She's been taking a public beating for Government's controversial decision on Rosewood - but Minister Lisel Alamilla is still gaining kudos internationally. She has been honored by the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources as the winner of its, "2013 International Alumni Achievement Award".
A release says she was nominated due to her outstanding achievements including her selection as winner of the 2012 Whitley Award for Nature.
Minister Alamilla has a Master's Degree in Conservation Social Science from the U- Idaho College of Natural Resources.
And while she wins international praises, locally, the Rosewood pressures are unrelenting. 7news has received reports that the amnesty is being used by some as a license to cut all the rosewood they can between now and April 26th. Reports say that in villages such as Corazon, Sunday Conejo, Barranco and Midway, chainsaws are roaring and trees are falling late at nights.
A release form the Forestry Department says the amnesty is only for rosewood that was previously cut. It adds that the Forest Department field staff can readily recognize the difference between freshly cut and old rosewood stock.
Cabinet agreed that absolutely no new illegally cut rosewood were to be allowed to be exported under the Amnesty Program.
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