Re: Nature of Things

Rand Nicholson (writserv@mis.ca)
Thu, 15 Aug 1996 16:15:19 -0400

>Hi all,
>
> Great program last night on the Nature of Things with David
>Suzuki about peat bogs of the world and their depletions. Amazing
>how many of the bogs have been wiped out for the purpose of keeping
>our houses warm and our garden veggies happy. Again, it showed the
>importance of maintaining our natural resources. A living, thriving
>bog looks so much better than one stripped of vegetation and peat.
>Yes, there was CP's featured in it. From what I saw, mainly Drosera
>species, but at least they're getting attention from the public at
>large, finally!
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Teichreb
>Department of Biology
>University of Regina
>Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA
>
>teichrch@Meena.CC.URegina.CA

And don't forget the S. purpurea spp., Chris. They had good shots of the
plants and of some flies passing on to a higher level of existance.

Also, there was hard, supported discussion about the relationship between
the northern peat bog and global warming, as well as the preservation of
(at least) as many unidentified species as one would find in a southern
hemisphere rain forest.

The James Bay Project in Hudson's Bay was used as an example of how
hydro-electric power is just as polluting in regards to the destruction of
habitat of key species and the releasing of greenhouse gas types (methane,
carbon dioxide) by the flooding of sphagnum bogs. Not to mention the end of
the traditional way of life for the northern Cree and Inuit in what is
arguably the largest and least understood sphagnum bog, or muskeg, system
in the world.

Regards,

Rand