Comments on: Very Large Parks are the Wave of the Future

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:20:25 +0000

Sometimes they are proclaimed and not substantiated. Other times they exist but are eventually overrun by invading armies (these parks are often on borders) who see the wildlife as their larder.

By: Tina Rhea

Tina Rhea — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:56:35 +0000

Big parks and wildlife corridors are wonderful ideas, but if they are proclaimed only on paper by governments too weak, indifferent, impoverished, and/or corrupt to protect them, and if they ignore the need for support from the local people who may be displaced or prevented from using land they feel entitled to, they won’t do a bit of good. There are “tiger preserves” in India with no tigers left in them. I REALLY hope this works, but drawing lines on a map and declaring that a park exists, while a great first step, is far from enough to make it work. It needs a lot of money and continuing effort too.

By: Anne Gilbert

Anne Gilbert — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:47:40 +0000

Yay for the tigers! I hope this works.Anne G

By: tai haku

tai haku — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:05:43 +0000

“the proposed corridor would span eight countries and represent the largest block of tiger habitat left on Earth. It would wind through much of Bhutan, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia, and potentially connect to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam” meanwhile the US proposes building a big fence across its jaguar migration pathhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080118-AP-jaguars.html