mosquitoe "problems" clarified

scott magic srawdin at MAGIC.FR
Mon Jul 3 15:59:25 CDT 2000


Dear Taxacomers,

As Robin Leech suggested, I am clarifying a bit my request. Thank you Robin.

I'm sorry to have been so vague... but in fact we are searching in several
directions.

There are public health problems in mostly developping countries for which a
solution must be sought. (And as Rod Seppelt so rightly suggested , the
developping countries mustn't continue on the assumption that the world is
flat and borders impermeable !) The experiences that have been cited so far,
either ecologically friendly or not, will be considered in the light of a
cost/effective program in these countries.

There are local touristic economic motivations. Have mosquitos won't travel
(there) eliminates alot of hotel and restaurant reservations, eliminates
souvenir shop browsers, beach-going families etc. Only a few die-hard bird
watchers will still visit mosquito ridden wetlands.

Of course big land developpers HATE mosquitoes, and pay off politicians to
kill them with public money as well ... once they've purchased the unwanted,
infested lands, drained them and built their ticky tacky hotel complexes.

So we are wondering how other countries have solved these social, public
health, economic problems?

Do you know of other problems?

Thank you,

Scott Rawdin




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