Here is a comment sent to me by a good friend, Carlos, another member of the Costa Rican Network of Private Reserves, who is also fighting to save the rainforest.


Hola, buenas noches mis colegas y amistades !!!
Vengo con el pelo parado ( de los brazos, ya que en la cabeza ni tengo ) porque contamos el dia de hoy Viernes 28 de Marzo del 2003, porque contabilizamos 73 camiones cargados de tucas de madera desde la EARTH hasta el cruce de San Luis de Santo Domingo de Heredia, y a plena luz del dia...Madera no de plantaciones ni acabada, tucas, tucas, tucas, las ultimas tucas enormes...

La consulta es y perdon por la ignorancia: ¿ Que paso con la Veda ?
¿Que acuerdos se tomaron ? ¿ Que hace el MINAE ? y ¿ que hago yo aparte de contar camiones con tucas ?...

Translation:
Hi, good evening my colleagues and friends!!! I am coming with my hair standing on end (from my arms, because I no longer have any on my head) because we just counted, today Friday the 28th of March, 2003, 73 trucks loaded down with logs traveling past EARTH (University) to the crossroads of San Luis of Santo Domingo of Heredia (a town heading into San Jose) and in the plain light of day. (This was) wood not from plantations and it didn't stop just tree log after log after log, and the last ones enormous.

The question is, and pardon my ignorance, What has happened to the cutting prohibition? What agreements were made? What is MINAE (The Ministry of the Environment) doing? And What can I do, apart from just counting trucks with logs?