[leps-talk] Fwd: Re: Status of Mexican Sanctuaries

Charles Bordelon legitintellexit at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 7 23:45:23 EDT 2003


An ironic PS:  The natives have all but been run out of the Preserve, except
to sell fish and produce.  Hmmm.  cb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Bordelon" <legitintellexit at earthlink.net>
To: <MWalker at gensym.com>; <neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk>
Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>; <tils-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [leps-talk] Fwd: Re: Status of Mexican Sanctuaries


> I made an interesting observation in Ecuador.  I saw no loggers or
> seismologists.   Much of the virgin forest was cleared.  Until you got to
> the preserve.  Who was doing all this slash and burn?  The natives.  Is it
> not our aspirstion to Preserve the endemic wildlife?  Do humans count?
They
> are not whales, dolphins, or insects.  They are intelligent human beings
> coping with the impact of first-world economics.  They adapt.  They
survive,
> even at the risk of destroying their own land because they are caught in a
> trap that our own supply and demand greed has set up.  So are they
> intelligent?  Sure.  Same as us...  cb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Walker" <MWalker at gensym.com>
> To: <neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk>
> Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>; <tils-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [leps-talk] Fwd: Re: Status of Mexican Sanctuaries
>
>
> > Neil wrote:
> >
> > > Assuring the integrity of the the Monarch Biosphere Reserve is
> > > ongoing struggle. Logging continues, some legal and some illegal.
> > > Unfortunately, curbing the activities of the illegal loggers is
> > > becoming more difficult for the local authorities. The loggers are
> > > well organized and use cell phones and an extensive communication
> > > system to keep ahead of the law enforcement agencies.
> >
> > Are there any facts at all in the above statements?  I'm looking for
> facts -
> > I've been told that's all I should do - do you have any?
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
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