CONSERVATION
Rare water onion plants disappearing fast
- Published: 4 Oct 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Delays in declaring preservation zones for plubplung than (water onion plants) and dredging work on southern waterways, which are their natural habitats, is endangering the rare species, a conservation group warned yesterday.
Somsak Soonthornnawaphat, coordinator of the North Andaman Conservation Network, said a survey by his group early this year showed the habitats of the water onion plant have decreased dramatically.
The plant's natural habitat has dwindled to only 1.9 rai compared to 10.73 rai in 2008 and 3.41 rai in 2010, he said.
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