カリフォルニア州の古代セコイア、絶滅の危機に瀕
Las secuoyas milenarias de California, en peligro
Los furtivos las están atacando para alimentar un negocio muy lucrativo de muebles y objetos de adorno
Algunas tienen 2000 años, los seres vivientes más antiguos y el pulmón del planeta
Vicenta Cobo San Francisco 12 ABR 2014 - 02:59 CET
Una turista frente a los troncos caídos de dos secuoyas gigantes en California / PAUL GIAMOU
A tourist in front of the fallen trunks of two giant sequoias in California / PAUL Giamou
カリフォルニア/ポールGiamouにおける2つの巨大セコイアの倒れた幹の前で観光客
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The ancient sequoias of California, endangered
Poachers are targeting to feed the very lucrative business of furniture and ornaments
Some are 2,000 years old, the oldest living things on the planet and lung
Vicenta Cobo San Francisco 12 ABR 2014 - 2:59 CET
The trees Reedwood , name by which they are known in English, and Spanish , to reach California, called "high stick" and " red stick" (attributes both her slender stem that rises to the sky to a height they can reach 115 meters ) , are in danger. Unscrupulous poachers pursuing valuable timber tree at any price without consideration of any kind are destroying .
Only last February 4 sequoias were destroyed , and over the last year 18 trees have suffered damage from burlers midnight . " The burl is the boss of the tree storing the seeds , the genetic code of the redwood. Smash means amputating the tree preventing it besides make you very vulnerable to attack by insects and diseases to be honest , would fight easily played.
Its importance is very familiar actors Reedwood National and State Parks. On its website warns of the growing demand in the black market and all users are asked to contribute to denounce this illegal practice no longer buy products from the timber origin is unknown .
Sneak attacks have become so extreme that park officials have carried out overnight closure of 12 kilometers of Newton B. Drury path Scenic Parkwayen the living specimens of ancient redwoods. The aim is to tighten the noose criminals and stop them. Coming closures are planned for this park stretches over 53,000 hectares.
Damaging the redwoods is considered a criminal practice that can lead to years in prison and fines. "Crime is comparable to killing elephants in Africa to sell ivory " , officials say . These trees up to 2000 years old , the oldest living things on the planet , in addition to his lung, are declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO , and today there are barely 5% of those who originally inhabited the Pacific coast between Oregon and Big Sur ( California) .
Park officials say that " what motivates poachers resources to crime is to get outside of a local economy that creates jobs and afford their expensive consumption habits as consumers of methamphetamine ." Also suggest that increasingly use more aggressive tactics that even pass down an entire tree just to get the part that contains the seeds.
Some burls are small and just turned into souvenirs such as salt and pepper shakers , but some are worth thousands of dollars on the black market. In eBay coffee tables made from redwood for up to $ 13,000 are sold. And in Orick, a population of just over 350 residents in Humboldt County , near the south entrance of the park, proliferate stores selling processed redwood furniture, clocks and ornaments . A lucrative market worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the price of robbing the planet's ecological heritage .
Jeff Denny, the supervisor of the redwood parks in the area from the coast, is to think aloud : " These titans have survived storms, lightning , fire , wind and many natural disasters, but survive poachers armed with saws and strings is an entirely different matter. Consumers need to be aware before purchasing an item made with this wooden wonder where it comes from and then decide. "
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