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SELAR NATURE
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Opposition to the 880 acre opencast mine proposed for Selar Nature
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Reserve in South Wales, UK is still going strong.
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The watermeadows have largely been destroyed by Celtic Energy, the
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mining company responsible but they now face the task of removing a
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growing number of people from several hundred mature oak trees.
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At least 30 tree houses have been constructed in the trees and a
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massive network of aerial walkways, designed to allow rapid access
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to any tree under threat has been constructed.
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Numbers of people at the camp vary between 5 and about 200,
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depending largely on the weather and whether or not there is a party on at
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the weekend! Local support is also going well with a local residents
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support group being set up to ensure adequate supplies of food and
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materials. Most of the long term tree dwellers now have "foster
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parents" in the village (Cwymgrach) who invite them round for tea and
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a bath!
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Having dug into the site and prepared for potential eviction, thoughts
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are now turning to a more pro-active approach. Getting out and
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"lobbying" Celtic Energy, rather than waiting for them to come to us.
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Actions against some of there working opencast sites are being
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planned.
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A camp on another proposed site has been established 10 miles from the present
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one. Walkways and baracading of derelict farm houses has occured but
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numbers are presently low. Active people are desperately needed to
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help establish the camp.
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The camp mobile phone is presently out of action at Selar, but should
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soon be working again. At present for further info contact Cardiff
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Earth First! 01222 383363. However, it is hoped that a camp office
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will soon be set up.
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As an elderly local woman at the camp said to me last week, " They've
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been destroying this beautiful land for too long. Now our children
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are rising up to stop it. Mother Nature is striking back."
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(august 1995)
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