Djakarta; croakers. (increase in the demand for frogs' legs)

From: National Review | Date: October 4, 1985 | Copyright information

One aspect of the worldwide gourmet revolution has been a dramatic increase in the consumption of frogs' legs, of which Indonesia is a major producer. This has resulted in a reduction in the number of the batrachians that inhabit the steamy tropical wetlands abundant in this equatorial climate, and there have been murmurs of dire environmental consequences. For example, farmers have been obliged to use more chemical pesticides than usual owing to the increase in the number of mosqu...

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