Re: CP
Jan Schlauer (zxmsl01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)
Wed, 3 Nov 93 09:54:47 +0100
Don, you wrote:
>I wonder why those in charge of the Mt. Kinabalu National Park don't sell
>seeds of the unique species that grow there? Nepenthes can produce a few
>hundred seeds in each seed pod, and there are dozens of seed pods per
>inflorescence. Seems like a few flowering plants can supply enough seeds for
>the world!
Now, this behaviour is in perfect accordance with the policy of
so-called conservation. As I already mentioned, some officials rather
let their own people destroy the whole forest than to permit a foreigner
the removal of even a tiny bit of plant from it.
Kind regards
Jan