*[Enwl-eng] Protect the last remaining western chimps

[ENWL]

            This proposed dam would destroy the Moyen-Bafing National Park - 
one of the last protected areas for the western chimpanzee. Help us stop it 
now!

                  Sign Now

                 Over the past 20 years, the population of western 
chimpanzees has plummeted by more than 80 percent. Right now, one of the few 
remaining protected habitats exists inside the Moyen-Bafing National Park in 
Guinea, West Africa, and protecting it is absolutely imperative. In spite of 
that, a corporation called the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve 
Senegal (OMVS) is planning to build a dam that would devastate this crucial 
habitat. The Koukoutamba dam would regularly flood a huge area of the park - 
twice the size of San Francisco - which would, in turn, spell these chimps' 
destruction.

                  The construction of the Koukoutamba dam in Guinea, West 
Africa, will also have immense costs for the environment and for people 
living alongside the Bafing River. These communities depend on the river for 
their livelihoods and access to water, and the dam will severely disrupt 
their social, behavioral, cultural, economic, and political lives. On top of 
that, it's time for humans everywhere to stop abusing Mother Earth and start 
respecting the environment, but this construction and development would do 
exactly the opposite. We cannot let this greedy project decimate the already 
fragile chimpanzee community and that of their human neighbors! Sign the 
petition demanding an end to the deadly Koukoutamba dam project!

                  Thank you,

                         Miranda B.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. Chimpanzees in the Moyen-Bafing National Park are 
already critically endangered, but if the Koukoutamba dam is built, their 
chances of recovering plummet. Speak out to help stop this construction now!








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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 8:02 PM
Subject: Protect the last remaining western chimps


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