Philodendron spiritus-sancti and Brazilian Conservation

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 +More 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_______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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 +More 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 _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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 +More --- 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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