Photo by Makishi Osamu |
Photo exhibition of the work of Makishi Osamu
January 27-30 - 12pm-7pm
*Talk session on the potential extinction of the dugong on the 30th from 2pm-4pm (Free entry with drink order)
Cafe/Gallary Cassiopeia
(Map here: http://cassiopeia.moo.jp/)
Information in Japanese:
http://www.sdcc.jp/pdffiles/umisanpo110127-30.pdf
http://www.sdcc.jp/plan/2011.1-postcard.pdf
Freelance photographer Makishi Osamu was born in Kose, Okinawa in 1950. After living on the mainland and working in the magazine industry as an editor and copy writer, he returned to Okinawa. He currently serves as a semi-retired scuba instructor and scuba guide in Henoko and Oura Bay.
During a trip to Okinawa in December, Democratic Party of Japan leader and current Prime Minister Naoto Kan stated that the "relocation" of a U.S. Marine base from Futenma to Henoko would be a "better" option, despite Okinawan resistance. Construction of a military base in one of the last remaining habitats of the endangered Okinawan Dugong and other rare flora and fauna, a fragile and biodiverse bay, would resound in disastrous impacts on the ecosystem. (See analysis by Gavin McCormack at The Asia-Pacific Journal here).
Photo by Makishi Osamu |
The Save the Dugong Campaign is one many organizations that has been contributing to the opposition movement for the sake of wildlife in the bay and the Henoko Bay-area residents who will be adversely affected by noise, air, and water pollution and the atmosphere of violence and anxiety that goes hand in hand with the presence of U.S. military base.
For more information about the Osaka and Tokyo-based Save the Dugong Campaign Center, visit their homepage.
Below is an informative video report (in English) on SDCC resolutions proposed to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.
- Posted by Jen Teeter
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