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The winners of the 2007

between the anniversaries of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the "Franz Moll Foundation for the coming generations" in Munich, the winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award known 2007th The international prize, worth 10,000 U.S. dollars, is divided into the three categories of resistance, education and solutions, there are also an honorary award for lifetime achievement.

Resistance:

Charmaine White Face, and the "Defenders of the Black . Hills, USA

The activist of the Indian Nation of the Oglala fight against the resurgence of uranium mining in the Black Hills and on her home reserve of Pine Ridge, and the extraction of uranium is not just the radioactive contamination of soil and groundwater, but also the . destruction of the holy places of the tribe

Enlightenment:

Dr. Horst-Siegwart Günter, Germany

The doctor who worked with Albert Schweitzer in Africa, was one of the first, after the first Gulf War, the public's the deadly consequences of using depleted uranium (DU - depleted uranium) shells hardened by the U.S. Army since then pointed. He is a persistent voice against uranium weapons in the silence of the media.

solutions

Mayors for Peace (Mayors for Peace), Japan

Takeshi Araki, Mayor of Hirsohsima had in 1982 a simple idea of a global dimension: What if all the mayors of the world its location to a nuclear-free zone would explain? Thus began the worldwide movement "Mayors for Peace", which today is preceded by Tadatoshi Akibahe. In the meantime (the beginning of August 200 /) includes the Peace Alliance in 1698 cities in 122 countries. Unlike almost any other network, the Mayor provide a constructive alternative to nuclear armament.

life's work (prize):

Freda Meissner-Blau / Professor Armin Weiss

The two elders of the anti-nuclear movement - in Austria against Zwentendorf, he in Germany against Wackersdorf, both over 80 - remember The duty of resistance on behalf of future generations.

The Nuclear-Free Future Award was lifted in 1998 from the baptism, and this year is the 10th Given time. On this occasion, the ceremony will be held on 18 October 2007 under the auspices of the government of Salzburg in Salzburg's residence instead. In Salzburg in 1992, the World Uranium Hearing held, from which the anti-nuclear prize has gone out. The international jury include the biologist Christine von Weizsacker, Monika Griefahn, a member of the German Bundestag, the Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, the author Kirkpatrick Sale, the rays researcher Rosalie Bertell and peace researcher Johan Galtung, the advisory board are the folk musician Arlo Guthrie, the writers Isabel Allende and Galsan Tschinag and the computer-philosopher Joseph Weizenbaum.

Contact: Nuclear-Free Future Award, Munich

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Updated 02/01/2007

avian influenza - the role of migratory birds

On the topic I asked to speak with three letters dated 02.27.2006, 06.03.2006 and 15.03.2006 to speak, and a summary of the thoughts in May 2006 in the "ZGAP Messaging [1] and comprehensive in July 2006 in the" reports to the Birds " [2] published. Which is now overseen add anything fundamentally different.

Numerous requests and the recent risk assessment by the competent higher government authority (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, FLI) [3] prompt me to refer to again position. At least since the handling of the zoo in Dresden, who died of avian influenza Black Swan, as were blamed for the infection of this Zoovogels local wild birds, makes me wonder about the motives for the wild bird accusations. Therefore, I add to the technical idea further.

technical aspects

It is in the meantime, it appears that migratory birds - or wild birds in general - as a vector of avian influenza worldwide play a relevant role. Of course, wild birds, when they were infected somewhere to fly a certain route, but they usually die within a few days and with them the virus disappears from the field. This we have seen in Germany in the spring, as a long-range dispersal of H5N1 victims occurred. Infections of other birds in the wild are obviously very rare, and longer chains of infection is not detected worldwide. Rather, it is assumed that new infections on the production and trading units of poultry or poultry products are due.

It is significant that the virus occurred globally occur there and where it led up trade routes, and not go where the migratory birds hinflogen. The vast areas of the Asia-Europe bird migration in 2005 and 2006 were spared by the disease, the main wintering areas in the Asian water birds were virus-free. Instead, when H5N1 appeared to be in the poultry farms, currently at 3 years and again in South Korea [4] . A publication published in the fall [5] tried but to declare the western spread of the "Asian version" of H5N1 in the summer of 2005, migratory movements, but uses no ornithological information, but makes every effort to the relationship between virus spread and migration of interpretations derive from climate maps. This leads to technically not achieve lasting results. The work interprets not only read the cards wrong, but others can ignore the fact that in the passage areas of the Central Asian and West Siberian birds, no avian influenza in the field occurred. Just spread the West 2005 ± across the main migration direction and detached from the migration time was indeed a very clear indication of the trade routes. Other shortcomings of this work lists Petermann to [6] .

has also that, despite great efforts (in Europe alone 10.000de of samples since the spring, more than 200,000 worldwide) are still found no species of wild birds, their population in the virus circulates. It is therefore not a vector of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus among wild birds known. Alone so that the wild bird theory had already been done. And even if it is claimed that this lack of sampling liegt – angesichts der hohen Probenzahl eine recht hilflos wirkende Behauptung – so wäre damit auch nicht die derzeitige Abwesenheit im Freiland zu erklären. Denn selbst wenn das Virus in einer Wildvogelpopulation vorhanden wäre ohne diese zu schädigen, so müssten ständig Übertragungen auch an andere Vögel stattfinden, und es müssten immer wieder Masseninfektionen sowie zeitliche und räumliche Infektionsketten auftreten. Tatsächlich gibt es seit dem Frühjahr 2006 gibt es keinen Fall eines betroffenen Wildvogels in Europa, mit Ausnahme eines jungen Haubentauchers im Baskenland (Spanien). Dieser wurde im Juli 2006 gemeldet, war aber nach Meldung von BirdLife offenbar schon seit Mai tot, die Fund­umstände are not known [7] . Whether this is a link with infected wild birds or poultry products, eg, is completely unclear, in Spain in February 2006 had been discovered 21 tonnes of chicken meat smuggled from China. Once again this shows the uselessness of official statistics that indicate a fund with the date of the laboratory finding in not from the date of the find field.

The technical findings and assessments from ornithological point of view fits in with current thinking on the evolutionary ecology of avian influenza viruses : Neither is it likely that highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses occur in wild birds, or that wild birds may play an important role in disseminating [8] .

for the occurrence of defects or to me in southern Germany is not an entirely plausible explanation known. Reports of possible release by the self-FLI example, are not verifiable, independent checks were apparently never happened. Incursions of wild birds in areas with already existing avian influenza occurrence (especially SE-Europe) to complaints in the 2 January or 1 Half of February are also not known, and this time of year but not very likely. The South German cases could theoretically be isolated finds, on the Virusausträge in eastern France (turkey farm in Les Dombes) or the Pannonian Basin (Hungary, Croatia and Romania) are due. In Les Dombes season and tension of wild birds match (return migration northeast) would be. From the Hungarian Plain, the Danube is a potential guideline for waterfowl to southern Germany, but here is the direction (north to west-north-west) for mittwinterliche aircraft movements Permafrost is not very obvious to an evasion of these birds to the Mediterranean would be more likely. Moreover, to doubt is that of avian influenza infected wild birds can fly very long distances. Alternative viral transport through trade (truck from Turkey and Romania, illegal poultry imports, etc.) could not be made plausible, but were apparently not studied intensively. Thus, one must state, unfortunately, that we do not know the reasons for the outdoor appearance in Germany.

profiteers of the Wild Bird accusations

I have over the past few months increasingly asked who benefits from the hypothesis that wild birds spread the virus. It was very striking, as is evidenced by nothing role of wild birds was moved again to the fore. Among the profiteers include:

• poultry industry - the reference to wild birds distracted by the potential from its own responsibility in the dissemination of the virus. At the same time the competition of free range is pushed back.
• pharmaceutical industry - The general panic over the avian flu can increase the sales of flu resources considerably. This applies to both vaccines for poultry, as auch „Vorbeugungsmittel“ gegen eine „Pandemie“, wie z.B. Tamiflu.
• Forschungseinrichtungen – Mit dem Hinweis auf unbekannte Gefahren sind auch in Deutschland Forschungsmittel verteilt worden. Unter anderem wurden dem FLI im August 150 Mio. € für den Ausbau des Institutes bewilligt. Dies wird in der Presse­mitteilung des FLI vom 8.8.06 wie folgt begründet: „Die Investition … ist auch ein Zei­chen dafür, wie wichtig Tierseuchenforschung auch heute noch ist. BSE und Geflü­gelpest haben das ja gerade in letzter Zeit nachdrücklich deutlich gemacht.“

Insbesondere auch die Welternährungsorganisation (FAO) and its corollary World Health Organization (WHO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) were solid supporters of the migratory bird theory. This may partly be due to the fact that is apparently not sufficiently available in these facilities environmental and ornithological expertise. In order to understand the motives, however complete, would have to turn their attention to global lobbying especially pharmaceutical and poultry industry. Nevertheless, these institutions since the fall of the relative role of wild birds.

This show highlights that there is a lot of money for power and influence, and in some cases now likely is also about saving face. We have left the technical-scientific level long ago.

The recent role of the FLI

Since the time is fully isolated occurrence of H5N1 in a held Zoovogel in the summer of 2006, the black swan at the zoo in Dresden, I find it very difficult, publications of the Institute still to fully believe. For the FLI has considered the case as a proof for it, "that the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is still in the wild bird population in the country and can spread out again" (Press release from 07.09.2006). One can hardly imagine how many possible Wege das Virus in einen zoologischen Garten genommen haben kann, von Tierimporten über Futtermittel bis hin zu Besuchern. Im Frei­land war das Virus ja bereits seit über zwei Monaten verschwunden.

In der Statistik des FLI wird der Trauerschwan als „Wildvogel“ geführt, und in der eingangs erwähnten Risikobewertung vom 1.12.06 schrieb das FLI: „Jedoch zeigen Nachweise von HPAI H5N1 bei Wildvögeln in Spanien und Deutschland die fortwährende Präsenz des Erre­gers in der Wildvogelpopulation an.“ Bei diesen beiden „Wildvögeln“ handelt es sich wie ge­sagt um den jungen Haubentaucher in Spanien und den Zoovogel aus Dresden.

Abgesehen von dieser fachlich have questionable testimony, the FLI and the other relevant institutions in Germany is not done much to gain from the appearance of H5N1 in wild birds actual findings. This begins with the incomplete and erroneous determination of the found dead and tested positive wild birds (species, sex, age, possible sources). It continues with the question of how many of these birds have died from the virus as the cause. Furthermore, in principle no analysis of the find circumstances, but which is essential for the assessment of the situation. Without such ornithological and ecological findings in the field, the epidemiological situation to analyze at all. Since it is only logical to document the ecological ignorance so that you can go down as zoo birds "wild bird" in the statistics. It has certainly been in February, a situation of excessive demand (although the FLI himself had warned in time before the appearance of the virus in the wild), but after that the action would have to be structured. Thus, apparently many of them created for the analysis of the occurrence in the wild worthless laboratory data.

also remain questions of transmission, the species-specific susceptibility and species-specific sensitivity of wild birds largely unclear, to name just a few.

What of future occurrence of avian influenza needs to be done?

If you are free from the extremely unlikely assumption makes that carry the virus in wild bird populations, then other options are very obvious. Because the core question is: How is the virus at each site gets? This is true for wild birds, and poultry and other kept birds in zoos.

In the field, would be clarified once the species which are affected (including gender, age, possible sources). Of course, should the other state of the animals examined and the findings are backed pathological. The find circumstances are clearly documented. If possible, individuals of the same kind of food and ecologically similar species in the immediate area to be sampled as well. Because it is often assumed that the birds have become infected through food. To this end, the most efficient fishing methods.

Depending on the situation when, for example stray finds of known sites of infection are unlikely to be present and illegal acts. We now know from numerous other scandals such as BSE and rotten meat, that for-profit and illegal ge­handelt und zur Strafvermeidung vertuscht wird. Bei Vorliegen eines Anfangsverdachtes, wie z.B. eines an Geflügelpest erkrankten Vogels, sollte daher möglichst unverzüglich mit krimi­nalistischen Methoden vorgegangen werden. Einfache Befragungen wie offenbar bisher er­folgt sind nicht ausreichend, um beispielsweise illegale Vogelimporte, Bezüge von Futter­mitteln oder Impfstoffen aus dubiosen Quellen oder aber die Entsorgung von gestorbenem Geflügel zu ermitteln.

Geflügelpest und Artenschutz

Die Ereignisse haben gezeigt, dass es vordringlich wichtig ist, Wildvogelpopulationen vor Austrägen von Krankheitserregern to protect the poultry. Especially water birds, which focus on environmental grounds in waters are potentially most at risk. This situation is intensifying worldwide more and more, the more the remaining wetlands are destroyed or influenced by humans (diking, drainage, eutrophication, discharge of pollutants, pollution, recreational use, hunting, etc.). In many water bird species there are large concentrations of these days, especially on migration periods and during the winter. What would happen, for example, currently in South Korea when Virusausträge from the poultry farm in the main wintering area Gluck made of duck? Almost the entire world population is over several months in this area and the total population of these species could be affected. Against these backgrounds can avian influenza or other domestic animal disease in the future are even more a problem of the nature and species protection.

Note

I would not rule out that there are other explanations for the occurrence of avian influenza with us, too fragmented, the current state of knowledge. Individual publications so wise to the fact that it could be H5N1 at a completely exaggerated problem [9] . And indeed, it has indeed on complaints despite the cold in January to March 2006, where no mass extinction: was the present, more than 106,000 water birds can be a normal winter mortality, and 158 of the birds found dead tested positive for H5N1.

Other considerations include the use of a not completely inactivated vaccines, for example, were offered over the Internet in China. They could have led to the spontaneous occurrence of avian influenza in different factories. Also, vaccination eventually lead to greater spread of the disease, da befallene Geflügelbe­stände nicht mehr auffallen; das Virus zirkuliert unerkannt unter dem Schirm des geimpften Geflügelbestandes. Dies hat möglicherweise in China in den letzten beiden Jahren bereits stattgefunden.

Es ist zu befürchten, dass uns die Thematik noch einige Zeit beschäftigen wird. Aber es ist zu hoffen, dass es künftig einen Erkenntniszuwachs gibt, wenn sich die Verantwortlichen den wahrscheinlichen Übertragungswegen zuwenden.

Klemens Steiof, Potsdam, 2.1.2007

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[1] Steiof (2006): Are migratory birds carriers and disseminators of avian influenza? ZGAP releases Jg 22, Heft 1 / 2006: 21-23; publ. May 2006.

[2] Steiof (2005): Avian Influenza is spread by migratory birds? Reports on the Birds 42: 15-32, publ. July 2006. (Can be sent upon request as a pdf file.)

[3] FLI (2006): Evaluation of the Risk to the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in domestic poultry in Germany, as of 1:12:06. Internet communication.

[4] A detailed description can be found under www.birdskorea.org.

[5] Gilbert, M., X. Xiao, J. Domenech, J. Lubroth, V. & J. Martin Sling Bergh (2006): Anatidae migration in the Western Palearctic and Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol 12, No. 11: 1650-1656.

[6] Petermann, P. (in Vorber.): Misunderstood waterbird ecology and the spread of Avian Influenza – a correction of Gilbert et al.

[7] www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/07/grebe.html

[8] Muzaffar, SB, RC Ydenberg & I. L. Jones (2006): Avian Influenza: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective for Waterbird Scientists. - Waterbirds 29 (3): 243-257. (Can warden sent on request as a pdf file.)

[9] eg book "Virus Mania" by T. & C. Engelbrecht Köhnlein or DVD "H5N1 is not responding" by M. Leitner & TA Hein, published by New Impulse eV (www.new-impulse-treff.de)