Forests


A green jewel, the most precious of things. Let's preserve and nourish them for our children. Treat them as though our lives depend on them (they do, actually).

A proper forest is a functioning ecosystem that operates to improve the planet. A a part of its function it can undo some of the harm being done by unthinking humans. A forest does not just have biodiversity it is much more than a jumble on plant, animal and other lifeforms, The components fit together as well as a good jigsaw. The Jigsaw Analogy is a good one for many of the lifeforms are adapted over time to obtaining food, shelter from specific species found only in the ancient forest. Simply throwing together a multitide of trees and random plants and animals will result in a woodlannd of sorts but compared with an undisturbed forest ecosystem  it will be like a jumble of jigsaw pieces each from a different puzzle.

Protecting a forest is difficult, An unprotected forest is a goldmine to the unscrupulous; timber, meat from its animal  members, it can be cleared and used as agricultural land it can even be converted into a tree plantation. Every class of human produces people who will exploit a forest, including many who will do so unwittingly.

If left to itself a forest is a carbon sink.




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