Some news from Bokor Hill

[Sockhom]

Sad news I'm afraid:
http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.co...okor-hill.html

François.

[bactrus]

Indeed it is sad news for nature. On the other hand, Cambodia and its people needs investors and businesses to develop the backward country. I hate to loose the biodiversity but this I call it a cost of development.

Like the song from Counting Crows and I quote (I modified in red):

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

They took all the Nepenthes, and put em in a Plant museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

[edwardyeeks]

There isn't much need to complain. All I wish now is that somebody take action to either stop this construction(unlikely) or save those plants.


*SIGHHH*

[korinthos]

Originally Posted by edwardyeeks

There isn't much need to complain. All I wish now is that somebody take action to either stop this construction(unlikely) or save those plants.


*SIGHHH*

If I had the money I'd go there and dig them all up buy some land and plant them all there for every one to enjoy

[bactrus]

That is the problem..... MONEY.

Yup I agree, If I am able, I'll buy large track of land for conservation purpose much like the private reserve I have seen in South Africa.

François, can anything be done to slow down the destruction? Actually why no WWF or some world wide enviroment/conservation group do something. Or are they?

[Sockhom]

Hello,
Good ol' Fernando Rivadavia was kind enough to send me this link:
http://julianoandermann.blogspot.com...rnivora-e.html
This is a short video that shows what's going on Mount Bokor.
For those, like me, who can't understand Portuguese, check the following page. You'll be able to read the text in English:
http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/play...jsp?item=174811[/url]
Thank you for the link, Fernando!

All the best,
François.

[Sockhom]

Hello,
I am sad to announce that all the bokorensis plants that you have seen in all the pictures I posted these last years are now gone. This is a quote from a mail I received today from my fellow friend Jeremy Holden who works on Cambodian carnivorous plants with me:
Basically the plant in its known areas is now highly threatened. The roadside plants are all gone because this section has been expanded. Further roads are penetrating in to the interior also, including the waterfall area. Where we filmed the plants is very flat and wide and I wouldn't be surprised if this is not the site for the proposed golf course.
There is a last chance that I can include some original spots of N. bokorensis in a kind of botanical park that might be built up there on Mount Bokor. I will meet the guys in charge next August and will use my best diplomatic skills. But I'm not optimistic.
François.

[caseyhoo]

Sir, really appreaciate yours afford to protect wild nepenthes.

BTW, 2nd link that you provided is invalid link. It will be really thanks if you can edit it. Thanks

[kentosaurs]

Pluck as many plants and plant it elsewhere....Sounds wrong but personally i feel its the best way.

[Sockhom]

Hi,
I've been quite filled with sadness when I learned that almost all known populations of Nepenthes bokorensis have been wiped out from Phnom Bokor. Yesterday, my friend Jelle Wouters, from Belgium, kindly send me a mail to inform me that he managed to pollinate his female N. bokorensis thanks to the pollen of three different males. As far as I know, these will be the first seeds of N. bokorensis produced in cultivation. A spark in the darkness.
Well done Jelle!



François.