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Peter O'Byrne says:
Zadith's letter (protesting the decree which will force Peruvian
Orchid exporters to switch from exporting adult plants to exporting in-vitro seedlings) contained the following factual error, which needs to be corrected. Zadith said: "No country in the world has ever imposed or required such a drastic transition because they understand the reality of orchid production. Only INRENA/PERU." This statement is incorrect. In 1990 Papua New Guinea did much the same thing ... ie passed a law that made it illegal to export all orchid plants, with immediate effect. They did this because they DID understand the reality of "orchid production" in PNG at the time. The PNG law didn't permit the export of in-vitro plants, either. ********************************************************
A reply to that statement would be that in this case in Peru, we are
speaking of Orchid nurseries that have in existance for many years and have
previously been well supported by the government agency. Now the situation is
such that ONLY ONE (1) favored nursery can export mature
orchids.
Richard Orr
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