Mexican Monarchs

[Paul Cherubini]

In the Reuters article provided by Bob Parcelles it was stated:

> In November last year, the government of former
> President Ernesto Zedillo extended the land devoted to 
> five sanctuaries. The move was in response to a 
> study {led by Lincoln Brower] 
> showing that farming and illegal logging had
> destroyed 44 percent of the original forest since
> 1971.

How many of you have a picture in your mind of
a tragic loss of nearly half the butterfly forest in Mexico based
on this sensational news story? How many of you are sick
to your stomach over this?

But if you compared ground photos of the sanctuaries 
in 1990 http://www.saber.net/~monarch/1990.jpeg
vs 2001 http://www.saber.net/~monarch/2001.jpeg
you would see virtually no change in the forest. Maybe this
is why such stories never carry real photos to substantiate
the dramatic claims.

And If you compared satellite photos of the sanctuary region between
2000 http://www.saber.net/~monarch/Angangeo2000.jpeg and
1973 http://www.saber.net/~monarch/Anganueo1973.jpeg
you also would note very few changes.

Conclusion: More fire in the theatre! 

Paul Cherubini

 
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