July 7, 2007: Rain forest to charcoal

[TheMercenary]

Believe it when I see 338,306 square feet of newly replanted rainforest land.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Believe it when I see 338,306 square feet of newly replanted rainforest land.

With a simple, daily click of the green "Preserve Endangered Land" button at The Rainforest Site, visitors help to preserve rainforest land. Visitors pay nothing. Critical habitat is preserved by our charitable partners.

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.

[TheMercenary]

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]

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.