With reference to george Cleveland's query ("Is there any group that is
working towards this goal?")
about people trying to conserve wild orchid habitats, may I suggest that
http://www.riotrust.org is a website worth a visit. Like many valid
conservation activities, this small organisation (The Rio-Atlantic Forest
Trust - RAFT) is involved in trying to acquire and preserve a vestige of a
once very extensive species-rich orchid-related habitat against great odds.Not only is RAFT actively conserving, but through a programme of educational activities including field studies in the area for both professionals and non-professionals with specialist or generalist interests, they are trying to spread knowledge, interest and enthusiasm as widely as possible. I am 'Newletter' editor of Cheshire and North Wales Orchid Society (CANWOS) UK, a society proud to have been supportive of RAFT and that is fortunate to have one if its close associates as a member. Others of CANWOS have visited the location and returned with mouth-watering tales of their experiences. Forgive me if this sounds like a 'commercial' but if members of this forum were unaware of RAFT then I have no conscience at all about sounding a small trumpet for them! John Stanley
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