>The idea was for them to collect and export wild orchids in advance
>of construction projects and logging, a win-win scenario that turned
>out to be utterly illegal under the CITES treaty.
Typical of conservation laws... they often end up doing exactly the
OPPOSITE of what they are SUPPOSED to do...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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