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Qui, intanto, c’è l’Egitto che protesta affinchè l’isola di Giftun, gioiello del mar Rosso ed area protetta, non sia venduta all’EPI di Ernesto Preatoni.

For once, even conservatives in the business community who frequently dismiss environmentalists as starry-eyed dreamers conceded the point: Ebeid wasn?t about to land a microchip manufacturer or natural gas deal. Instead, he announced the government was about to sell the Red Sea?s Giftun Island? one of the world?s premiere dive sites and a protected natural area under Egyptian law ? to an Italian developer for $2 billion in cash and future investment.

And so it was that Egypt marked its largest-ever World Earth Day celebration on 22 April in Hurghada as the area?s residents were locked in what they said was the ?fight of their lives? to save the island that stands at the very core of their livelihoods.

L’articolo di Egypt Today è lungo ma vale la pena leggerlo.
Potrebbero costare carissime al mar Rosso, le prossime vacanze degli italiani.

Qui ci sarebbe la petizione da firmare. O da leggere, almeno.

Comincia così:

To: Government of Egypt

We are appalled and shocked at the news that a proposal to develop Giftun Island by a group of Italian investors is even being considered.