Rescure Mission – C. minima

Tags: C. minima, peninsula, selangor, swamp

• Bit?cora de un Crypt?logo
  3:27 am on February 8th, 2009 1

  [...] Joshua no da un toque de atención hacia un problema que empieza a ser común. La expansión del hombre está teniendo consecuencias desastrosas para la biodiversidad, ya no se trate de una cuestión de mantener espacios naturales con bonitos animales y plantas, sino que pasará a ser una cuestión de supervivencia para nuestra especie. En este caso se trata de la destrucción de un área de Selangor en Malasia, donde recientemente se encontró una nueva población de C. minima. Creo que es obligación de los Cryptólogos de todo el mundo, difundir la noticia.Desafortunadamente, parece que el futuro de muchas especies de animales y plantas estará en manos de personas que las mantienen en cautividad y aprenden sobre sus costumbres y necesidades. [...]

• Hock
  7:27 am on February 10th, 2009 2

  It’s sad to see so much habitat destruction. Is the pond/lake still there?

• Joshua
  10:22 am on February 10th, 2009 3

  Partially gone!

• Hock
  6:56 am on February 12th, 2009 4

  It’s sad to hear that the native plants of Malaysia are slowly disappearing. Hopefully Herman and other crypt enthusiasts will be able to cultivate it in captivity.

• Joshua
  12:45 pm on February 12th, 2009 5

  Cultivation is not a issue for this species but losing it natural habitat is a big sigh to us.

• Niels
  10:14 pm on February 12th, 2009 6

  For those of us not reading StarTwo, it is informative to see the actual paper and see what the “details” of what has been going on in what is left of this small swamp. It may be hoped that it is possible to maintain a small piece of jungle in an otherwise densely populated area. They can do it in Singapore, in e.g. Bukit Timah, and in India they have a tradition for maintaining “sacred groves” near temples and other sacred places. Not necessarily large areas, but enough to sustain a small portion of flora and fauna, for the benefit of the people. Fingers crossed.

• Joshua
  5:05 pm on February 13th, 2009 7

  Neils,

  Base on the latest news, the swamp is “technically” protected but the boundary is relatively small, they are converting the jungle into Muslim cemetery, so its sort of sacred place.

  Unlike Bukit Timah of Singapore, the jungle coverage is big, you will surprise to see how close between the cemetery and the swamp in this place.

 

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