I thought it might be of interest to the group to visit the CITES web site http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/fund.shtml and read about the funding of this organization. It is pretty much a joke. Many countries pay nothing or little at all and many are far behind in payments, some since the early 90's. The US is the largest contributor spending over 1,000,000.00 per year. The US holds the whole thing up.
Of course this does not include the large amount of spending each government must do within its own country to comply with the treaty. I do believe in the main concepts of the treaty but feel they are totally misguided when it comes to nurseries and artificially propagated plants. Jerry, Orchids Limited Orchids Limited 4630 Fernbrook Lane N. Plymouth, Minnesota 55446 USA Toll-free: 1-800-669-6006 Local: 763-559-6425 Fax: 763-557-6956 Website: www.orchidweb.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
