There is no doubting the economic value of nature, but how do you weigh the value of tranquillity, the spiritual serenity that is the blessing of a forest. How do you quantify the pleasure of catching a fleeting glimpse of hangul, the rarest deer in the world, or following the tracks of the grey ghost of the mountains, the snow leopard or being a witness to the power of the tiger as it downs its prey--a thousand pound gaur.
Such moments are rare today as habitats are razed and species fade away. Wilderness, in its truest form, is almost an impossible find. You would be hard pressed to find a place where no man has gone before...man has his footprint everywhere...
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