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Dr. David Harper is an ecology and conservation biologist at the University of Leicester whose decades of study of flamingos in Kenya, at the Lake Bogoria National Reserve Ramsar have led to his open criticism of the Kenyan horticultural industry, especially the growth and sale of roses for Valentine's Day and other winter holidays. He is a senior lecturer in the biology department at the University of Leicester, and has been leading teams of ecologists to study Rift Valley lakes for over 25 year. He works with the Earthwatch Institute and has received funding as part of the British government's Darwin Initiative.
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In 2009, Dr. David Harper called for British consumers to purchase fair-trade roses produced by conscientious companies, with a transparent supply chain, because of the deleterious effects of the commercial horticulture industry on Lake Naivasha in Kenya, saying the export of low-cost roses was "bleeding that country dry" and especially harming the habitat for flamingos, grebes, and other native water birds.
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Valentine day is suppose to celebrate romantic relationship. A research shows that many couples who tend to start relationships on this romantic day are at risk than those at different time of the year. I agree with David Harper's view on roses for valentine's day. Overall, 32% US household celebrates this day with flowers. Harper pointed out that cheap roses exported from Africa for this Valentine's day have some serious environmental consequences. Even he suggested to use fair-prices roses if you need to than these cheap roses. In our culture, there are many faces of roses. For valentine's day, Red rose is considered as a symbol of love. So next time while celebrating Valentine's day, we need to think again if we are making any harm to environment and can't we choose any other thing to give to our sweet heart on this beautiful romantic day which will solve the purpose and will not do any harm.
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