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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear nature lovers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The marine park of Blue Bay in Mauritius is threatened by
promoters who want to build a luxury hotel on a small islet in the lagoon where
are clustered coral patches of outstanding beauty. Despite the fact that
Blue Bay has been proclaimed "a marine park" in 1997 and that ecologist
NGOs are against the hotel project, the promoters have never given
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>They have submitted an EIA (Environment Impact Assessment)
report to the government to obtain their EIA licence and start building
their hotel as soon as possible.The answer of the authorities is expected
anytime.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The association ECO-SUD has fought that project from the
start because we are convinced that it will harm the fragile ecosystem of the
bay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you want to understand better what is at stake, visit
the following website </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.intnet.mu/iels">http://www.intnet.mu/iels</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>and then help us save our natural heritage which
can also be considered a world heritage.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Doris Sénèque</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>(Secretary - ECO-SUD)</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>