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"Forest... for ever"

ITALIAN GEV in COSTA RICA and BRASIL

PLAN FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF THE TROPICAL FOREST AND ITS INHABITANTS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF TERRITORIES WHERE TO CREATE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN COSTA RICA.

The plan previews to institute within 1999 two areas of protection of the tropical forest: one in the heart of the Amazzonia (on the River Black person close to Manaus), the other in the peninsula of Nicoya on the Pacific depositor of Costa Rica. The initiative will be realized thanks to human resources and financial institutions offered from the modenese citizenship.

WHY PROTECT THE TROPICAL FOREST?

Many are already the problems that everyone of we must face and can appear strange to be involved in a plan so geographically and culturally far away,

but we would like you to consider some things:

1 - our Earth is an only great spaceship that travels in the universe and protect also a its small gear wants to say to safeguard all the spaceship.

2 - the tropical forests represent one of last lungs greens of our planet, absorb great part of carbon dioxide produced by our civilization, contribute to the climate stability and defend from the " effect greenhouse ";

3 - The tropical forests cover only the 6% of the land surface but they accommodate the 50% of the living species, this biodiversity is one genetic patrimony and a source in great unknown part of resources for humanity (25% of drugs sold in Italy derives from tropical plants) that risk to disappear together to the destruction of the forest before being discovered (still single 2 % of the species tropical have been analyzed, supposes that they exist beyond 1400 species antitumor still disowned). The threatened forest e' from the custom of " burns cultivates and escapes " that it allows to only take advantage of the earth for the little years in which remains fertile. The uncontrolled deforestazione for the industrial use, the breeding brado of the cattle, the excessive withdrawal of money of plants and rare animals are carrying irreparabili damages to the tropical forest.

4 - Every day forest areas they are sacrificed to economic activities that enrich little without giving some possibility of development to the aboriginal populations. To safeguard the forest and crearvi development possibility through sostenibili activities means also to save the Indios that still lives to you, avoiding that they yield to the mirage of the " city " where they end inexorably to where ingrossare the number of deprived of hope that ne they are relegated to the margins in the sadly famous ones " favelas ", paid higher price e' from " meninos from rua " forced since small to fight alone for the survival and to endure violences of every kind.

5 - the creation of protected areas concurs with the local populations a process of sostenibile development with their atmosphere, without to destroy the greater patrimony that they have, the forest.

Costa Rica represents an example of as it is possible for countries of the third world to have a sostenibile development through the creation of parks and reservoirs where the local population can find job occasions: this is a valid model to transfer also in Amazzonia.

6- the traditions, the acquaintances and the culture of the populations indios are the most important patrimony for all the humanity: we cannot lasciarle destroy from the been left over one of the " culture of the city ".

...... e then in those places we have constructed to a solid friendship with tantissime persons and children to which we have promised not abbandonarli......... and that also you, if you want, will be able to know and to help!