem, located in Sumatra, Indonesia, one of the most important and biologically diverse conservation areas on earth and home to some of the most endangered species on the planet, is now threatened with destruction.
As the World Bank would be aware, the provincial government of Aceh, supported by local governments around the Leuser Ecosystem, is pushing ahead with a major road network called Ladia Galaska that will eventually lead to the destruction of all high biodiversity areas in the Leuser Ecosystem. After a meeting in Jakarta on 26th November 2002, the provincial government of Aceh received approval from the ministers of the central government, against the advice of concerned NGO's, to go ahead with the controversial road development plans.
Local people value the intact Leuser Ecosystem. Locals stand to lose the many ecological benefits this vast area of pristine forests offers them. Farmers and city dwellers stand to lose ecosystem services like crop fertilising animals and, quite simply, fresh water. Road building and subsequent illegal logging have already contributed to disastrous flooding in Aceh.
We share the local NGOs concerns that unless funding of peace and rehabilitation in Aceh, by the World Bank and other donor agencies, is made conditional upon there being no destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem, corrupt local governments in Aceh will substitute their own state funds and push ahead with the road networks that will destroy the Leuser Ecosystem. Local NGOs have called upon the President of Indonesia to intervene to stop the road. We urge you to do the same.
We, the undersigned, request the World Bank to implore the national, provincial and regional authorities in Indonesia to preserve the integrity of the majestic and invaluable Leuser Ecosystem, and withdraw the proposed Ladia Galaska road building scheme currently under consideration in Aceh. We ask that the World Bank take the lead among donor agencies in efforts to ensure that the Leuser Ecosystem is protected. Specifically, we call on the World Bank:
1. to not support infrastructure projects that are likely to lead to deforestation or other degradation of the Leuser Ecosystem;
2. to ensure that donor groups sponsoring the rehabilitation of Aceh receive prior commitment from the provincial government of Aceh and all related local regency governments, that they will not substitute any of their provincial or regency budget resources for projects that are likely to lead to degradation of the Leuser Ecosystem; and
3. to make any commitment to Aceh conditional on a prior commitment of the provincial government and all related local governments to strive to conserve the Leuser Ecosystem, including a commitment to eliminate all illegal logging.
Sincerely,
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