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From: Jennifer Moody [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sat 4/5/2008 5:39 AM
Subject: Petition protesting the Cavo Sidero Golf Resort
Dear Friends,
We fell in love with Crete - its people and its landscape - 30+ years
ago. In that time we have seen many changes, some for the better some
for the worse.
As tourism becomes the mainstay of the Cretan economy, developments
are inevitable. Many are ugly, a shame but not a catastrophe. Others
may be beautiful but environmental and cultural disasters. The
current proposal for the Cavo Sidero golf resort falls in the latter
category. We know this area well because for the last two years we
have been conducting environmental and archaeological research there.
It is a museum of ancient field systems and settlements unique in
Crete. It is also home to endemic flora and fauna. The proposed golf
resort is ludicrous given the semi-desert climate and environment and
a travesty given the antiquities it will destroy and endemics it will
threaten.
We have recently organized an online petition to protest the
construction of this golf resort. If you are in agreement, please
sign it and pass it on.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Save-the-Cretan-landscape
Please contact us if you are interested in more information on why we
are convinced this development is sadly misdirected.
The court case is now set for May 9th. Time is short.
Thank you for your consideration,
Jennifer Moody and Oliver Rackham
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authors of The making of the Cretan landscape, 1996 / I Dimiourghia
tou Kritikou Topiou, 2004
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