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    "data": {
        "id": 1038235,
        "msgid": "komodo-1447899208",
        "date": "1996-12-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Komodo",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Komodo The two-page coverage on the island of Komodo carried in your Sunday, Dec. 1 edition provided a colorful glimpse into the background and operation of one of the world's most cherished natural heritage areas. Unfortunately, many writers who visit the park cannot resist the tendency to depict the park and its natural inhabitants in terms more fanciful than factual.",
        "content": "<p>Komodo<\/p>\n<p>The two-page coverage on the island of Komodo carried in your<br>\nSunday, Dec. 1 edition provided a colorful glimpse into the<br>\nbackground and operation of one of the world's most cherished<br>\nnatural heritage areas. Unfortunately, many writers who visit the<br>\npark cannot resist the tendency to depict the park and its<br>\nnatural inhabitants in terms more fanciful than factual. The<br>\nauthor of the story on the Komodo dragon fell prey not to the<br>\ndragon, but to this same tendency to overdramatize facts<br>\nsurrounding the world's largest Monitor lizards. The Komodo<br>\ndragon is not \"the largest predator\" or \"the ultimate carnivore\",<br>\nas stated in the article.<\/p>\n<p>One can only hope that the photograph of the proud tourists<br>\nwith their substantial catch of tuna, which was included in the<br>\nother article, was not taken on board the ship that carried The<br>\nNature Conservancy group during their visit to Komodo. A check by<br>\ntelephone with the park's office in Labuan Bajo confirmed that<br>\nthe rules have not changed, and fishing inside the park is still<br>\nstrictly prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>The special box detailing \"ways to get to Komodo National<br>\nPark\" failed to mention Spice Island Cruises' 140-passenger ship,<br>\nthe Bali Sea Dancer, which has been operating twice-weekly trips<br>\nto the park since November 1994. By our calculation, 30 percent<br>\nof the people who visit the park do so as passengers on our ship,<br>\nwith hopefully more comfort and punctuality than the other means<br>\nof transportation mentioned. In fact, getting to Komodo is easier<br>\nthan ever before, with your Jakarta-based readers now able to<br>\nleave home on a Friday, see Komodo and Sumbawa and be back in<br>\nJakarta the following Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Lest I sound too critical, let me congratulate The Jakarta<br>\nPost for its decision to dedicate so much of Sunday's edition to<br>\nthe Komodo National Park. I hope that your paper and its writer<br>\nwill return soon to the park and carry your investigations<br>\nfurther, looking at both the positive and negative impacts of<br>\ntourism, the carrying capacity of the park, and things operators<br>\nand visitors to the park can do to preserve its unrivaled natural<br>\nbeauty.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN M. DANIELS<\/p>\n<p>General Manager<\/p>\n<p>Spice Island Cruises<\/p>\n<p>Denpasar, Bali<\/p>",
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