The video is meant for people who do not use tata products on a regular basis.

Holy Cow!

Would there be any such people.

I guess not.

The nesting I thought would put an end to all this but it seems like there is more that greenpeace is after than the turtle protection.

Yeah Taran? Really? So what else could it be that Greenpeace is after?

Money from the Tatas? Greenpeace only ever accepts donations from ordinary people like you and me, never corporations.

Fame? Greenpeace is one of the world's Top Ten most recognised names, and Tata is not.

Credibility? Greenpeace hasn't been compromised in its fight against the Tatas' port, but the President of IUCN (the body that has given the Tatas a carte blanche to go ahead with port construction) was Valli Moosa, who also served on the main board of directors of Indian Hotels, a Tata company. There's a term for this kind of thing. It's called Conflict Of Interest.

Notoriety? Greenpeacers have spent more time in jail fighting for global justice, equality, peace and sustainability in 37 years than all the Tatas have in 150 years. In fact, Jamsetji Tata was busy starting a business while thousands of ordinary Indians were joining India's First War of Independence against the British back in 1857.

Read. Then post.

The people of Orissa will have to pay the real price if this project stops. Is Greenpeace willing to take care of the employment of all the people in Orissa and help with infrastructure.

Greenpeace needs to get its facts rite.The nesting already took place last year inspite of the ongoing project.This does show TATAs must have taken few measures too for the nesting season to happen successfully.

There is no adequate environmental impact assessment about what the port will do to the turtle population. But there is plenty of cause for concern.

From Sanctuary Asia:

Turtles tagged with satellite transmitters have been plotted in the waters off the port site. Prior to nesting, turtles congregate in the offshore coastal waters to mate. These congregation patches move from one area to another and can comprise of thousands of individuals. Any shipping in these areas, going to and from the port, can wreak havoc on the turtles.

Recently came across exciting news about Record Mass Nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in Gahirmatha beach this year inspite of Dhamra Port construction…

Annual rendezvous of Olive Ridley Turtles

Mass Turtles Nesting in Gahirmatha Beach in 2009

According to Greenpeace, Dhamra port project will directly affect the Olive Ridley turtles, their mating, nesting etc. however found this video worth sharing.

Greenpeace Lie - Olive Ridley Nesting Video at Gahirmatha Beach

Even after huge Greenpeace propaganda, turtles came back for nesting at Gahirmatha beach, which is located near Dhamra port project.

Like to share few more stories:

Olive Ridley Turtles Begin Early Nesting in Orissa
Olive Ridley turtles hatchlings emerge from sandy pits

I think Greenpeace problem lies here: "After all, Tata has grown from a national giant into an international player"

Have a look at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=41645784174&topic=305078

Its says:

It may be noted that IUCN and the MTSG (Marine Turtle Scientific Group) scientists working with the group have clearly stated that dredging operations for Dhamra does not and will not affect the Olive Ridley Turtles in Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary and its periphery area. For more details log on to - http://scienceoremotion.blogspot.com.

Check this press release which is worth reading.

Press Release from North orissa University

It has come to our notice that Greenpeace India have placed in their website a report under the title "Bio-diversity Assessment of Dhamra Port Site and Surroundings Areas, Orissa". The cover page of the report says that the report has been prepared by the North Orissa University. We would like to clarify that no report under the above mentioned title has been prepared by the North Orissa Unversity.

North Orissa University had prepared a report under the title "Rapid Bo-diversity Assessment of Dhamra Estuary, Orissa-India" and the same was submitted to Greenpeace India who were the funding agency.

A comparison of the report as it appears in the website of Greenpeace India and the authentic report of North Orissa University reveals that the Greenpeace India have doctored the authentic report by way of changing the title and its contents for motives best known to them.

We wish to further clarify that the impact of Dhamra Port on the environment and bio-diversity of Dhamra Estuary was not within the scope of our study.

For the sake of convenience we are enclosing herewith a copy of the authentic report of the University and the report as placed by the Greenpeace India in their website along with a comparison in a tabular form which would clearly indicate the changes/deletions/additions and interpolations made by Greenpeace India.

To conclude we take serious exception to such unethical conduct by Greenpeace India.

Sd/-
Prof. Sudarsan Nanda,
Vice Chancellor,
North Orissa University

Greenpeace has been variously criticized for being too radical, too alarmist, or too mainstream, for using methods bordering on eco-terrorism, for having itself caused environmental damage in its activities, for taking positions which are not environmentally or economically sound, and for valuing non-human causes over human causes. These criticisms have been made by governments, industrial and political lobbyists and other environmental groups.

Greenpeace Lies About Apple

Greenpeace Lies About Dhamra Port

Is that like Greenpeace always targets big corporate giant to keep them under pressure and earn money from them ultimately?

I wonder why a non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment do not like to protect the human beings. I have found in few countries innocent & poor people require protections, importance more than animals.

Why they have been kept ignored and leave behind by this type of so called good organizations.

GREENPEACE HAS NO RIGHT TO CREATE OBSTACLES FOR THE ECONOMICAL & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY.

Dhamra Port Project is not only concern about the Orissa's economy or the society’s betterment but they are also concern about the environmental protection. A very nice video which you will definitely like to share with others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ9x8_sEQQ

Expressing anguish over the Green Peace movement's single point agenda on stopping work on Dhamra Port project in Orissa, Tata Steel Chairman Ratan Tata reiterated that the company would in no way take up any project hazardous to Olive Ridley Turtles

Mr Ratan Tata Chairman of TATA Steel to Greenpeace activists: "I invite you for a discussion and a visit to the port site in Dhamra."

Tata proved that Tata was always willing to have a best solution for country's industrial & economical development and they were always ready for solutions.

http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/08/29/MTA5MDgw/TATA_Steel_invites_Greenpeace_activists_for_talks_on_Dhamra_Port.html

http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/661058/Business/4/20/4

http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-100917.html

Greenpeace, the professed global environment campaign organization, in an instance of unmatched brazenness, falsified the report prepared by North Orissa University on Biodiversity Assessment of Dhamra Estuary. As a result, a group of forty MPs wrote to the Ministry Of Environment and Forests to call on the bluff of Greenpeace. The Orissa Govt. therefore initiated action against Greenpeace proposing a ban on all its activities in the state.

However, after the 102nd Annual General Meeting of Tata Steel in Mumbai, Greenpeace unabashedly has started their tricks once again. This time it has managed to rope in Retd Admiral Ramdas and his wife Mrs. Lalita Ramdas on the issue of Dhamra port but as far as scientific reasoning goes, the issues raised are totally unfounded. We can just hope that the visit of the Ramdas’ to the site will help to stop meaningless agitations and clear the situation once and for all.

Some shareholders of Tata Steel brought up the concerns raised by Greenpeace about the impact of the Dhamra Port on the nesting habitat of Olive Ridley Turtles at Tata Steel’s 102nd AGM in Mumbai on the 27th August’09 and requested the Chairman of Tata Steel, Mr Ratan Tata, to discuss the Dhamra Port issue with them.

Mr Tata responded immediately to their concerns and said that my invitation is “ to you Admiral Ramdas” and anybody else who would be interested and Mr Muthuraman would make the arrangements for you all to take the time to satisfy yourselves in terms of what we are doing.
Know more: Response to GPs activity on Websites

At least 170,000 endangered female Olive Ridley turtles have laid their eggs in the protected Gahirmatha sanctuary, a famed nesting site in coastal Orissa, during the past 11 days.
http://www.topnews.in/law/170000-olive-ridley-turtles-lay-eggs-orissas-gahirmatha-210813