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[Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>]

Please explain in detail the anology of Lake Ohrid with this conversation
thread ? Perhaps there is an obtuse one somewhere. Perhaps it suggests that
90% + people of the world like the moronic english tourists are just that,
total morons who will never see any element of any such obtuse debate.
Perhaps that 90 should be closer to 99%. If so we are really up against it
aren't we. Just like the english tourists on the beach in nthn africa who
got shot up recently by a few islamic extremists. Were they extremists or
just people who have recognised this moronic culture and got a little fed
up. There are many more similar tourists beyond the english. German Dutch
Scandinavians and many eastern europeans have strong similarities.

Obviously the CIA Mossad MI6 and other associated entities all funded by
the bank of england use these extremist factions quite well. How could the
Permaculture movement consider to function in this light. Globally we are
connected but not at all organised.

So I do not see any need or strategic value in creating a new entity Scott
for we will just get more of the same. Lets work with what we have and
expose those frailties to build a stronger entity on principles and example.

Where did the discussion on the international structure get to at IPC11 ?
 in the so called "The Next Big Step" project..has it stepped into the dark
or just forgot to communicate ?

What Buckminster Fuller entity could we envision to evolve a new paradigm ?
Or strengthen (radically) the one we have got

Steve Hart

On 20 December 2015 at 18:25, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm keen to see more..obviously when we connect into Youtube there are
> > dozens of like links that appear in the right hand collumn menu.
> >
>
> Not a video but....
>
> Europe’s oldest lake faces destruction to make way for tourists - Lake
> Ohrid is most biodiverse lake of its size in world, home to over 350 novel
> species & a UNESCO World Heritage Site & a Holy Grail for world's
> biologists. Its marsh is threatened to be destroyed with luxury apts. (
> newscientist.com)
>
>
> https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28693-europes-oldest-lake-faces-destruction-to-make-way-for-tourists/
>
> 18 December 2015
> Europe’s oldest lake faces destruction to make way for tourists
>
> They call it Europe’s Galapagos. Lake Ohrid in Macedonia
> <http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/99> is the most biodiverse lake of its size
> in the world, home to more than 350 species found nowhere else and listed
> as a UNESCO World Heritage Site based on its natural value. It is also
> Europe’s oldest lake, having survived for more than a million years.
>
> But none of that may save it.
>
> For a tourist boom is coming to Ohrid, the town on its shores. From April,
> British holidaymakers can take a cheap flight with Wizz Air
> <https://wizzair.com/en-GB/TimeTable/London-Luton/Ochrid> from Luton to
> holiday in Ohrid. To meet their needs, the lake’s most critical ecosystem
> is set to be concreted over to make space for apartments and a marina.
>
> “Lake Ohrid is a Holy Grail for biologists from all over the world,” says
> Christian Albrecht of the University of Giessen in Germany. “But it faces a
> biodiversity crisis.”
>
> Albrecht was part of an international team of researchers who drilled
> almost 600 metres into the lake’s sediment
> <http://www.sci-dril.net/17/19/2014/sd-17-19-2014.pdf> in 2013, to chart
> its complex history. They uncovered the “combination of longevity and
> stability that has triggered the evolution of the endemic species”.
> Unique species
>
> “The lake is not as old as the famous big lakes of the world, such as
> Baikal
> <
> https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12617234-600-the-great-lake-is-in-great-peril-siberias-sacred-sea-bigger-than-belgium-and-older-than-any-other-lake-baikal-is-threatened-by-pollution-from-industry-and-agriculture
> >
> or Tanganyika,” says Albrecht. “However if you take its size into account,
> it is the most biodiverse lake in the world. I am seriously concerned about
> the future of its endemic species. Many are restricted to a few square
> metres of the lake.”
>
> The majority of the lake’s fish and snails are found only here
> <
> http://www.ilec.or.jp/en/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/19_Lake_Ohrid_27February2006.pdf
> >,
> as are many of its sponges and worms.
>
> These species often live around underwater springs that bubble up from the
> surrounding limestone geology and create ecological niches, says Daniel
> Jablonski <http://www.danieljablonski.com/en-s-4> of the University of
> Bratislava in Slovakia.
>
> Life in Lake Ohrid <http://www.pnas.org/content/112/37/11478.short> has
> survived a lot over its long history, including repeated glaciations and
> fallout from volcanic eruptions.
>
> But a “creeping crisis” for the lake from the rising human population is
> about to become critical because of the coming tourist boom.
>
> In particular, the lake’s most important buffer against human activity, the
> Studenchishta marsh
> <
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/258498562/STUDY-ABOUT-THE-CONDITION-OF-THE-REMAINING-STUDENCHISHTE-MARSH
> >,
> is threatened with being wiped from the map. “Its buffering function is
> being jeopardised,” says Albrecht.
> Luxury apartments
>
> The marsh is the only surviving wetland on the lake’s shore. It cleans raw
> sewage and other pollution from water flowing from Ohrid into the lake.
>
> It also harbours its own rare species, including the Macedonian crested
> newt (*Triturus macedonicus*) and four globally endangered butterflies.
>
> But last year Ohrid’s mayor, Nikola Bakraceski, unveiled plans to drain the
> entire 75-hectare marsh and replace it with luxury housing and a marina.
>
> “These development plans will irreversibly destroy this crucial ecosystem,”
> says Albrecht. In a letter sent to the Macedonian president in October,
> Jablonski called the plan to drain the marsh, and to replace nearby reed
> beds with imported sand to create Mediterranean-style beaches, “totally
> unacceptable”.
>
> So far, the city authorities haven’t responded to their pleas.
> A citizen initiative called SOS Ohrid <https://ohridsos.wordpress.com/>
> has
> launched a petition to save the unique habitats.
>
> --
> Lawrence F. London
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