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Wonderful CITES
Eric Hunt wrote:
Nick, Interesting points - but the one thing that kept popping up in my head: Do *YOU* want the same "take-no-prisoners war-on-drugs" federal enforcement officers knocking down your doors and trashing your greenhouse because someone "reported" you as having some of these banned plants you are advocating? One further thought... One could, I think, beef up CITES enforcement without ever going anywhere near private greenhouses. A lot of smuggling is probably Norris-style false labeling. Suppose only plants in bloom were allowed to be shipped internationally and inspections at ports of entry were beefed up? That would make it much more difficult to import plants and would suck for people who make their living that way, but it would also make it much more difficult to smuggle wild plants. But, my main purpose in commenting in this thread is not to suggest specific enforcement methods. Rather, I wanted to comment on the idea that CITES has been an unmitigated disaster for slipper orchids. I think that to the extent that CITES has restricted international trade, it has encouraged domestic flasking. Where smuggling wild plants still exists, it will not be hindered by weakening CITES. CITES regulation does not seriously hinder our ability to grow orchids. You could stop all international trade tomorrow, and places like Fox Valley could still produce most species in the genera Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium. CITES only really affects our ability to obtain a small handfull of new species, and the amount of moaning by orchidists is seriously out of proportion to its affect on us.. Nick |
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