Forests are important because they produce atmospheric oxygen, conserve the soil, regulate the weather and are a refuge of lots of animal and vegetal species.
In Cordoba, Teck Cominco is exploring a big part of the hills in search of uranium deposits. This project involves a big risk not only ecologically, but also economically for the province.
The area has approximately 500 hectares where there are some river basins and it is near Los Condoritos, which is a protected area.
If this project developed, they would knock down full mountains and forests with explosives and water would be contaminated with products used for uranium extraction.
FUNAM(The Foundation for Environmental Defense), described as “unacceptable” the governments intention to install a state owned uranium mine in protected natural areas, mainly affecting the large reserves of forests in the province, and in turn, causing deforestation.
6602 Recta Martinolli street
Cordoba, Argentina 5009
La Salle School
23 May, 2011
We are writing to you in order to make you aware of the problem that is taking place in our hills. As you read before the Canadian company, Teck Cominco, was allowed to explore a big area of the hills, producing deforestation in a big part of our forests.
We, LaSalle school students, made a deeper study of this topic, with the intention that you could help us stop not only this company, but also, others that want to do the same with our territory. For that reason, we need to collect as many signatures as possible, so that the government calls off the project. We also need your support to keep on insisting for the forest law to be modified, and to reach a balance between deforestation and resources obtention, without affecting any of them.
Anyone who would like to help with a signature, should contact us and send name, nationality and age to our email address:
lasalleingles2011@gmail.com. We will contact you immediately.
Thank you. Regards
LaSalle school students
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