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you may be interested in the comment i got personally from gregor in Hong Kong!
my replies are in CAPITALS
regards
steve oakley
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>>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.
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> AGAIN AGREED, MY PAPER AT THE WORKSHOP SAID JUST THAT.
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>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?
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>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
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>http://www.unimas.my/~nick/marres.htm
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>REGARDS
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>STEVE
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Dr. Steve Oakley, Shell Prof. of environmental Science, Institute of
Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia [log in to unmask] Fax 082
671903 Tel 082 671000 x 254 or 260
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