Subject: Fw: [Fwd: fyi: Fox Pictures destruction of Thailand (fwd)]
>Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 20:13:30 -0400
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1160
>> > >>>>>On a recent trip to Thailand it was discovered that 20th Century
>Fox
>> > >>>>is making a movie called "The Beach" on Phi Phi Leh Island, a
>treasured
>> > >>>>>National Park in Thailand. Portions of the film, which stars
>Leonardo
>> > >>>>>Di Caprio (Titanic-fame), will be shot on Maya Beach on the
>island
>> > >>>>of Phi Phi Leh. This is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled
>islands in
>> > >>>>the Pacific and it is being destroyed to meet Hollywood's
>perception of
>> > >>>>>paradise.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>The film company has already bulldozed large portions of the beach
>> > >>>>>and removed much of the natural vegetation (Giant Milkweed, Sea
>> > >>>>>Pandanus, Spider Lily and other beach grass) in order to widen
>the
>> > >>>>beach to
>> > >>>>>accommodate a football scene. Fox plans to replace the native
>> > >>>>vegetation
>> > >>>>>with 100 non-native coconut palms to create their "paradise."
>Local
>> > >>>>>Thai activists feared that removing the natural vegetation would
>> > >>>>create
>> > >>>>>serious erosion, and they were right. The beach has already been
>> > >>>>>eroded and now locals are very worried about how much of the beach
>> > >>>>and bay
>> > >>>>>will remain after the monsoons.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>Phi Phi Leh Island is supposedly protected as a National Park and
>> > >>>>>is key to the local tourist economy. Thai activists report that
>> > >>>>Thailand's
>> > >>>>>Royal Forestry Department violated their own regulations and were
>> > >>>>>bought off by 20th Century Fox, who paid the government Bhat 4
>> > >>>>million.
>> > >>>>>Local activists are enraged that the government would cave in to
>> > >>>>Fox's
>> > >>>>>demands and that their concerns were ignored. Activists are not
>> > >>>>opposed
>> > >>>>>to filming on Maya Bay, but want the island to be filmed as-is. A
>> > >>>>>lawsuit has been filed, but an injunction to stop further
>destruction
>> > >>>>of the
>> > >>>>>island was denied.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>The local Thai people have tried everything, from the courts to
>> > >>>>blockading
>> > >>>>>the beach, to protect their island. They need our help.
>> > >>>>> Please help the people of Thailand by:
>> > >>>>> 1) Passing this message on to everyone you know.
>> > >>>>> 2) Signing the petition below.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>Please sign the petition and forward to someone else. If your name
>> > >>>>>is #50, #100, #150 and so on, please send the petition back to:
>> > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> PETITION:
>> > >>>>> TO: Andrew McDonald, Producer "The Beach"
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>We, the undersigned, will not see your film "The Beach" and will
>> > >>>>encourage
>> > >>>>>our friends and family to boycott the film unless you cease and
>> > >>>>desist from
>> > >>>>>destroying Maya Bay by removing the native vegetation and planting
>> > >>>>coconut
>> > >>>>>palms. Maya Bay is already a paradise and does NOT need
>Hollywood's
>> > >>>>>unnecessary alterations.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> 1) Bryony Schwan, Missoula, Montana USA
>> > >>>>> 2) Laura Scherubel, Missoula, MT, USA
>> > >>>>> 3) Claire Emory, Ovando, MT USA
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>> > >>>>> 5) Sue Nackoney, West Yellowstone, MT USA
>> > >>>>> 6) Anna R. Mosqueda, Sacramento, CA, USA
>> > >>>>> 7) Barbara Warner, Lebanon, KY 40033
>> > >>>>> 8) Nancy Ellen Smith, Woodstock, GA USA
>> > >>>>> 9) Kathy Richmond, Vice President,Friends of the West,Clayton,
>ID
>> > >>>>> 10) Scott Edgerton, Missoula, Montana, USA
>> > >>>>> 11) Chuck Pezeshki, Director,Clearwater Biodiversity Project,
>Troy,
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>> > >>>>> 30) Danna Schock
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>> > >>>>> 34) Pierre Mineau, Research Scientist, Canadian Wildlife
>> > >>>>> Service,Ottawa,Canada
>> > >>>>> 35) Chip Weseloh, Wildlife Biologist, Canadian Wildlife
>> > >>>>> Service,Burlington, ON Canada.
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>> > >>>>> York,
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>> > >>>>> 40) Charlotta Kvarnemo, PhD, Stockholm University, Sweden
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>> > >>>>> Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
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>> > >>>>> 47) Nilmini Gunaratne, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, CA,
>US
>> > >>>>> 48) Maria F. Jaramillo, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley,
>CA,
>> > >>>>US
>> > >>>>> 49) Stephanie Hsieh, Stanford Business School, Stanford, CA, US
>> > >>>>> 50) Nelson Hardigg, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT USA
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> TO the 50th person, PLEASE RETURN TO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> 51) Alethea T. Abuyuan, Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, CT,
>USA
>> > >>>>> 52) Iolanthe T. Abuyuan, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
>> > >>>>> 53) Medge Samblaceno, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
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>> > >>>>> 66) Sari V. Yap, MEGA Magazine, Manila, Philippines
>> > >>>>> 67) Nigel Chen, Bikini Sports, Inc. Makati City, Philippines
>> > >>>>> 68) Chen Mencias, Blue Water, Manila, Philippines
>> > >>>>> 69) Loouie Mencias, Blue Water, Manila, Philippines
>> > >>>>> 70) Bing Javier, Manila, Philippines
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>> > >>>>> 73) Rosan Cruz, Greenhills, Philippines
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>> > 127) Su Karl, Arcata, CA, USA
>>
>> 128) Marlena F. Lange, NY USA
>129) Barbara M. Norris, FL USA
>> Diane Schmolka, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
>> >
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>> >
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