Day 242 - 29 Apr 96 - Page 18

     
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     2   Q.   Liberian, Northern Guanacaste?
     3        A.  Yes, I have it.  Yes, yes, that is the environs of
     4        Liberia in the 1906s were still largely tropical moist
     5        forests, pre-montane moist forests.  "Pre-montane", of
     6        course, meaning moving up the mountain.
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     8   Q.   Yes, I understand.  Going down to south of Quepos, in the
     9        documents, am I right or wrong that the whole area around
    10        south of Quepos and inland is characterised as wet forest
    11        or rainforest on this map, of one sort or another.
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    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  South of where?
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    15   MR. MORRIS:  Quepos.  We are talking about the San Isidro
    16        region, which is, I think, half way between Quepos and the
    17        beginning of the Ossa Peninsula and inland, probably just
    18        south of the road.  But that region, if you like, which is
    19        inland from Quepos, and south of it, seems to me to be
    20        characterised as either pre-montane rainforest in this map
         or lower montane rainforest, a tropical wet forest.  That
    22        would come in your general category, would it, of
    23        rainforest?
    24        A.  Yes, it would, at least -- well, in the 60s, again
    25        I cannot put a percentage on it, but a fair amount of that
    26        land was already occupied by banana production and palm
    27        trees to produce palm oil, but not all of the area had been
    28        deforested.
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    30   Q.   If we just look at the deforestation in that region -- let
    31        us have a look at the best use of the map -- in the
    32        documents I disclosed today ---
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    34   MR. RAMPTON:  Page 29.
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    36   MR. MORRIS:  -- page 29, thank you, the documents I disclosed
    37        today -- I think you have put it behind your Cesca
    38        statement?
    39        A.  The area handbook?
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    Q.   No, not that one, the Tosi documents.
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    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The one which look like this?
    44        A.  Yes, OK, I have it.
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    46   MR. MORRIS:  I have actually disclosed two copies of that
    47        page 29 and the second one behind it I have put a little
    48        marking on it, a black line, which seems to me to
    49        correspond to the road from the coast to San Isidro.  Can
    50        you see on the map?  There should be two copies of the map, 
    51        the second copy of the map --- 
    52        A.  Yes, I have the second copy. 
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    54   Q.   -- should have a little black line on it?
    55        A.  Yes, I see the black line.
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    57   Q.   It seems to me to correspond to that road.  Would you
    58        accept those maps as according with your understanding of
    59        the progress of deforestation to the north of that road
    60        along the coast and up inland?