‘Reverting back to nature’: ‘For every acre of rainforest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing’
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UN ‘grossly overestimated deforestation…based on poor science…amount of carbon emissions caused by world forest destruction likely far less than UN’s 20% figure’
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Embarrassing: Agriculture Sec. Vilsack: ‘Colorado forests are dying because of climate change…in a few years won’t be there’
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Old Eco-Scare Fading Away: Can new growth ‘save’ the Amazon rainforest? ‘New forests ‘growing dramatically’ all over the world’
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‘Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!’
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Save the rainforest! Pee in the shower
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No Joke! Obama Science Advisor Holdren: Trees Should Be Allowed to Sue in Court
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Climate Depot Report: Rainforest Factsheet: Clear-Cutting the Myths About the Amazon and Tropical Rainforests
Jan. 30, 2009: New York Times: ‘Galloping jungle’: Farmlands revert back to nature as saving the rainforests becomes ‘less urgent’ – ‘For every acre of rainforest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing’
Excerpt: Here, and in other tropical countries around the world, small holdings like Ms. Ortega de Wing’s – and much larger swaths of farmland – are reverting back to nature, as people abandon their land and move to the cities in search of better livings. These new “secondary” forests are emerging in Latin America, Asia and other tropical regions at such a fast pace that the trend has set off a serious debate about whether saving primeval rain forest – an iconic environmental cause – may be less urgent than once thought. By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster. “There is far more forest here than there was 30 years ago,” said Ms. Ortega de Wing, 64, who remembers fields of mango trees and banana plants.
‘Save the trees’ more political myth than environmental truth – Jan. 2009
‘Save the Trees, Use More Wood’ – May 1, 2002
Greenpeace co-founder and Ecologist Dr. Patrick Moore (who left the green movement because it became too radical for him) stated in 2002: Save the Trees, Use More Wood: Excerpt: Moore explained that advances in forestry techniques have resulted in wood becoming one of the most environmentally friendly products. “We should be growing more trees and using more wood,” explained Moore. “The less wood we use, the more steel and concrete we use. […] Moore explained that a greater demand for wood products leads to more forested land, noting that 80 percent of the timber produced in the U.S. comes from private property. He predicted that if “those land owners had no market for wood, they would clear the forest away and grow something else they could make money from instead.” “When you go into a lumber …
Jungle life: Actor Stephen Baldwin Quits NBC Show After Testing ‘Pregnant’ for Botfly Larvae
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Flashback: Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record…’fell below 10,000 square kilometers for the first time since record-keeping began’
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