Construction of “Kok Zhailau” ski resort.

My home country Kazakhstan is a land of green values, deep rain forests and beautiful mountain ranges. It is a place that leaves a huge impression on your heart from the very first sight on its wild and spellbinding nature. I can’t explain all indignation I felt, when I heard that one of my favorite peaceful places is in danger. Kok Zhailau is a part of protected nature reserve and national park that contains large amount of high biodiversity. Here are 3 reasons why I and lot of other citizens are against new tourism project:

1. National park provides clean water and fresh air not only for our country, but its existence and live is important for the sustainability of the whole planet. Such places as Kok Zhailau and Ile-Alatau park or any other world’s big national parks keep our Earth in the important for survival temperature range.

2.Moreover, according to  Kazakh Olympic silver medalist and 2011Asian Winter Games ski champion, Yelena Khrustaleva: “Kok Zhailau  is not suitable for professional track racers,” since the runs are of insufficient length and the terrain is unsuitable.” Why did head of tourism than choose such a wrong place for building a huge stadium? Maybe there were there any others “hidden” reasons?

3. According to lot of local people opinions, the real reason of building that resort not an “economic development for the whole country”, but a privatization. That business can’t be successful because of the high price of skiing in Almaty, too low slopes too receive enough snow and already existence of 10 other ski resorts. Soon after wild nature will be irrecoverable destroyed and roads in the mountains built, that project will be dropped and the lands will be bought by people, who are interested in the private residences there.

So will you let that people destroy something that helps our planet to breathe? Will you silently watch others killing that fragile live? I am not going to stand aside waiting miracle, I’m going to act and that is what I’m asking you to do with me. Let’s not pretend to be deaf on our nature’s “help” scream. Let’s save the live!