Chapter 229 (1/2)
On the one hand, there are abundant resources on the island and on the other hand, there are poor residents. The contradiction between the two is becoming more and more serious.
Madagascar is rich in gold, nickel, cobalt, titanium and sapphire, and its supply once accounted for one third of the world market, but its rights and interests are all in the hands of foreign holding groups.
Mobil company explores the deep-sea oil here, high-end guitar manufacturers make local ebony guitars, and the local government also wants to rent cultivated land to South Korea and sell water resources to Saudi Arabia
Therefore, in order to make a living, islanders will smuggle the endangered animals on the island out of the country and cut down the precious trees. The total area of the reserve is 4.5 million hectares, and 10000 hectares of timber have been stolen.
However, no matter how hard you dig mines and cut trees, you can only get a few dollars in the end.
Due to poaching and forest destruction, red collar lemurs, forked spotted lemurs, thick tailed dwarf lemurs and finger lemurs are rapidly disappearing from the rainforest of Madagascar. Among the 25 most endangered primates in the world, lemurs account for five seats.
An endangered ring tailed lemur costs only $50 locally.
There are only 2000 ring tailed lemurs in the wild now, and the number has decreased by 95% since 2000. It is not as much as the number of similar lemurs in zoos all over the world. It can not be described as a tragedy.
”Ah!”
Yan ganghui shook his head and couldn't bear to look at the ring tailed lemur cooked in the soup pot in the photo.
I feel sorry for the fate of lemurs and other endangered animals and plants on the island, but I have no choice!
Originally, I thought that the residents on the island were more backward and foolish, and didn't know how to protect their beautiful home.
But after reading the introduction of the exhibition board, the residents here are so poor that they don't have enough food and clothes. The only thing to consider is how they can live tomorrow.
Survival is a problem. Do you expect islanders to protect the environment?
The key is that it has not developed at the expense of the environment, and the benefits of selling resources have been robbed by blood. If there is no change, in the foreseeable future, the environment of Falklands will only become worse and worse, and the residents will continue to be so poor and will always be exploited.
I don't know what to say.
There is some happiness in my heart. Fortunately, now the motherland has unlocked more choices.
”Well, what are you looking at?” Su Hui also came and saw the picture of stewed lemur in a large pot on the exhibition card. She frowned, ”it's disgusting, what the hell.”
”Oh, don't look.”
Yan ganghui felt that it was rare to come out for a holiday. It was better not to let his girlfriend affect his mood. He pushed her back: ”let me give you a brief talk. Anyway, it means that the lemur is now very endangered, and the number of wild lemurs is not as large as that in the zoo.”
”Ah, how miserable.”
Su Hui was also a little stunned. Although she didn't go to the zoo much, she had the impression that the ring tailed lemurs could be seen in the zoo. She thought they were very common animals.
He stayed in the indoor hall for some time and enjoyed the ring tailed lemurs playing. At 9 o'clock, the breeder Xiao Yang in blue uniform appeared.
Seeing this, Yan ganghui pulled his girlfriend, and they quickly followed up!
At this time, there are many tourists in the ring tailed lemur exhibition area. They are surprised by the island scenery and the elf like ring tailed lemurs, ”KaKa” to take photos, while making all kinds of admiration.
”Wow, how beautiful!”
”Ring tailed lemurs are so cute!”
A little girl looked eagerly at the scenery on the island and turned her head and said, ”Dad, can you go to the island? I want to touch the little monkey paper! ”