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Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reser
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From: Lincoln P. Brower=20
To: dplex-l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friday, March 07, 2008 3:29 AM
Subject: [DPLEX-L:33314] Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly =
Biosphere Reserve on NASA Website & NYT
Dear Monarch colleagues
It is with great regret that my colleagues and I have to be the bearers =
of bad news about the Mexican Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve =
(MBBR).
Lincoln Brower, together with remote sensing scientists Dan Slayback, =
and Isabel Ramirez have been using GIS (Geographic Information System) =
analyses to track the logging in an Ejido known as Crescencio Morales =
which is in the Core Zone of the MBBR. This area is a few km south of =
the popular Rosario overwintering area, in the southern part of the =
Sierra Campanario. According to the Presidential Decree issued in =
November, 2000, logging is forbidden in the Core Zone.
Two years ago, we compared 2004 and 2006 satellite images of the area =
and determined that there was a major logging operation inside the Core =
Zone, progressing up the valley towards what has been known as the Lomas =
de Aparicio overwintering colony area. =20
We called this to the attention of PROFEPA (the federal environmental =
law enforcement agency). A year later, aerial reconnaissance indicated =
that the logging was continuing. Funds from private donors, including =
the the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation and Journey North, made =
it possible for us to obtain a new high resolution satellite image of =
the area, taken on on 23 February 2008.=20
The amount of Core Zone forest that has been heavily logged is:
160 ha between 14 March 2004 and 9 March 2006
290 ha between 9 March 2006 and 23 February 2008
(Note: 1 ha =3D 2.47 acres)
Thus, the logging has intensified in the past two years. Over the four =
year period in this one area, a total of 450 ha (1112 acres) have been =
degraded. This loss amounts to more than 3% of of the entire 13,522 ha =
Core Zone.
We have not been able to determine if the widely disseminated news of =
raids and arrests of illegal loggers in the monarch butterfly region =
that took place in December 2007 included the individuals responsible =
for this particular logging.
The satellite imagery showing this damage was posted at 6PM on 6 March =
2008 on NASA's Earth Observatory Site: =
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Here are links to the stories in the NYT and on the NASA website:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=3D=
17943
(the above is a permanent link - although the story will only be the =
"Image of the Day" today, the above link will continue to refer to it =
until....)
NY Times / Dot-Earth (online):
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/the-chainsaw-and-the-butterf=
ly/#more-188
NY Times full story (Friday print edition):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/earth/07butterfly.html
Tomorrow I will send you an updated highly detailed image of the logged =
area.
Lincoln P. Brower.=20
--=20
Professor Lincoln P. Brower
Research Professor of Biology
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
(Distinguished Service Professor of Zoology Emeritus, University of =
Florida)
Telephone: Office: 434-277-5065
Fax: 434-381-6488
e-mail: brower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbrower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
href=3D"mailto:brower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
">Lincoln P. =
Brower</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Ddplex-l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"mailto:dplex-l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
">dplex-l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 07, 2008 3:29 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [DPLEX-L:33314] Extensive logging in the Monarch =
Butterfly=20
Biosphere Reserve on NASA Website & NYT</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Dear Monarch =
colleagues</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>It is with great regret =
that my=20
colleagues and I have to be the bearers of bad news about the Mexican =
Monarch=20
Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Lincoln Brower, together =
with remote=20
sensing scientists Dan Slayback, and Isabel Ramirez have been using GIS=20
(Geographic Information System) analyses to track the logging in an =
Ejido known=20
as Crescencio Morales which is in the Core Zone of the MBBR. =
This=20
area is a few km south of the popular Rosario overwintering area, in the =
southern part of the Sierra Campanario. According to the =
Presidential=20
Decree issued in November, 2000, logging is forbidden in the Core=20
Zone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Two years ago, we compared =
2004 and=20
2006 satellite images of the area and determined that there was a major =
logging=20
operation inside the Core Zone, progressing up the valley towards what =
has been=20
known as the Lomas de Aparicio overwintering colony=20
area. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>We called this to the =
attention of=20
PROFEPA (the federal environmental law enforcement agency). A year =
later,=20
aerial reconnaissance indicated that the logging was =
continuing. =20
Funds from private donors, including the the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary =
Foundation and Journey North, made it possible for us to obtain a new =
high=20
resolution satellite image of the area, taken on on 23 February=20
2008. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>The amount of Core Zone =
forest that=20
has been heavily logged is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D+1><X-TAB> </X-TAB>160 =
ha between=20
14 March 2004 and 9 March 2006</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D+1><X-TAB> </X-TAB>290 =
ha between=20
9 March 2006 and 23 February 2008</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>(Note: 1 ha =3D 2.47 =
acres)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Thus, the logging has =
intensified in=20
the past two years. Over the four year period in this one area, a total =
of 450=20
ha (1112 acres) have been degraded. This loss amounts to more than 3% =
of<FONT=20
color=3D#000000> of the entire 13,522 ha Core Zone.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>We have not been able to =
determine if=20
the widely disseminated news of raids and arrests of illegal loggers in =
the=20
monarch butterfly region that took place in December 2007 included the=20
individuals responsible for this particular logging.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>The satellite imagery =
showing this=20
damage was posted at 6PM on 6 March 2008 on NASA's Earth Observatory=20
Site: </FONT><FONT size=3D-1>=20
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Here are links to the =
stories in the=20
NYT and on the NASA website</FONT><FONT size=3D-1>:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D-1><BR></FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?i=
mg_id=3D17943"><FONT=20
size=3D-1>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3=
?img_<SPAN></SPAN>id=3D17943</FONT></A><FONT=20
size=3D-1><BR><BR>(the above is a permanent link - although the story =
will only be=20
the "Image of the Day" today, the above link will continue to refer to =
it=20
until....)<BR><BR>NY Times / Dot-Earth (online):<BR></FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/the-chainsaw-and-the=
-butterfly/#more-188"><SPAN></SPAN>http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008=
/03/06/the-chainsaw-and-the-bu<SPAN></SPAN>tterfly/#more-188<FONT=20
size=3D-1><BR><BR>NY Times full story (Friday print =
edition):</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/earth/07butterfly.html"=
><FONT=20
size=3D-1>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/earth/07butterfly.htm=
l</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Tomorrow I will send you =
an updated=20
highly detailed image of the logged area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D+1>Lincoln P.=20
Brower. </FONT></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--=20
</PRE></X-SIGSEP>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#000000 size=3D-3>Professor Lincoln P. =
Brower<BR>Research Professor of Biology<BR>Sweet Briar College<BR>Sweet =
Briar,=20
VA 24595<BR>(Distinguished Service Professor of Zoology Emeritus, =
University of=20
Florida)<BR>Telephone: Office:=20
434-277-5065<BR> &nb=
sp;=20
Fax: 434-381-6488</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000>e-mail: =
brower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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