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Seoul, Korea- Green Manifesto

October 23, 2006

“Humankind in the 21st century is suffering from environmental pollution and ecological destruction caused by unchecked industrialization around the globe. It is our obligation to do our best to minimize development and investment which would neglect the protection of natural resources remembering the Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza who once said “even if the world comes to the end tomorrow, I will plant an apple tree today.” Accordingly, the environmental activists in Korea and abroad participating in the 2006 International Workshop on the Landscape Ecology and the Problem with Wind Farms, declare the following three points which should guide our activities in the years to come.”

1] The construction of and governmental support to those huge-size commercial wind farms must be reconsidered with prudence and deliberation, because they are the main source of various environmental problems including the destruction of natural landscape and the lives of inhabitants in local communities.

2] With a definite purpose to correct those prevailing fantasy-like views on wind energy, national governments and international organizations are sincerely advised to provide financial and institutional support to those scientific efforts to reveal the facts of environmental destruction by the massive proliferation of wind energy, as well as its low efficiency.

3] In order to prevent the reckless expansion of those inefficient and destructive wind farm complexes into our precious and beautiful countryside, we must enhance public awareness and education by way of a global network media campaign which could help enlighten citizens, developers, public servants, and political leaders.

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”Soon we 'celebrate' the 20,000th wind plant, without replacing even one single small plant of conventional energy.”

Ferdinand Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Chairman BLS, Germany.