Well said!
--- In "Marcelo Araya Salas" <>
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> Hi everyone, this is Marcelo from Costa Rica,
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> Its kind of funny to hear the Gringo (in a friendly way) point of view about
> the environmental crisis we are facing down here. And the discussion is
> starting to get political. I know that this is a recordists group but I have
> to say something, a costarican point of view. Bruce wondered if "the people
> of these regions realize what they are losing in exchange for tourist
> dollars and business success". We do. Most of us. But there are many factors
> involved: poverty, "free-market" policies imposed from outside, corruption
> (sometimes promoted by foreign investment).... So it's more complex than you
> might imagine.
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> But I can tell you this: this is not only our problem. The pressure on the
> protected areas comes from many other countries. The huge golf fields hotels
> are not Costaricans. The people in those hotels are not Costaricans. Most
> money doesn't stay in Costa Rica. And so on. And as Bruce said the CAFTA
> will make it worse. By the way, the CAFTA referendum 2 years ago is a good
> example of how developed countries can do whatever they want in Costa Rica,
> even in a illegal way.
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> Mis cinco centavos
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> Saludos
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> Marcelo Araya S
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> Biology student
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> University of Costa Rica
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> De:
> En nombre de Bruce
> Enviado el: martes, 03 de febrero de 2009 09:37 a.m.
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> Asunto: [Nature Recordists] Re: Costa Rica
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> That is sad to hear about Costa Rica. It seems like you were able to
> at least make a few good recordings Martyn. I was thinking Costa Rica
> has rapidly seen a building explosion when I saw that my new Intel
> processor was made there. CAFTA making its mark. I wonder if the
> people of these regions realize what they are loosing in exchange for
> tourist dollars and business success? Why do humans tend to be so
> loud, even when not working? I was once in a backpack club and found
> out that most of them wanted to drink and be loud much of the time
> while I just wanted to enjoy the peace and sounds of nature. Through
> our recordings we can only try to show how the peaceful beauty of
> nature sounds can be more rewarding than loud music or the revving of
> engines. Maybe by contrast, recordings of human related noise in
> these pristine areas can show people how important it is to think
> about how they are interfering with others and how much of an impact
> they are making into the ecosystems.
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> Bruce Rutkoski
> www.natureguystudio.com
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> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> , Martyn Stewart <mstew@>
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> > For those interested I have posted a sound bite from Costa Rica
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> http://naturesound.org/this_weeks_recordings/Entries/2009/1/18_The_osa
> _peninsula.html
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> > With a small blog report here:
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> http://naturesound.org/Blog/Entries/2009/1/21_back_from_the_osa_penins
> ula.html
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> > Very disappointing place for the audio recordists in the group,
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> > last time i was in Costa Rica (about 15 years ago) is was so, so
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> > on the west coast, i would not touch Manuel Antonio with a barge
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> > again!
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