CYANIDE, DYNAMITE & LIVE FISH in SE ASIA

Dr Steve Oakley soakley at tualang.unimas.my
Tue Dec 10 20:55:42 EST 1996


you may be interested in the comment i got personally from gregor in Hong Kong! 
my replies are in CAPITALS 
regards 
                steve oakley 

>From: gregorh at HK.Super.NET 
> 
>>I agree with S1-2, especially 2. But in some cases a combination of command  
>>and control enforcement and local enforcement might work best. For example,  
>>Sumilon is often used as a model park, but in fact, when it was turned 
over to  
>>the local people for a period, they plundered it. The best conservation  
>>occured when there was an armed guard from Siliman University stationed on 
the  
>>island. Sometimes the local pressure for short term gains, particularly when  
>>the benefits accrue to a few powerful people, outweighs any reasoned approach. 

>>I think S 4 and 5 are really important too. We need to start building some  
>>serious protection ala African game parks. This funding must come from the  
>>west.  
> 
> AGAIN AGREED, MY PAPER AT THE WORKSHOP SAID JUST THAT. 
> 
>The point on research I think should be to encourage more applied  
>>research. The question for example of what effects cyanide fishing has on  
>>coral reefs in actual usage has not been satisfactorily addressed. We keep  
>>hearing about destroyed reefs by cyanide. In my experience, this is not  
>>common. How can we encourage these dusty academics to get out and do 
something  
>>useful before Rome burns to the ground? 
> 
>I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DUSTY BUT I HAVE 3 ONE MONTH EXPEDITIONS AND 4 ONE WEEK 
TRIPS BETWEEN JAN & SEPT TO TRY AND DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE TO THE REEFS OF 
SABAH,  I ALSO HAVE A TV CREW ALONG FOR EACH OF THE 3 ONE MONTH TRIPS,  ANY 
CHANCE YOU OR YOUR STUDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED 
>SEE OUR WEB PAGE 
> 
>http://www.unimas.my/~nick/marres.htm 
> 
> 
> 
>REGARDS 
> 
> 
>STEVE 
> 
> 
> 
Dr. Steve Oakley,  Shell Prof. of environmental Science, Institute of 
Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation,  Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia  soakley at tualang.unimas.my  Fax  082 
671903  Tel 082 671000 x 254 or 260  



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