Rainforest Revival Good News

Our Rainforest Revival “Good News” begins with appreciating the blessings of what we still have – what is not yet lost to us forever. Here is a quiet meditation on the beauty of the Ecuadorian Rainforest:

Deep in the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador (8:26)

And the first piece of “Good News” is that our kids are not taking Rainforest destruction sitting down!  Here they are in fact, setting an activism example for us grown ups.

Anthem for the Amazon (6:02)

Rainforest activists are vulnerable to living with the fear that “Once the forest is gone, it is gone forever.” While this is often true, it is not universally true. Given the opportunity and human support, secondary forests can at times replace old growth forests with surprising speed and beauty.  When you get to the IP&P main site “Good News” section you will learn how one Rainforest regeneration miracle worker has facilitated the process of transforming pasture land that was once a Brazilian Rainforest, back into a forested state that closely resembles its original pristine nature!

Here is an excerpt from an article by environmental researcher and teacher, Susan Letcher, that details how – under proper conditions – Rainforests can regenerate:

“When you cut and burn a tropical forest, you’re left with a barren plain of cracked red mud, incapable of supporting life – the opposite of the teeming, hyper diverse array of life that was destroyed. Once the trees are gone, the nutrients wash away and the soil degrades into a dense, brick-like layer so hardened that plant roots can’t get through it.

 

This was the vision of tropical deforestation held in the popular imagination for many years, but the reality is more complex – and more hopeful.

 

In recent decades, researchers have found that tropical forests are remarkably resilient. As long as some remnants are left when the forest is cleared to provide seeds and refuges for seed dispersers, tropical forests can grow back with astonishing speed.”

To read the whole story – complete with photo documentation – link here to Letcher’s encouraging article.

Now here is a video presentation of how one Peruvian citizen changed his relationship to the forest from simple reaping to authentic reciprocity:

Reynaldo – Rainforest Hero (5:32)

And here is a video detailing how the implementation of Rainforest reciprocity – sustainable development and forest regeneration –  is having a positive impact on a broader scale:

Conservation in the Andean Amazon (23:56)

Spread the “Good News” friends. This old world may yet find its way to the Golden Age of “Heaven on Earth”!

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