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Wollemi Pines

To: "'TERRILL NORDSTROM'" <>, "'birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Wollemi Pines
From: "Colin Driscoll" <>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:17:09 +1000
This is a program to bring a prehistoric plant back from the brink of extinction as explained at the following link:
 
 
Cheers
 
Colin Driscoll


From: [ On Behalf Of TERRILL NORDSTROM
Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2005 7:31 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Wollemi Pines

Sorry for being off-topic but on the news tonight was a story about the sale of Wollemi Pines in Sydney today. Almost one million dollars was raised with the sale of these pines. The story stated that the pines were grown from cuttings which were obtained from Wollemi National Park, so I wonder does this mean one could take cuttings or seeds from other rare plants from National Parks to grow and sell them. In fact why stop there, why not take a few birds eggs and hatch them, they could then be sold. I know I am being a bit silly now, but when is it right to take something out of a National Park and then sell it for a profit??    regards Terrill
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