The country of Motzi - free of cyanides

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We, the citizens and the environmental non-governmental organizations from Romania, present here, today, 28th of July, 2002, at the public meeting in Rosia Montana, as part of the campaign "The country of Motzi - free of cyanides", agree and sign the following


- DECLARATION -

1. We support the position expressed by "Alburnus Major" Association regarding the proposed project of Rosia Montana - Gold Corporation S.A.
2. We consider that the project does not meet the principles of sustainable development on the following accounts:

* It has overall negative social impact (more than 900 households and more than 2000 people relocated
* It has irreversible effects on all the environmental factors (water, air, soil) and will directly affect all forms of life on a surface of at least 1,600 ha and indirectly on a larger surface which is almost impossible to estimate
* It will quickly exploit to extinction the natural resources
* It will compromise the sustainable development of the locality and several economic activities at regional level (i.e. tourism and agro-tourism) for a very long period of time

3. The project is in contradiction with the European Convention for Landscape Preservation which Romania has ratified.
4. The gold extraction technology proposed by the project is in contradiction with the 2001 Berlin Declaration which has banned cyanide use if the process irreversibly affects ecosystems.
5. The project leads to the destruction of the natural, cultural and historic patrimony of an important area of Apuseni Mountains, and of Romania in general.
6. The project violates the legislation on environment protection and natural protected areas.

Considering all the above, we solicit the Romanian Government to:

1. Immediately withdraw the exploitation license and definitive stop of any activities of Rosia Montana Gold Corporation S.A. in the golden quadrilater of Certej-Brad-Zlatna-Baia de Aries.
2. Respect the international conventions which are applicable in this case, and the Romanian existing legislation.
3. Adopt a strategy for the sustainable development of Rosia Montana and the entire region of Apuseni Mountains.
The signing parties of the present Declaration will sustain any initiative which will ultimately lead to a real sustainable development of the area.

Furthermore, in order to contribute to finding solutions for this area, we will ask the support of the entire Romanian civil society, the international institutions and organizations, and of the European Union and its member states.

Signing organizations (as July 28th, 2002):

1. Asociatia Aurarilor Alburnus Maior, David Eugen - president

2. Asociatia "Sighisoara Durabila", Alexandru Gota - president

3. Asociatia Pro Biciclo Urbo Targu-Mures, Varga Istvan - president

4. Asociatia Alma-Ro, Laura Sanfrancisco - member

5. Fundatia Terra Mileniul III Bucuresti, Lavinia Andrei - president

6. Consortiul "Baia Mare Fara Poluare", Vasile Tatar - Executive director

7. Clubul "Piatra Altarului" Cluj, Mihai Gligan - president

8. Fundatia Judeteana Pentru Tineret Constanta, Andrei Seitan - counsiler

9. ASCOR Cluj, Cristian Onet - member

10. Armedd - Bucuresti, Gheorghe Manea - head of departament

11. Institutul Roman Pentru Pace Cluj-Napoca, Sabin Muresan - Programme coordinator

12. Eco-Alpex 024 Braila, Cornel Apostol - president

13. Asociatia Turistica "Perpetuum Mobile", Galicz Zsolt - member

14. Clubul Ecologic "Transilvania" Cluj-Napoca, Gabriel Parauan - president

15. Clubul de Cicloturism "Napoca", Radu Mititean - executive director

16. CETM Albamont Alba-Iulia, Vasile Moisa - president

1004 Signatures

  • Teodora Borghoff
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Muenchen, Germany
  • Dumbrava Gabriel-Iulian
  • Russo Gabriela
  • Stefan Sulea
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Bucuresti
  • George Togor
  • Costel Cotirlan
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • INOE 2000
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • CP III
  • Mircea Suman
  • Cristian Onet
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • ASCOR Cluj
  • Andrei Burz Pinzaru
  • Francoise Heidebroek
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Alburnus Maior
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • member
  • Ioan-Sorin Jurca
    • Other information
    • Strasbourg, France
  • Ioana Popescu
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Center for Rural Assistance
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Executive President
  • Codruta Nedelcu
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • ARIN (Romanian Association of Nature Lovers)
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Principal coordinator
  • Ian Crook
  • Ardelean Ana-Ramona
  • Valentin Soit
  • Amalia TODIRASCU
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Iasi
  • David Hirst
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • ResponsiveLoad Ltd
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Director
    • Other information
    • Management Consultant in Sustainability
  • Ashleigh Mott
  • Marjolijn Sondorp
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • The ZHABA Facilitators Collective
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Coordinator and founder
  • Pavel Pribyl
  • Libor Matousek
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Hnuti Duha, FoE Czech republic
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Member of the Energy Program
  • Dr. Dayna Baumeister
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • The Biomimicry Guild
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Keystone
  • Martina Bartoovб
    • Other information
    • violinist, teacher, friend of Rumanian nature
  • Sally Wood-Lamont
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Lamont Centre Cluj
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Director
  • Alboiu Ovidiu Mihail
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Bucuresti
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Sef Serviciu
  • Bбnffy Bйla
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • NATURA TRAVEL CLUJ
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Manager
  • Dr John Postill
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Staatliche Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Research Fellow
  • Ferenc Bognar
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Budapest - Hungary
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Research fellow
  • grigoras f. cilmau
  • helen Chaloner
  • Ion Ciceala
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Costache Stamate, nr.5, bl. 8A, sc.1, et.5, ap.24, sect.4, BUCURESTI
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Freelancer
  • Petr Kubala
  • wytze de lange
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • XminusY Solidarityfunds
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • staffmember
  • A SEED Europe
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • www.aseed.net - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Other information
    • Global action against corporate power
  • Ir. C.Hayes
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Wageningen, the Netherlands
  • Peter Mihok
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Center for Environmental Public Advocacy, Slovakia
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Bankwatch coordinator
  • Vratislav
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Na kopci 28, Otice, 747 81, Czech Republic
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • student
  • Roman Klecker
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Kotlarska 10, 602 00 Brno
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • member of FoE CZ - Hnuti DUHA
    • Other information
    • student - branch waste management
  • Sjef Langeveld
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Both ENDS
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • executive director
  • Catalin Balut
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Icon Advertising, Bucharest, Romania
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • art director
  • ZA ZEMIATA / For the Earth, Bulgaria
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Sofia 1000, p.b. 975
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • Anelia Stefanova, member of the Executive Committee
  • Michal Rezek
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Hnuti DUHA - Friends of the Earth Czech Rep.
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • coordinator of Forest Program
  • Libor Vanek
  • Honza Nemec
    • Other information
    • Praha, the Czech republic
  • Jana Simonova
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Obrdlнk
    • Other information
    • student
  • Mojmir Vlasin
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • Czech Union for Nature Conservation,Panska str. No.9, CZ -60200 Brno, Czechia
    • position of the signing person (organisations or institutions)
    • nature conservation officer
    • Other information
    • I am zoologist by bacground
  • tatiana calari
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • SCI Italy
  • Viorel Manta
    • Address (organisations or institutions)
    • BRD-GSG Bucuresti
    • Other information
    • prieten al naturii