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Post by coldcoffee on May 19, 2012 2:00:59 GMT
Sounds perfect! Go get em!
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Post by bouncingwatermelon on Jun 10, 2012 7:34:36 GMT
I was wondering if the ICPS or some other society (not necessarily cp related) has had undertaken projects aiming to educate the general public?
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Post by nepenthes77 on Jun 12, 2012 11:03:51 GMT
Hi bouncingwatermelon,
Have you thought of contacting the USDA or any other higher position? Honestly, ebay/yahoo, as others have said could care less.
I have reported ebay for selling a Nepenthes thorellii and no response. They didn't care as long as they kept getting that lovely green stuff.
Just a thought...
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Post by nepenthes99 on Jun 12, 2012 19:45:29 GMT
nepenthes77, If this was in the US your suggestion would have been helpful. Unfortunately this is happening in Japan, therefore the USDA has no power over it. I doubt that Japan has a department for poaching and destruction of species, after all, look at what they have done to their environment! And it does not look like their "Going Green" anytime soon! Japan is moving forward at an alarming rate but still does not know how to sustain itself on the longterm. It woulkd be good to raise some awareness about endangered plants and anamal life there before everything is developed.
By the way, I believe it is legal to sell thorellii as long as it is not wild collected, and to be honest it probably was not a true thorellii, they were only recently rediscovered and are still rare in cultivation.
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Post by bouncingwatermelon on Oct 2, 2012 13:11:41 GMT
For those of you who were wondering what happened to this project... I am proud to report that the project was a success. Despite having our room moved to a most desolate location in the school, an estimate of around 400 people came to see the exhibition, which is not a bad number, considering that I was working almost alone It helped that there was another exhibition in the same room, because it brought a lot of little kids and their parents to the room. More details and some pics to come later.
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Post by bouncingwatermelon on Dec 26, 2012 1:16:23 GMT
Ok, its finally here... The long overdue report of the school exhibition about plant poaching is finally brought to you after overcoming some time and technical difficulties (many thanks to Bob for helping me out). For those of you who may have been wondering "how did it go?", I am happy to report that this project was done according to plan on September (thats a long time ago, isn't it). Over a course of 2 days, about 400 people visited. I take the chance to thank everybody who tried to help me out. Fortunately, some folks in Japan were equally passionate about plant poaching as I was. They were kind enough to lend me photos to use (permission were granted by email beforehand). Without it, the exhibition would have been nothing! The project was quite hastily put together, but despite the circumstances (being situated at the far end of the school building), quite a lot of people visited. Perhaps some credit must be given to the other exhibition being held at the same room. It was generally fun working together until an idiot tried to mess up my survey! Some people sure have a different sense of humor. The survey was just an attempt to see how the general public thinks about the problem of plant poaching. Yes, the parameters of the survey are quite limited, given that the visitors are all families trying to enroll their kids in good private schools, but it gives a general idea. I feel that the lack of any statistical data on plant poaching may be a reason why the general public is apathetic to this problem, as opposed to similar problems like illegal pet trade. More info about the survey will be put up later. The venus fly trap (procured, obviously, from a vendor who propagates the plants himself) proved to be eye candy for the little children who were just about getting tired. They were hooked! It helped to coax the parents fill out the forms while the kids refused to give up their positions. Thanks a lot once again! BW
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Post by Brian Barnes on Dec 26, 2012 18:04:52 GMT
Good work! Education leads to conservation. Sounds like your project was a success! Keep up the wonderful efforts and encourage your friends to do the same. Brian
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Post by bouncingwatermelon on Feb 13, 2013 9:17:13 GMT
I am currently working on a follow up project. I am looking for some info about legal restrictions to plant poaching/collecting in countries in south-east asia. If anyone can help me find info on laws that have to do with plant poaching in these countries, I'd be grateful.
Thanks in advance.
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