Last year I toured the highlands of PNG for the purpose of observing native orchids in situ. PNG apparently has a policy of NIL export of plants or seed.Certainly my group was prohibited from collecting plants for export. However, I was very disturbed to be told that tourists from Japan have no problems in importing plants into Japan from PNG, and possibly elsewhere. This may have resulted in the over-collectioon of endangered species. Is there anything 'we', as orchid conservationists, can do about this? Paul, OZ _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
