Situation in March 2011: shame on Krabi! .. corruptions win !
The work of destruction which had been stopped for a while have restarted the beautiful mountains are threatened more than ever .... it is time to act. We are all concerned!

 

Realized "in the urgency" these last days (of April 2010) - because things are serious ! - this Website is in full construction. It will change according to the elements, ideas and the contacts obtained. There will be regular changes and I invite you to consult this Website regularly...
I infinitely thank you for your indulgence. In addition ... I apologize for my bad English.

You can note : in the pages affiliated to the Thai language (direct link) I inserted these last days (May 28th, 2010) (jumbled) some archaeological publications. These documents will be translated and organized very soon. They were given to me by Dr. Niwat instructor in college and archeologist who is very implied in the protection of these mountains. Images in these articles show the committed losses...
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Krabi is a tempting, unique area by its configuration and rich by a strong prehistoric past. Krabi attracts many visitors each year. This beauty is however fragile and attracts today various harmful covetousnesses.

Intensive monocultures, deforestation, quarries (… but also a certain way of tourism) jeopardize this beautiful region.

The goal of this Website, and the main objective of "sosKrabi", is to inform and mobilize the consciences for the conservation of this really particular area. It is a call to the international community because it's a problem of preserving a world heritage of great importance.

Clic on the picture to enlarge it and use the magnifying glass to see the extent of the damages

The attention of "sosKrabi" is focused today on a quarry which has been recently open without “legal” authorization. This new quarry destroyed one of the prettiest assembly lines which characterize the area. These moutains shelter still unexplored prehistoric caves in which are important prehistoric vestiges, more than 40.000 years for some...!

Capped by rare remainders of primary forests hitherto saved, these mountains are in the hands of Bangkok rich companies who grant illegally the rights to reduce them in several aggregates (stones, materials for cement, constructions, etc).

Last bastions for the wildlife, they are seriously threatened, by cupidities of men without scruples whose scandalous actions are carried out discreetly and most if the inhabitants are not informed by the reality woven in these landscapes which are stupidly destroyed.

It's however here a triple rape : one for the past by the violent profanation of prehistory; a second for the present by the egoistic destruction of a rare and single ecological beauty; and the last for the future which is the children's one which will have only remainders of nature.

It's time to act NOW ! > The quarry has just started and it's necessary to act before it's too late !

The Lang Longrian Rockshelter is an important archéaeological site which needs to be carefully studied. With the new dates of greater than 43.000 years ago for the earliest layer, it is the earliest well-dated site in all of mainland Southeast Asia. It has already become one of the key sites mentioned in standard texbooks dealing with early human prehistory in Asia. Docteur Douglas D. ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology and Director

To cooperate .... please send us - urgently ! :
- protests mails against this new destroying quarry,
- letters of support for "sosKrabi",
- pragmatic proposals and ideas which could contribute to stop these destroying quarry.
- pictures which could corroborate with the denunciations of ecological destructions of Krabi area,
- addresses of organisms, institutions, ONG, etc... which you think that they could be implied in this action.
- send this www.soskrabi.com link to all your contacts
- etc

and sign this petition below (online today June 3rd, 2010) will be also a good deed ! :

The gathering of all this information will constitute a file which will be transmitted to the concerned authorities and local institutions , e.g :T.A.T. (Tourism Autority off Thailand), The Thai Royal Forest Department, etc…

This file could contribute seriously and favorably to the eradication of this bad destruction.
I 'm (almost) convinced of it.

Many thanks in advance for your precious contribution,