[MPWG] ginseng in the news

[Colin Donohue]

This is great, other than being wrong.

I'm amused to see Robert Eidus as the spokesperson for the survivability 
of Ginseng. It will be gone in 10-20 years?   That's idiotic.

I'm sure Mr. Eidus didn't mean what he was cast as saying on the clip, 
but it's still incorrect information.


I'm very disappointed to see UPS trumpeting this incorrect and 
sensationalized clip.

Yes, there are issues with ginseng harvest, and I'd be the first to 
shout from the mountaintop that poaching is a real issue that needs 
attention, and that more resources should go into plant conservation. 
But putting incorrect information out to spur public concern is 
disingenuous.

Colin

On 9/5/2013 5:15 PM, Susan Leopold wrote:
> United Plant Savers has started a change.org <http://change.org> 
> letter to bring awareness to our members and the public and to show 
> various agencies that the public cares and supports ginseng 
> conservation efforts....
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> Below is a link to the CBS story and to our change.org 
> <http://change.org> letter, also you can go to the UpS website 
> www.unitedplantsavers.org <http://www.unitedplantsavers.org> for links 
> to several recent news articles and ginseng recently published research.
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> Please join this campaign: http://chn.ge/15Eon5H
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> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57601454/ginseng-poaching-threatens-survival-of-plant-species/ 
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> Susan Leopold, PhD
> Executive Director, UpS
> 703-667-0208
> susan at unitedplantsavers.org <mailto:susan at unitedplantsavers.org>
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