[Terrapreta] Tree planting -- a bit more

[Michael Bailes]

Is it better to burn all the forests and turn them into carbon?

The research on Temperate Climate Tree planting has been equivocal at best.
 see.
http://forums.hypography.com/earth-science/9998-planting-trees-good-thing-bad-thing.html

also
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Banks-telcos-Shrek-win-Shonky-awards/2007/12/04/1196530666812.html
and
 for some quirkiness
http://forums.hypography.com/websites/10867-guerrilla-gardening.html
MA
On 04/12/2007, lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Kelpie Wilson over at TruthOut as juxtaposed two recent articles on tree
> planting, soils, etc.
> They reveal the issues. http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120307EA.shtml
>
> There's tremendous misunderstanding and I suspect lots is reported without
> full context. Here's an example:
>
>     "Forests are a band-aid," said Mike Flannigan, a research scientists
> at the Canadian Forest Service. "Eventually, forests die, releasing all that
> stored carbon into the atmosphere."
>
>     "Forests are carbon-neutral over the long term," Flannigan told IPS.
>
> So, do they release all stored carbon or not? The answer is 1) at first
> they grow and capture carbon quickly; 2) then they start to recycle as decay
> replaces some of the early growth binge; 3) then they reach an equilibrium
> state in which the future is carbon neutral (growth and decay in equal
> amounts) AND there is an enormous amount of carbon (from the past) stored in
> large tree boles and in undisturbed soil.
> LESSONS: 1) It is far more important to stop deforestation of standing
> stable forests than to plant trees; 2) tree planting is important in the
> right places and if the intention is to preserve them as diverse forests;
> and 3) one region meeting short-term targets (in this case Europe) does not
> balance long-term damage taking place in other regions (tropical
> rainforests).
>
> Hope this helps with a complicated issue.
>
> lou
>
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