RE: Cites and Nepenthes
Michael.Chamberland (23274MJC@MSU.EDU)
Fri, 10 Mar 95 08:37 EST
> As long as there are rules which have to be followed simply because
> they were made without much thinking on a single case, as long as
> there are professional botanists who think that the fact they are
> paid for their work gives them the sole right and legitimation to
> work scientifically eagerly trying to avoid a non-paid worker getting
> much of a chance, as long as CITES rules are merely politics and
> all that counts is money, as long as huge areas are deforested no
> matter which species of plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms
> occur there and according to law there is no way to collect specimens
> from such an area even immediately before destruction because they
> are protected by CITES and not by thinking....
>
> ...there is little chance for the biodiversity of this planet.
As long as people simply complain and place blame on foreign
governments, why should these goverments be sympathetic?
Try working with botanists in these countries so that they may
effect change from within.
Michael Chamberland