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ATBC RESOLUTION OPPOSING INDUSTRIAL MINING DEVELOPMENT AT NASSAU, SURINAME
In a letter addressed to the President of the Republic of Suriname, Ministers, Authorities, Embassadors, NGOs, and media, Dr Jan Mol from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (ADEKUS) draw attention to a resolution that has recently been formally approved by the Executive Council of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) concerning mainly the projected mining of bauxite in Nassau Mountains (map). Jan Mol recalls that a Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) expedition of Conservation International in 2005 and subsequent field and laboratory studies by various Universities and Museum have revealed a rich fish and amphibian (Photo: purple Atelopus sp. (c) Paul Ouboter) fauna in Nassau Mountains with a number of new species (see news) that are endemic (restricted in their distribution) to Nassau Mountains, and that mining of these bauxite deposits would negatively affect water quality and quantity in Nassau’s streams and thereby threaten its endemic fishes and amphibians with extinction. More information are available at the dedicated "Nassau Plateau" page. See Gallery and legends.