Re: CP Conservation
Michael.Chamberland (23274MJC@MSU.EDU)
Tue, 26 Nov 96 08:26 EST
> From: "j.m.haddon" <j.m.haddon@uclan.ac.uk>
>
> Dear all,
> I agree with John Boehme on this subject. I an currently doing a
> degree in Environmental Management and have found that, world wide,
> most governments organisations are lacking when it comes to the
> protecting of habitats. Here in the UK there is little natural
> environment left, most cp live in upland and lowland areas of peat. This
> brings about a problem as the peat is mined for the garden and
> horticulture trade (us included). Most protection of these sites is
> carried out by non governmental groups apart from the Ministory of
> Defence (MOD) who own lager areas of land with limited access to the
> public. The land remains unintrupted apart from the odd bomb blast
> whcih does a lot less damage than you might think.
> yours
> JoHn
Here in the US there are non-government groups working towards conservation
(ie. the Nature Conservancy). U.S. military land also has proven to be
a refuge for rare plants. Few people dare collect plants on this
land, and the bomb blasts have helped support fire-maintained ecosystems!
Michael Chamberland