July 7, 2007: Rain forest to charcoal

TheMercenary · 07-08-2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I think 'preserve' means to buy it before it's destroyed, not try to replant it. The cost of restoration is probably tens if not hundreds of times more than that of preservation.

Oh, sorry, I missed that. Should have read it more carefully.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2007, 09:43 PM

Maybe not. Typically the resources of the rain forest are tied up in the plants with little in the soil. After logging and burning the slash, the soil will only be productive for one or two seasons. Without chemical fertilizers, most of the farmers move on to new spots, following and often helping, the loggers.
I would expect this land would be available for replanting, cheap.

07-08-2007, 09:43 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe not. Typically the resources of the rain forest are tied up in the plants with little in the soil. After logging and burning the slash, the soil will only be productive for one or two seasons. Without chemical fertilizers, most of the farmers move on to new spots, following and often helping, the loggers. I would expect this land would be available for replanting, cheap. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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