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Does anyone care about conservation?
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says... With the recent flood of posts about orchid smuggling and CITES it got me wondering. Is anyone on RGO involved with orchid conservation or involved with groups/societies that actively work to conserve orchid populations? If so what and how? I know most of you grow exotics and orchid conservation in other countries is often harder to make a difference with. Are there any "native" growers in the group and if so do your attitudes to differ from your exotic growing buddies? Our orchid society, founded this year, donated 5000 EUR from the proceeds of our show in February to the Rainforest of the Austrians (http://www.regenwald.at/RGS/RWdOEE.html), a group dedicated to buying up private property in the Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica)and donating it to the park service. That meant 5 ha, or 12.5 acres. Our project from the proceeds of the next show will be to subsidize hay farmers in the Alps around us to compensate for crop losses that ensue from foregoing mowing and fertilizing on the meadows' edge near the forest. Mowing and especially fertilizing are damaging to the ecosystem that the native orchids grow in. I am talking about orchids such as Cephalanthera, Ophrys, Limodorum and so on. These are all small measures, but as a young club, it's the best we can do at the moment besides educating the public. -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html |
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