Factoid/2004/09/08
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International Conservation Groups Call on Bush & Koizumi to Cancel Airbase Construction on Okinawa's Coral Reef
- "A coalition of hundreds of US and international conservation groups representing over 10 million people sent a letter today to President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urging the two leaders to cancel a plan to construct a new air base on top of a coral reef near Henoko, Okinawa, the feeding ground of the last remaining Okinawa Dugong (sea cow). Biologists believe building this landing strip could doom these gentle marine mammals to extinction." - excerpt from the Center for Biological Diversity press release issued on September 7, 2004.
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