Political Quotes

“over the years I have had a chance to meet an extraordinary conservationist and ornithologist, Dr. Liao Weiping. Dr. Liao is a Chinese professor from the Guangdong Institute of Entomology, but he is also a man who has worked extremely hard to improve and maintain the environmental balance of Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands. He has done this under the sponsorship of Henry and Gloria Jarecki, the owners of that island and dedicated environmentalists. In talking with Dr. Liao you can easily see his dedication to his family and to the environment and to the opportunities people should have to achieve a full life based on their work. Making a Difference Why is a wiry 61-year-old ornithologist from China planting hundreds of trees on Guana Island? Professor Liao wants to make a difference to the ecology of both the British Virgin islands and Hainan, his native province. They share the same latitude and the same problem: erosion. What can be achieved on Guana Island applies equally to all other islands in the B.V.I., but Guana, being a nature preserve of 850 acres, rich in fauna but with few human inhabitants, is the ideal place for scientific study.”