I thought this was eminently worth forwarding.

>From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby at ti.com>
>To: "'dpaulson at ups.edu'" <dpaulson at ups.edu>
>Subject: FW: [kantori] Asia's best birding
>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:47:49 -0500
>Status:
>
>Dennis:
>
>Thought you might be interested in signing this petition to save a
>great shorebirding area. Please pass this on to other in WA.
>
>Nick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nial moores [<mailto:spoonbill at hotmail.com>mailto:spoonbill at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:48 PM
>To: kantori at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [kantori] Asia's best birding
>
>
>
>Dear Kantorians,
>
>Where can you see up to 200 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Hera-shigi and 60 Spotted
>Greenshank Kara-futo aoashishigi in a day? Where can you watch flocks of
>several hundred Saunders's Gulls Zuguro Kamome or up to 85 000 Great Knot
>Ooba Shigi in one scope view?
>Only one place in the world: the Saemangeum estuaries in South Korea.
>An area being completely reclaimed.
>12 times the size of area being reclaimed at Isahaya, the Saemangeum
>tidal-flats still support 27 species of waterbird in internationally
>important concentrations, and possibly as many as 300 000 - 500 000
>shorebirds (shigichidori) annually, many of these species and even
>individuals shared with Japan.
>The increasingly infamous project, with an outer sea wall now 80% complete,
>has been suspended since July 15 by a court ruling that offers the world's
>birders a genuine chance to support Korean people who are working to get the
>project stopped once-and-for-all.
>
>Please spend just 2-3 minutes signing a petition aimed at the Ministry of
>Foreign Affairs, co-organised by WBKenglish and KFEM (South Korea's largest
>environmental organisation), at
><http://www.wbkenglish.com/petition01.asp>http://www.wbkenglish.com/petition01.asp
>
>please pass on the URL to all birders you know in Japan and round the world.
>
>For the love of Saemangeum and the international migrants it supports,
>
>with best wishes and birding,
>
>Nial and Charlie Moores, with Kim Choony of KFEM
>
>Nial Moores
>Wetlands and Birds Conservation Specialist
>South Korea, and East Asia
>E-mail (personal): spoonbill at hotmail.com
><http://www.wbkenglish.com>http://www.wbkenglish.com
>Mobile phone:82-(0)11-9303-1963
>
>The devastating Saemangeum issue is now being debated in the courts. Please
>make your voice heard now by signing our petition:
><http://www.wbkenglish.com/petition01.asp>http://www.wbkenglish.com/petition01.asp
>
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