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Harvard will try to move beyond the few disappointments of the season for the Easterns in two weeks at Wilkes College, the qualifying tournament for nationals. The Crimson will have the third set of wrestle-offs next week to decide the final lineup for the tournament.
In a speech entitled "Foragers, Farmers and Rainforest Conservation," David Wilkes said 1986 plans to create a 1.25 million hectacre "biosphere reserve" have been stalled by a lack of political willingness and financial support. As a result, the rainforest and the species that inhabit it are in danger of extinction...
The plan has the support of and was partly devised by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), the Zaire National Conservation Agency (ZNCA) and the Agricultural Production Association (APA). But Wilkes said politics and money are indefinitely delaying the project.
Wilkes said ethical questions also contributed to Zaire's cool reception of the plan, citing the difficulty of preserving the fauna of the area without threatening the subsistence of its population.
Wilkes cited a study by the National Academy of Sciences that found that at least 50 million acres of rainforest a year are lost--an area the size of England, Wales and Scotland combined. These areas are home to about half the five to 10 million plant and animal species...