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This e-mail was sent to tabd at ucl.ac.uk on 7/8/2009 1:40:03 AM on behalf of Ana Beatriz Rinta (abettyrinta at yahoo.es) From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk Wed Jul 8 11:02:36 2009 From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:02:36 +0100 Subject: [TABD] Recursos para la Investigacion en Mariposas Message-ID: Amigos de la red, Los invitamos a revisar la reciente actualizacion de la pagina web del proyecto TABD en la seccion de enlaces, en donde encontraran varios recursos utiles para continuar con la investigacion en mariposas, por ejemplo la seccion de mariposarios. http://www.andeanbutterflies.org/links_sp.html En espanol http://www.andeanbutterflies.org/links.html En ingles Un saludo cordial, Blanca ------------------------------------ Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc Curator (Lepidoptera) Entomology Department The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road SW7 5BD, London, UK. 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Desafortunadamente unos estudiantes (nacionales y extranjeros) fueron arrestados en Brazil durante el desarrollo del trabajo de campo, lamentablemente por no contar con todos los permisos necesarios. Abajo pueden leer los detalles de esta penosa situacion, que pueda mejorarse con la ayuda de todos firmando una peticion para que los liberen. Solamente necesitan contactar al supervisor de los estudiantes arrestados en la direccion: cohen at email.arizona.edu , enviando su nombre, instituicion, cargo etc. (abajo hay un ejemplo) Este es un ejemplo y pueda ser una leccion sobre la importancia de tener los permisos de investigacion necesarios, pero tambien pueda ser un ejemplo de nuestra preocupacion por el desarrollo de la investigacion ayudando con la peticion. Un saludo cordial, Blanca ------------------------------------ Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc Curator (Lepidoptera) Entomology Department The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road SW7 5BD, London, UK. Tel. +44 (0) 20 7942 6215 Museum Website www.nhm.ac.uk TABDProject www.andeanbutterflies.org ________________________________ From: Ellinor Michel Sent: 07 July 2009 20:54 To: Zoology; Palaeontology; Entomology; Mineralogy Cc: Andrew Cohen Subject: FW: US graduate students arrested in Brazil Importance: High Dear NHM Colleagues, One of our collaborators on paleoclimates work has had the extremely unfortunate experience of being arrested for inadvertently working without appropriate permits in Brazil (in the third year of an ongoing collaboration). There is an international effort to indicate that this is an excessive misapplication of law enforcement and to encourage the Brazilian authorities to release the research students who are now out of jail, but held within country. If you can send your signature in to support the attached statement, please do so to Dr Andrew Cohen (address below). And of course this is an object lesson in the importance of paperwork (as if we need to be told). Thanks, Ellinor Michel & Jon Todd On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Andrew S. Cohen wrote: Dear Colleagues, As many of you are no doubt aware from the press, three US and two Brazilian graduate students in geosciences were recently arrested while doing paleoclimate/paleolimnology field work in the Pantanal region of western Brazil. The students are Mike McGlue and Mark Trees from the University of Arizona, Kelly Wendt from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and Aguinaldo Silva and Fabricio Corradini from the State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP). I am the co-director of this research project (alongwith Mario Assine of UNESP) and am writing to ask for your assistance by adding your name to the open letter attached. Two of the US students were from the University of Arizona working directly with me-the third Minnesota student was accompanying the UA students to assist with sediment coring. The circumstances of the student's arrest were that the UNESP permits which our UA group thought in good faith covered our part of the team, turned out not to be applicable to us. The initial charges were that the students were extracting natural resources (there is gem smuggling from Bolivia in this area) and that they were doing this extractive work without permits. The police were also suspicious because one of the UA students is retired military. Finally, the students were in Brazil on tourist visas, although this does not seem to be the critical issue of why they were detained. After their arrest the Brazilian students were released on bail after 2 days. The American students were held in a jail cell for 9 days awaiting release on bail. They were released on bail on June 25th, but must remain in Brazil awaiting the outcome of the legal process. In Brazil this happens very slowly, and could take months or even years. In the meantime these student's lives and academic work are on hold. I am writing to ask your help by simply adding your name to the attached letter of support, which can be used to further demonstrate the nature of the student's activities and the importance of their research to the Brazilian authorities. Several similar letters have been circulating among the Brazilian scientific community. I would be happy to share these with anyone who is interested. If you are willing to add your name to this letter simply write back a brief note AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to let me know how you want your name and affiliation to appear. If you hold a position as an officer of a professional society that would add weight to the statement and are willing to be identified as such please add that information. And finally, please send this message along to anyone else not on this email who you think might be interested in signing. I will take care of the rest. Time is critical because the police are finishing their part of the investigation, which will determine charges to be brought forward-it is important to act now to help insure that the most serious of the charges (which have potential prison time) are dropped. Thank you very much for your help in advance Andy Cohen Andrew S. Cohen Professor of Geosciences and Joint Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 cohen at email.arizona.edu Andrew S. Cohen Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Tel 520-621-4691 Fax 520-621-2672 http://www.geo.arizona.edu/web/Cohen/AC_page.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ***************ejemplo*************************** A few examples of how people who signed replied (i.e. all you need to send is a name, affiliation and as many titles as is appropriate): Andy - I am very sorry to read that this unfortunate incident is still ongoing and dark. Please add my name to the open letter as follows - Dr. John G. Lundberg Chaplin Chair of Ichthyology President American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Department of Ichthyology Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA Anthony W. Walton Chairman, Board of Directors DOSECC, Inc. Associate Professor Department of Geology The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 TWalton at KU.edu 785 864-2726 Mobile: 785 727-0435 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Statement for signature by American scientists (to be translated and issued in both English and Portuguese) Three American graduate students, Michael McGlue and Mark Trees (U. Arizona), and Kelly Wendt (U. Minnesota), working with two Brazilian colleagues, Aguinaldo Silva and Fabricio Corradini (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul ) were arrested on June 17, while doing paleoclimate and environmental change field work in the Pantanal, north of Corumba. This research project has investigated how changing climate conditions in the recent geological past have affected the Pantanal ecosystem, world famous as one of the Earth's largest wetlands. The UA research team, under the direction of Professor Andrew Cohen and in collaboration with Prof. Mario Assine of UNESP does this research by collecting short sediment cores from the bottom of lakes and wetlands in the Pantanal region. The cores provide records of past climate as particles sensitive to climate change settle to the bottom of the lake. Lake and wetland deposits are well known for their ability to provide detailed information about global warming and other aspects of environmental change. Since its inception the project has offered an opportunity for Brazilian and American scientists to work together, and obtain important training on climate and environmental research methods. Two UNESP scientists spent 3 months at the University of Arizona in 2008 working on this project in Tucson and taking advantage of UA facilities for the collaborative effort and UA scientists have made several visits to the Pantanal with the Brazilian team. The five researchers were initially arrested and charged with Article 2nd, paragraph 1st, law # 8176/91 and Articles 44 and 55, law 9605/98, charges primarily related to the extraction of mineral resources and permit violations. The charge that these researchers were involved in minerals or natural resource exploitation of any kind is simply untrue-the sediment cores are only collected to interpret signals of environmental change such as global warming and its affect on the Pantanal region. The Students were working in good faith under the Geosciences Research Project grant on research and collaborating with Brazilian scientists at the time of their arrests. The University of Arizona and the Students each believed that all of the necessary Brazilian research permits were in place to authorize the research The Brazilian environment, and especially the Pantanal region benefits greatly from this type of environmental research from sediment cores, since it gives clear signals of how such changes have affected and will affect the region in the future. We the undersigned can understand why the authorities initially may have questioned the legality and appropriateness of what the researchers were doing. But with a clear understanding of the beneficial nature of this research program, we urge the authorities to treat this issue as a simple misunderstanding on the researcher's part of permit requirements. We respectfully request that the US students be permitted to return to the United States as soon as possible to continue their education and research Statement for signature by international scientists (to be translated and issued in both English and Portuguese) Three American graduate students, Michael McGlue and Mark Trees (U. Arizona), and Kelly Wendt (U. Minnesota), working with two Brazilian colleagues, Aguinaldo Silva and Fabricio Corradini (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul ) were arrested on June 17, while doing paleoclimate and environmental change field work in the Pantanal, north of Corumba. This research project has investigated how changing climate conditions in the recent geological past have affected the Pantanal ecosystem, world famous as one of the Earth's largest wetlands. The UA research team, under the direction of Professor Andrew Cohen and in collaboration with Prof. Mario Assine of UNESP does this research by collecting short sediment cores from the bottom of lakes and wetlands in the Pantanal region. The cores provide records of past climate as particles sensitive to climate change settle to the bottom of the lake. Lake and wetland deposits are well known for their ability to provide detailed information about global warming and other aspects of environmental change. Since its inception the project has offered an opportunity for Brazilian and American scientists to work together and obtain important training on climate and environmental research methods. Two UNESP scientists spent 3 months at the University of Arizona in 2008 working on this project in Tucson and taking advantage of UA facilities for the collaborative effort, and UA scientists have made several visits to the Pantanal with the Brazilian team. The five researchers were initially arrested and charged with Article 2nd, paragraph 1st, law # 8176/91 and Articles 44 and 55, law 9605/98, charges primarily related to the extraction of mineral resources and permit violations. The charge that these researchers were involved in minerals or natural resource exploitation of any kind is simply untrue-the sediment cores are only collected to interpret signals of environmental change such as global warming and its effect on the Pantanal region. The students were working in good faith under the Geosciences Research Project grant on research and collaborating with Brazilian scientists at the time of their arrests. The University of Arizona and the students each believed that all of the necessary Brazilian research permits were in place to authorize the research. The Brazilian environment, and especially the Pantanal region benefit greatly from this type of environmental research from sediment cores, since it gives clear signals of how such changes have affected and will affect the region in the future. We the undersigned can understand why the authorities initially may have questioned the legality and appropriateness of what the researchers were doing. But with a clear understanding of the beneficial nature of this research program, we urge the authorities to treat this issue as a simple misunderstanding on the researcher's part of permit requirements. We respectfully request that the US students be permitted to return to the United States as soon as possible to continue their education and research. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bizlep at gmail.com Wed Jul 8 14:37:40 2009 From: bizlep at gmail.com (Jorge Bizarro) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:37:40 -0300 Subject: [TABD] Estudiantes de Biologia arrestados en Brazil por su trabajo en campo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5e2979150907080637y73c9fdbdr89a4c1e7e6fdb843@mail.gmail.com> Hola amigos de TABDP Disculpen este mail alargado, pero conozco bien la situaci?n en Brasil en lo que respecta las leyes de ?protecci?n? a la Biodiversidad, por lo cual os env?o algunos comentarios pertinentes. 1 - Realmente, esto es un caso m?s de la arbitrariedad y barbaridad de las "Leyes" ambi?ntales en Brasil... solamente de esta vez han cogido dos extranjeros de EE.UU, pero muchos investigadores brasile?os han sufrido con eso, mismo cuando tienen permisos, pues los fiscales desconf?an de los mismos, o son de otro estado, o no conocen bien la legislaci?n. En Brasil hay una ?Teor?a de la Conspiraci?n? que cree que hay una red Internacional de pillaje de los recursos gen?ticos del pa?s, y el gobierno prefiere invertir en fiscalizaci?n a desarrollar la bio-prospecci?n nacional... Uno puede hacer experimentos con embriones humanos, etc.... pero cazar una mosca, mosquito, mariposa... tsss, tsss. Desde que empez? la Ley, no hubo un solo caso efectivo de Biopirateria registrado, solamente han prendido investigadores sin permisos, ?o con permiso en algunos casos! ? El peor, es que poco se investiga y el tallo de bosque amaz?nico sigue a ritmo infernal, el estado se limita a aplicar multas... y con el ?desmatamento?, si, se pierde el recurso gen?tico! 2- Nosotros vivimos en una sociedad esquizofr?nica... nuestros abuelos ten?an 10 mandamientos ?y pronto! ?Vivian felices con eso! Nosotros cada vez m?s leyes, regulaciones, etc. sobre x-aspectos de nuestras vidas, que van impactando nuestra libertad... y responsabilidad personales! - El Estado Moderno quiere legislarlo TODO ?cuidarlo todo, sin cuidar de nadie- y muchas veces no entiende de lo que legisla y hace. Adem?s, en vez de promover o preocuparse por la buena educaci?n, actuaci?n y virtud de sus ciudadanos, prefiere obtener los resultados recorriendo al castigo: cohibir y punir, a modo ?talibanico?. La felicidad de las sociedades no se encuentra en el ?Control represivo?, pero en la Educaci?n de las personas en la Virtud y Valores; saber apreciarlos: ejemplo... mejor educar a la gente para que vea lo malo de emborracharse, que restringirse a punir con sanciones draconianas a los conductores embriagados, etc, etc. 3-Los Bi?logos en Brasil, apellidamos el ?rgano de fiscalizaci?n - IBAMA - de ?Talibama?... que eso es... pero ellos son meros fiscales, los ?burro?cratas? fueron quienes parieron ese tipo de Bioparanoia legislativa. No menor culpa detienen nuestros profesores, investigadores y profesionales de las Ciencias Biol?gicas, que se abstuvieran y ausentaran ol?mpicamente de todo el tramite del proceso de g?nesis del l?o legislativo que padecemos hoy! ? ?Fueran ... y son unos comodones! La comodidad, pasotismo y abstenci?n en todos los ?mbitos de la vida humana nuestra, que no sean nuestras cosas personales exclusivas, es una sofisticada forma de ego?smo, que est? en la base de la mayor?a de los problemas actuales del Mundo moderno: desde la familia, arriba hacia los Estados y la comunidad de naciones. EL MOTIVIO FINAL DE ESTE MENSAGE: en los pa?ses andinos TODAVIA la legislaci?n es incipiente, por amor de Dios (y por supuesto de los investigadores, criadores de insectos, etc). HAGAN DE TODO para participar ACTIVAMENTE en la elaboraci?n de las leyes ambientales de los respectivos pa?ses... no lo dejen a los bur?cratas de carrera! ? Aprendan con los errores ajenos! Un fuerte abrazo a todos... a ver si podemos hacer algo por los pobres chicos. Jorge 2009/7/8 Blanca Huertas > Amigos de la red TABDP, > > Aunque nuestra red esta organizada para compartir informacion sobre > mariposas andinas tropicales, les pido disculpas en esta ocasion por enviar > la siguiente informacion, no relacionada con mariposas, pero si con todos > quienes hacemos investigacion en campo, y mas sufrimos con la penosa > burocracia existente para conseguir los permisos necesarios para realizar > investigacion en campo. > > Desafortunadamente unos estudiantes (nacionales y extranjeros) fueron > arrestados en Brazil durante el desarrollo del trabajo de campo, > lamentablemente por no contar con todos los permisos necesarios. Abajo > pueden leer los detalles de esta penosa situacion, que pueda mejorarse con > la ayuda de todos firmando una peticion para que los liberen. > > Solamente necesitan contactar al supervisor de los estudiantes arrestados > en la direccion: cohen at email.arizona.edu, enviando su nombre, > instituicion, cargo etc. (abajo hay un ejemplo) > > Este es un ejemplo y pueda ser una leccion sobre la importancia de tener > los permisos de investigacion necesarios, pero tambien pueda ser un ejemplo > de nuestra preocupacion por el desarrollo de la investigacion ayudando con > la peticion. > > Un saludo cordial, > > Blanca > > > ------------------------------------ > > Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc > > Curator (Lepidoptera) > > Entomology Department > > > > The Natural History Museum > > Cromwell Road > > SW7 5BD, London, UK. > > Tel. +44 (0) 20 7942 6215 > > > > Museum Website www.nhm.ac.uk > > TABDProject www.andeanbutterflies.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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