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C o v e r : Thisp nk sapphirehailsfrom lakaka,SouthernMaclagascar,
the largestsourceol coloredqems of the panet.
T h a i g e mm e r c h a n thsa v eo n qI o c k e d1 ot h €A f r c a n s a n c l t ob r n g
the mulitude of beautif!. strikFg gems back homelor cuttng
befo.elhey are exporte'labroad.
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Nakhofn Ratchasma's Phaeng Ma Mountain may be the only
pace eft in Tha and wl-reregaurs n the wild are easly and closely ob
served. Before, one lollowed the qaur trails in lhe ne qhbo. ng lorests of
Hlay Kha Khaeng and Khao Yai, and made do with ihe engthy d stance
from the gaurs and lhe .are opporu. ties lo even spol a fock. Since the
ol Phaenq N,4at\,4ounlan lorest and the subseqlent
m graton ol the gaurs lo the r new llsh abode, the Molnta n has not only
become the new place for galr watching, but a nourishLngan.l saie en
vronmenl ior a w dlile and loca vegetation... as ong as poachers are
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O n c e m n n s g e m s i n S r L a n k a .C a n b o d a a n d e v e n T h a a . d
became constrcted - lvyanmarbeinq a cosed socely n which foreiqn
inveslmentn gem miningwas an.l is near impossibe Thal gem mer
cha.ts sta.ted eipori.g the Afrcan contnent lor potenta n this area
t was in Madagascarthat they stumbed lpon a coorf! atray of gems,
bo! ntifulthroughouthe enrrreislard. So bounlif! . I fact,lhat t wasab e to
revtalizethe ent re gem industryin Thailand.
The baobab is a skinny and pecu ar lookinq tree. On thc entirc
p anel, there are only eghtlo n ne kncls ot the baobab n exsience, Ma.la
gascar be ng hometo seven. Many have n ckname.l itthe ups.ledowntree,"
as it aclla y appears to be, or the ghost lree, ' for lhe irighte. .g d splay
of what seem to be roots qrowinq our ol lhe qround. t\,lythhas t that a