(urgent)Action re: Fortis Chalillo Dam in Belize

Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:37:20 -0300
To: sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca
From: jslakov@TartanNET.ns.ca (Jan Slakov)
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Note: The Sept. 20 G&M article "Canada's dark side in Belize" says "Belizian
government officials... have 60 days to determine whether the project gets
the green light". Mail takes over a week to arrive so please write soon!

Dear Sust-Mar people,

A Newfoundland-based company which also owns property in the Maritimes (or
Halifax at least) is hoping to build a big dam in Belize. As Alan
Rabinowitz, Director of Science and Exploration of the Wildlife Conservation
Society in New York, wrote to the National Environmental Appraisal committee
of Belize, "I implore you to consider carefully the loss and destruction of
a crucial core of riparian habitat that would accompany the Chalillo Dam
project...This is an issue of considering long-term alternatives so that
environment and the people of Belize benefit, not simply a few privileged
individuals."

I urge others to write as well. You can use the info below to help (note the
address to write to).

For more information about the role of Newfoundland-based
Fortis corporation and the Canadian International Development
Agency in supporting this project, please see our Fortis-Belize
page <http://www.probeinternational.org> or contact
Grainne Ryder, Policy Director, Probe International.
E-mail: grainneryder@nextcity.com
Tel: 416-964-9223 ext. 227

from: Jan Slakov, president, Enviro-Clare, Box 35, Weymouth, NS B0W 3T0
837-4980
To:

National Environmental Appraisal Committee
%Dept. of the Environment, Government Offices
Belmopan, Belize, Central America

Dear Sirs, Mesdames,

Please protect the Macal and Raspaculo Rivers, as well as the Mesoamerican
Biological Corridor. Your government's reputation and Belize's
attractiveness for tourists are also at stake.

An article in the Sept. 20 _Globe and Mail_ points out that the
environmental assessment (which Canadian taxpayers paid $250,000 for) was
not fair and open. Fortis CEO H. Stanley Marshall has not replied to letters
sent to him (not that I know of) and the Fortis Annual Report seems to be
attempting to hide the truth, for no mention is made of the new dam plans.

Please make a choice chich will protect the environment and the interests of
the majority of your citizens. Allowing the Chalillo Dam project to go ahead
would allow a few wealthy individuals to increase their wealth at the
expense of the environment and the well-being of many citizens in Belize.

Sincerely, Jan Slakov

c.c.
H. Stanley Marshall, FORTIS Inc.
P.O. Box 8837
FORTIS Building, Suite1201
139 Water Street
St John's, NF
Canada A1B 3T2
<smarshall@fortisinc.com>
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