In 2010, 600 people signed a petition to prevent the closure of the centre.

Faculty and students tried to prevent the closure, but were not successful.

Environmentalists and fishermen combined their efforts to prevent the closure; they persuaded parliament to amend the original plan.

During this period, he first became involved in politics, leading the ultimately unsuccessful campaign to prevent the closure of the college in 1989.

He could not prevent the closure of the lodge during the war because members of foreign nationalities were obliged to return home where some were called up for military service.