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Month in pictures - October 2009

Months in pics - September 2009

Chang(e) Caravan in Ancient Siam - End Journey

26 September 2009, Samutprakan - Schoolchildren welcome the elephants of the Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan during an educational activity about elephants, biodiversity, forests and climate change in Ancient Siam, Samutprakan Province, around 30 kilometers south of Bangkok The Caravan, now on its 14th day, is a 15-day people’s caravan for change with elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF). The journey passes through climate change impacted areas of Thailand and ends on September 27, a day before the start of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change intercessional meeting in the capital. Greenpeace is calling on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, for an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty, and for funds for mitigation and adaptation from developed to developing countries, starting with funds to protect forests in Southeast Asia, home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals, including the Asian Elephant (chang in Thai).

Chang(e) Caravan Day 12

Chacheongsao, Thailand, 24 September 2009 – Greenpeace activists and elephants walk through Chacheongsao province, 100 kilometers from Bangkok, on the 12th day of the Chang(e) Caravan into Bangpakong district where the group will later hold focus group discussions with community representatives on climate change effects on agriculture, fisheries and coastal erosion. Climate change is already affecting the Bangpakong River Basin, one of Thailand’s productive agricultural regions with impacts such as flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion, and coastal erosion taking their toll on communities. The Chang(e) Caravan, a people’s caravan for change passing through Thailand’s climate change impacted areas aims to gather support in its call for world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, to enact an ambitious, fair and binding climate deal this December in Copenhagen, and to make available necessary funds to protect Southeast Asia’s natural forests, to ensure the future of the region, its biodiversity and its people.

Students and Elephants (Chang(e) Caravan Day 10 and 11)

Schoolchildren take part in the Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan during an educational activity about elephants, biodiversity, forests and climate change in Chacheongsoa. The Caravan, now on its 11th day, is a 15-day people’s caravan for change with elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF). The journey passes through climate change impacted areas of Thailand and ends on September 27, a day before the start of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change intercessional meeting in the capital. Greenpeace is calling on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, for an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty, and for funds for mitigation and adaptation from developed to developing countries, starting with funds to protect forests in Southeast Asia, home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals, including the Asian Elephant (chang in Thai).

Bangpakong River Rally (Chang(e) Caravan Day 9)

Chacheongsoa Province, Thailand, 20 September 2009 --The Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan rallies with communities, local government and civic groups in Chacheongsoa Province, around 100 kilometers North of Bangkok. The activity is part of the province’s “Rehabilitate and protect the Bangpakong River Basin” event. Bangpakong River Basin’s watershed provides water for irrigation, agriculture, drinking and industrial uses. A recent poll commissioned by WWF, Greenpeace Southeast Asia and 350.org to support the Tcktcktck campaign revealed that among the serious impacts of climate change, Asians are most worried about water shortage. The Greenpeace Chang(e) Caravan is a 15-day people’s caravan for change with elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), which will pass through climate change impacted areas of Thailand and end on September 27, a day before the start of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change intercessional meeting in the capital. Greenpeace is calling on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, for an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty, and for funds for mitigation and adaptation from developed to developing countries, starting with funds to protect forests in Southeast Asia, home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals, including the Asian Elephant (chang in Thai).

"Obama" and Elephants (Chang(e) Caravan Day 8)

Chacheongsoa Province, Thailand, 19 September 2009 — Obama look-alike, Indonesian Ilham Anas, poses with elephants and the sign “I will” in a Greenpeace activity calling for climate change action, at a university in Chacheongsoa Province around 100 kilometers North of Bangkok. The activity is part of the Greenpeace Chang(e) Caravan, a 15-day people’s caravan for change with elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), which will pass through climate change impacted areas of Thailand and end on September 27, a day before the start of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change intercessional meeting in the capital. Greenpeace is calling on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, for an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty, and for funds for mitigation and adaptation from developed to developing countries, starting with funds to protect forests in Southeast Asia, home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals, including the Asian Elephant (chang in Thai).

“Obama” vows to end climate crisis

18 September 2009, Bangkok, THAILAND - Faux-bama, Ilhan Anas, an Indonesian look-alike of United States President Barack Obama delivered a speech in front of the US Embassy declaring that he will end the climate crisis. The speech was delivered during a creative action organized by Greenpeace to call on President Obama to take the lead on climate change solutions and ensure an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty. The activity is part of the Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan, a march for change by people and elephants, which is currently traversing Thailand's Central Plains to tell the story of climate change impacts on communities.

Day 4 of Chang(e) Caravan

On day 4, Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF) conducted “People-Elephant-Forest” talk for school children in Cham Pak Paew temple in Thailand’s Suraburi province, 150 kilometers North of Bangkok, as part of an educational effort to promote elephant conservation during the fourth day of the Greenpeace-led Change Caravan. The Chang(e) Caravan, a march for change by people and elephants rehabilitated by TERF, is on its fourth day of traversing Thailand’s Central Plains to tell the story of climate change impacts to communities, and to gather support for calling on world leaders, particularly United States President Obama, for an ambitious, fair and binding climate deal in Southeast Asia, and to make available necessary funds to protect Southeast Asia’s natural forests, to ensure the future of the region, its biodiversity and its people.