Day 240 - 24 Apr 96 - Page 40
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2 Q. Yes it would, would it not?
3 A. But I would like to point out that the Sader and Joyce
4 diagram characterises primary forest, which is the most
5 unspoilt forest type. The implication, I think, of your
6 question is that the white area would, on the Sader and
7 Joyce diagram, indicate no forest whatsoever which would
8 not be the case. There would still be forest areas there
9 in those earlier decades in the white spaces.
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11 Q. Do the names Hartshorn and Tosi mean anything to you?
12 A. Very much so, I know them both.
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14 Q. You do. There are two Hartshorns. There is a man
15 Hartshorn and a woman Hartshorn?
16 A. Gary Hartshorn.
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18 Q. Gary?
19 A. Yes, that is right.
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21 Q. And there is Joseph Tosi Junior, is there not?
22 A. There is, yes, but it is the Senior who I know.
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24 Q. Sorry. Those all 2 or 3 of them are very notable
25 authorities on the climate and geography of Costa Rica?
26 A. Particularly Dr. Tosi, yes. I think Gary Hartshorn's
27 expertise is more of a general nature.
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29 Q. And you are familiar, I expect, with -- I do not want to
30 get the name wrong, I have lost my main file -- the
31 Tropical Science Centre, I think it is called, in Costa
32 Rica, are not you?
33 A. I am, yes. When I was working with the International
34 Institute for Environment and Development, when I was in
35 Costa Rica we established formal contact with the Centre
36 and they became partners with us on some part of the work
37 that we were doing.
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39 Q. And do you know Dr. Jean Carriere?
40 A. No, I do not.
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42 Q. You do not. Only two other things, Mr. Secrett, two
43 questions in a sense: Is your book that was published in
44 1985 still in print?
45 A. No, it is not.
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47 Q. Could one expect to find a copy of one in a public library,
48 do you think?
49 A. Today?
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51 Q. Yes?
52 A. Yes, I would.
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54 Q. Good. The other thing is that will you forgive me for
55 being provocative at the beginning of today's hearing?
56 A. Of course I will.
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58 Q. Thank you.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you very much, Mr. Secrett.
