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| - The Mt. Hartman National Park in Grenada is the world’s last stronghold of the Grenada
Dove (Leptotila wellsi) which is Grenada’s national bird. |
| - the Park shelters approximately 90% of all the Grenada Doves recorded on protected land. |
| - after the damage done by Hurricane Ivan, half of all the remaining Grenada Doves
recorded were in the Mount Hartman Estate and surrounding forest. |
| - total current population is fewer than 200 and possibly fewer than 100.
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| - Established as a refuge for the dove in 1994, the Mt. Hartman National Park comprises
only 154 acres of the 429 acre, Government-owned Mt. Hartman Estate.
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| The current Government of Grenada now intends to de-gazette the National Park and sell
off the entire Mt. Hartman Estate, to make room for a sprawling new Four Seasons
Resort, including hotel, conference centre, golf course, and hundreds of luxury villas. If
developed as currently planned, this new high-end tourist resort would probably cause the
extinction of the Grenada Dove, since there is no other remaining area of undeveloped dry
forest habitat of comparable size anywhere on the island.
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| Please send a message to the people making these decisions. This link will take you to a sample
letter and a link which will send your letter to these people: Isadore Sharp, Peter
Hodgson,Bill Gates, the office of the honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada,
the honourable Mr. Tillman, leader of the opposition and Michael Pemberton, the developer
AND... please forward the URL of this site to five friends.
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| along with a Mysterious environmental assessment and its critique.
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| Please hit this link for the details on the doves’ science and the humans’ negotiations.
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| More background on the science and the situation.
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Best wishes to all.
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Margaret Atwood & Graeme Gibson
Joint Honorary Presidents
BirdLife Inte rnational’s Rare Bird Club
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