Colin who said: >A comment on Phrag. kovachii being decimated in Peru, could it be that the >Peruvians stripped the place bare. .
In my humble opinion, it really does not matter much who stripped the Pk habitats bare, Peruvians, or non-Peruvians!!! The Pk plants were removed from their habitats illegally, without a collecting permit from INRENA . (Peruvian Ministry of Natural Resources). The Pk plants left Peru illegally, without export and import CITES documents. It is important to recognize that those who purchased them are as guilty of habitat depletion as those who collected and sold them. >Being in the country they wouldn't need any >CITES papers unless exporting them Correct, but these Pk plants would still BE ILLEGAL in Peru, for they were collected without a permit. Only two collecting permits were issued by INRENA, for 5 plants each, to two Peruvian orchid nurseries. Those plants must remain in Peru. Artificial propagations from these ten plants may be exported with CITES documents. INRENA decides "if " and "when."
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