Melody
Jul 24th 2008, 11:23 PM
If funds become available the men from Waterlands are willing to place net barriers all around the shoreline of the National Park for which they have been given permission from the parks director Dr. Leonard Sefu. Jay Stauffer of Penn State University and I are planning to generate funding for the ongoing protection of Malawi cichlids via donations into the “Stuart M. Grant Cichlid Conservation Fund”. These donations can be made online at following website: www.cichlidpress.com/SMGfund (http://www.cichlidpress.com/SMGfund). Or donations can be mailed to Stuart M. Grant Cichlid Conservation Fund, 420 Forest Resources Building , Penn State University , University Park , PA 16802 . The website will feature updates on the process of placing the barriers and on the replanting efforts.
I have always been of the opinion that you can only protect a natural resource by buying the habitat in question, put a fence around it and limit access to those that want to enjoy and shoot with cameras. It is impossible to do so with Lake Malawi and although there have been talks of turning the entire lake into a multinational park, preventing over-fishing in select areas really has a chance of succeeding in preserving the great biodiversity still to be found in this magnificent lake. ~ Ad Khoens of the Cichlid Association of America (http://kwamulungu.com/cichlids.html)
Note: If your official fish club would like to participate in fundraising efforts for Cichlid conservation, Cichlid Press will donate books to the fundraiser.
American Cichlid Association's Paul V. Loiselle Conservation Fund (http://www.cichlid.org/Loiselle_Conservation_Fund.html)
Cichlid Conservation in Uganda (http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/conservation/newman_Uganda.html)
Protecting Malawi Cichlids (http://kwamulungu.com/cichlids.html)
Cichlid Research (http://www.cichlidresearch.com)
I have always been of the opinion that you can only protect a natural resource by buying the habitat in question, put a fence around it and limit access to those that want to enjoy and shoot with cameras. It is impossible to do so with Lake Malawi and although there have been talks of turning the entire lake into a multinational park, preventing over-fishing in select areas really has a chance of succeeding in preserving the great biodiversity still to be found in this magnificent lake. ~ Ad Khoens of the Cichlid Association of America (http://kwamulungu.com/cichlids.html)
Note: If your official fish club would like to participate in fundraising efforts for Cichlid conservation, Cichlid Press will donate books to the fundraiser.
American Cichlid Association's Paul V. Loiselle Conservation Fund (http://www.cichlid.org/Loiselle_Conservation_Fund.html)
Cichlid Conservation in Uganda (http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/conservation/newman_Uganda.html)
Protecting Malawi Cichlids (http://kwamulungu.com/cichlids.html)
Cichlid Research (http://www.cichlidresearch.com)