[Terrapreta] Tree planting -- a bit more

[lou gold]

There are lots of excellent reports at Mongabay http://news.mongabay.com
With over 60,000 unique visits daily it's one of the most popular science
sites in the world. Everything you might want to know about rainforests
worldwide.

It's real important to remember that forests are systems that are much more
than the trees. Take a look at the Amazon, for example:
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** The Amazon contains Earth's largest tropical forest: in 2001 it covered
about 5.4 million square kilometers across nine South American countries (62
percent of which is in Brazil). Its extent is so great that the ecosystem
fuels its own rainfall -- 25 to 50 percent of precipitation is recycled
through evapotranspiration by tree -- and affects weather as far away as the
Midwest of North America. Amazon forests also store tremendous amounts of
carbon <http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-amazon.html>, house perhaps one
quarter of the world's terrestrial species, and account for 15 percent of
global terrestrial photosynthesis
(good discussion of the role of a carbon market here)
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-amazon.html
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By the way, the fragmentation caused by selective logging, roads and small
clearcuts also produces severe consequences
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1127-stri.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1107-interview_carlos_peres.html


On Dec 4, 2007 7:32 AM, Michael Bailes <michaelangelica at gmail.com> wrote:

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