В рамках декабрьской волны акций “Спасти Утриш - достояние России!” города России и Украины записали открытые видеообращения к Президенту РФ Дмитрию Медведеву, российским и зарубежным СМИ, а также ко всем людям доброй воли.

In the framework of the December wave of  “Save Utrish, Russia’s heritage” actions, towns of Russia and the Ukraine made a video appeal to the Russian President Medvedev, Russian and foreign mass media, as well as to all people of good will.

http://www.save-utrish.ru/docs/public_appeals_of_cities

Просим разместить   это сообщение  или сами видеофайлы на всех доступных вам русскоязычных и англоязычных интернет-ресурсах.

 Мария Антонова, журналист, принимала активное  участие  в установке и оборудовании лагеря ненасильственного сопротивления, разделила с  активистами Экологической вахты и движения «Спасем Утриш»  трудности  первых дней его  существования. 

 Статья Марии Антоновой в The Moscow Times » выпуск  4075

Power Vertical Lost in Krasnodar Woods

Maria Antonova / MTActivists and policemen from Anapa looking on as a bulldozer pulls away from a disputed construction site in the Krasnodar region to return to its base.

30 January 2009

BOLSHOI UTRISH, Krasnodar Region — Construction in a pristine reserve on the Black Sea has come to an uneasy halt after picketing environmentalists forced police to intervene, but the firm doing the work says it can restart any time, even after federal authorities ordered a criminal investigation.

The logging in the Bolshoi Utrish nature reserve came to light last month, sparking protests and a petition drive to halt work on an access road that environmentalists say will open the coast for development of an elite resort. The ensuing dispute has pitted powerful interests behind the project against federal authorities, leaving even the local police unsure of who is calling the shots. Continue Reading »

Видеосюжет Russia Today

Environmentalists say unique Russian woodlands are under threat with plans to build a resort. The Utrish forest near the Black Sea coast includes the country’s only forest to contain juniper and pistachio trees.

Статья о вырубках на Утрише в The Moscow Times http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/373357.htm  (на английском языке)
Так же опубликована на http://www.iucn.org/search.cfm?uNewsID=2518