New Greenlandic environmental group gets cash

The World Wildlife Organization donated 50,000 Kroner ($10,000) last week to the new environmental protection group Uppik, which means snowy owl in Greenlandic.

The Danish government had also promised the fledging group 30.000 Kroner ($6,000) as start-up money. But, due to the freeze on all new spending by the Danish government, the money hasn’t been sent.

Uppik held its first general meeting last week. The group wants to recruit 100 members before April 1, 2002. Its 20 current members all come from Ilulissat, the hometown of Peter Lange, its founder and chairman.