[Taxacom] [Fwd: progressive permitting regimes] -- again

[Karl Magnacca]

On Tue, October 14, 2008 7:42 pm, Frederick W. Schueler wrote:
> Now that North Americans are back from holidays, I'll ask again: does no
> one have anything good to say about how scientific collecting permits
> are issued in their jurisdiction, or anywhere that they have collected?

The best thing I can say about permitting in Hawaii, where I've done
most of my work, is that the ease of getting a permit is inversely
proportional to how well the area is managed for conservation.  The
people who manage the natural area reserve system recognize the value of
having scientists do research in them because the reserves are
undersurveyed, whereas the directors of state parks (which are largely
for recreation and not conservation) are sometimes more interested in
maintaining control over their little fiefdoms.

Karl
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Karl Magnacca
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Zoology
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Ireland