The world's beaches are in trouble!
Shipbreaking takes place in poor countries, where once pretty beaches in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey are turned into ship graveyards. However, old ships contain hazardous substances such as asbestos, lead paint and PCBs, which are released into the environment. The Rainbow Warrior is in India to visit the shipbreaking yards. Evedien from the Netherlands is on board....
November 14, 2003
Political lobbying
The Greenpeace team on board the Rainbow Warrior are now dealing with the paper work for customs and immigration. We are also trying to get permission to conduct our "toxic patrols" in Alang.
Meanwhile, the Greenpeace land team is dealing with the political side of the story. The Minister of Environment and Forests has said that he is going to take action regarding ship owners who violate the Supreme Court Order. This is as a result of the research Greenpeace is doing. The minister also promised to take strong action against shipbreakers and local authorities in case of violations of the Supreme Court Order, directives and other national laws.
Also today the Minister of Steel told Greenpeace that he fully supports our campaign on cleaning up the shipbreaking industry and promised to support our work. These assurances from the above ministers will definitely boost the moral of the Greenpeace activists on board. But we have to see how and when these political intentions will be transformed into reality.
Posted by at November 14, 2003 11:19 PMdear Nayan Shah.
We don't need your ill-informed comments to be repeated on every log.
Posted by: VINCE TURNBULL at November 18, 2003 02:17 AM