Climate Chang[e] Caravan Launch

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 12 September 2009 ? Five mahout elders perform a Pa-Kam ritual, a traditional ceremony to call on mahout ancestors for good luck and safety before an elephant journey, at the launch of the Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan in an elephant conservation centre at the outskirts of Khao Yai National Park, about 200 kilometers North of Bangkok. The Chang(e) Caravan, a people's caravan for change, led by elephants (chang in Thai) rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), is a TckTckTck initiative involving a growing number of national and global organizations in support of a single goal: to mobilize civil society and to galvanize public opinion in support of transformational change and rapid action to save the planet from dangerous levels of climate change. ©Greenpeace/Sataporn Thongma

* Photographer: ©Greenpeace/Sataporn Thongma

Unique identifier: GP01U50

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Shoot date: 12/09/2009

Locations: Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Sataporn Thongma

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Climate Chang[e] Caravan in Thailand

The Chang(e) Caravan, its a 15 days march for change by people and elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Center is 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.

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