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Philodendron spiritus-sancti and Brazilian Conservation
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From: ted.held at us.henkel.com on 2007.03.15 at 12:34:22(15420)
Well, it appears my attempt to submit
this with the attachment did not work. So if anyone would like to read
the described article, they will have to contact me off-list:
ted.held@us.henkel.com
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This posting refers to an article from
Science magazine. It is 0.5 MEGs as an Acrobat file. The article appeared
in the 23 February 2007 edition and describes some efforts by the government
of Brazil to reforest sections of the Atlantic rainforest. It looks like
they anticipate eventual money needs on the order of $2 billion US. But
the article meshes with the discussions here on conserving habitat and
plants of P. spiritus-sancti on a private reserve and the idea of using
revenues from plant sales to assist.
It looks like the plan described in
the article may include such a plant sale both as part of the funding and
as part of the economic trade-off for taking farmer land away from normal
crops. If this is true it means that the Brazilian government may be amenable
to the idea of tapping into the interest of plant enthusiasts for specimens
to further a cause which they both seem to share.
In any event, the ideas discussed in
the article are interesting to me because they hint at the complexity of
the restoration effort. Those of us that live in the species-impoverished
northern latitudes need to be reminded about how many species are represented
in a tropical rainforest and how many are probably needed to keep it going.
And the article discusses some efforts that have failed since restoration
is not just a matter of hiring a couple of college students to plant a
few thousand saplings. The other reason I submit this is because it is
a glimpse of optimism, refreshing to a person like me who is fatigued by
endless apocalyptic jeremiads with which our news is filled. Fingers crossed.
At the same time it is obvious that
there is a possible contradiction here with the proposed expansion of ethanol
production from Brazil. One of the target restoration areas happens to
be prime sugarcane cropland.
OK, enough windiness. Commentaries aside,
this does relate to aroids and their conservation.
Ted_______________________________________________
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From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" <steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2007.03.24 at 20:20:08(15472)
I received the full article from Ted. THIS IS WORTH
READING AND CONSIDERING!
Steve Lucas
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www.ExoticRainforest.com
----- Original Message -----
From:
ted.held@us.henkel.com
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:34
AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron
spiritus-sancti and Brazilian Conservation
Well, it appears my attempt to
submit this with the attachment did not work. So if anyone would like to read
the described article, they will have to contact me off-list:
ted.held@us.henkel.com
This posting refers to an article
from Science magazine. It is 0.5 MEGs as an Acrobat file. The article appeared
in the 23 February 2007 edition and describes some efforts by the government
of Brazil to reforest sections of the Atlantic rainforest. It looks like they
anticipate eventual money needs on the order of $2 billion US. But the article
meshes with the discussions here on conserving habitat and plants of P.
spiritus-sancti on a private reserve and the idea of using revenues from plant
sales to assist. It looks like the
plan described in the article may include such a plant sale both as part of
the funding and as part of the economic trade-off for taking farmer land away
from normal crops. If this is true it means that the Brazilian government may
be amenable to the idea of tapping into the interest of plant enthusiasts for
specimens to further a cause which they both seem to share.
In any event, the ideas discussed in the
article are interesting to me because they hint at the complexity of the
restoration effort. Those of us that live in the species-impoverished northern
latitudes need to be reminded about how many species are represented in a
tropical rainforest and how many are probably needed to keep it going. And the
article discusses some efforts that have failed since restoration is not just
a matter of hiring a couple of college students to plant a few thousand
saplings. The other reason I submit this is because it is a glimpse of
optimism, refreshing to a person like me who is fatigued by endless
apocalyptic jeremiads with which our news is filled. Fingers crossed.
At the same time it is obvious that there
is a possible contradiction here with the proposed expansion of ethanol
production from Brazil. One of the target restoration areas happens to be
prime sugarcane cropland. OK,
enough windiness. Commentaries aside, this does relate to aroids and their
conservation. Ted
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From: brian lee <lbmkjm at yahoo.com> on 2007.03.25 at 04:10:57(15475)
Dear Steve,
Aloha...you know how I feel....I do hope that
something can be worked out.
Aloha,
Leland
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--- Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest
wrote:
> I received the full article from Ted. THIS IS WORTH
> READING AND CONSIDERING!
>
> Steve Lucas
> www.ExoticRainforest.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ted.held@us.henkel.com
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:34 AM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron spiritus-sancti
> and Brazilian Conservation
>
>
>
> Well, it appears my attempt to submit this with
> the attachment did not work. So if anyone would like
> to read the described article, they will have to
> contact me off-list:
>
> ted.held@us.henkel.com
>
>
>
> This posting refers to an article from Science
> magazine. It is 0.5 MEGs as an Acrobat file. The
> article appeared in the 23 February 2007 edition and
> describes some efforts by the government of Brazil
> to reforest sections of the Atlantic rainforest. It
> looks like they anticipate eventual money needs on
> the order of $2 billion US. But the article meshes
> with the discussions here on conserving habitat and
> plants of P. spiritus-sancti on a private reserve
> and the idea of using revenues from plant sales to
> assist.
>
> It looks like the plan described in the article
> may include such a plant sale both as part of the
> funding and as part of the economic trade-off for
> taking farmer land away from normal crops. If this
> is true it means that the Brazilian government may
> be amenable to the idea of tapping into the interest
> of plant enthusiasts for specimens to further a
> cause which they both seem to share.
>
> In any event, the ideas discussed in the article
> are interesting to me because they hint at the
> complexity of the restoration effort. Those of us
> that live in the species-impoverished northern
> latitudes need to be reminded about how many species
> are represented in a tropical rainforest and how
> many are probably needed to keep it going. And the
> article discusses some efforts that have failed
> since restoration is not just a matter of hiring a
> couple of college students to plant a few thousand
> saplings. The other reason I submit this is because
> it is a glimpse of optimism, refreshing to a person
> like me who is fatigued by endless apocalyptic
> jeremiads with which our news is filled. Fingers
> crossed.
>
> At the same time it is obvious that there is a
> possible contradiction here with the proposed
> expansion of ethanol production from Brazil. One of
> the target restoration areas happens to be prime
> sugarcane cropland.
>
> OK, enough windiness. Commentaries aside, this
> does relate to aroids and their conservation.
>
> Ted
>
>
>
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