Why This Thing Happen!

Ulu Geroh Rafflesia
Once a tourist attraction: The Raja Brooke Birdwing at the salt lick in Ulu Geroh before the destruction of the site.

Below are few articles in the newspaper about destroyed important asset of the country and biodiversity. Why this thing happen. Simply because of lack of information and coordination between agencies. Local authorities are very important if we want to protect and conserve biodiversity. Scientists and nature lovers should inform and gazetted all locations that are important in biodiversity. Local authorities must know about biodiversity, ecology, and the important of protection and conservation of specific habitat for specific species and tourism.
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Star: Wednesday January 6, 2010
Popular butterfly habitat destroyed
IPOH: Workers who removed the historical Gopeng pipeline for scrap metal have destroyed the largest site for Rajah Brooke butterflies in Ulu Geroh, a major tourist attraction.
All that remains of the salt lick, where the butterflies used to congregate in the thousands to sip water rich in minerals, is now just muddy groun
Star: Thursday January 7, 2010
Damage to site a setback for conservation efforts
By HILARY CHIEW
PETALING JAYA: The degradation of the Rajah Brooke Birdwing habitat in Ulu Geroh, Perak is jeopardising the Government’s biodiversity conservation programme earmarked under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
Star: Friday January 8, 2010
Rajah Brooke butterfly a rare treasure
THE shocking destruction of the Rajah Brooke butterfly site in Ulu Geroh near Gopeng as reported in the article “Popular butterfly habitat destroyed” (The Star, Jan 6) reminded me of an incident involving this most beautiful of all butterflies.
Rajah Brooke butterflies site destroyed
Popular butterfly habitat destroyed
The Star 6 Jan 10;
IPOH: Workers who removed the historical Gopeng pipeline for scrap metal have destroyed the largest site for Rajah Brooke butterflies in Ulu Geroh, a major tourist attraction.
All that remains of the salt lick, where the butterflies used to congregate in the thousands to sip water rich in minerals, is now just muddy ground.
Friends of Ecotourism and Nature Conservation (Semai) chairman Ahha Bah Udal claimed that workers removing the pipeline on Dec 24 “literally bulldozed” their way through the salt lick next to the Ulu Geroh access…