RE: OT: Global Deforestation Rate Slows - And Disappearing Bees

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On Behalf Of Butch Owen

Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:02 PM

OT: Global Deforestation Rate Slows

 

 

 

Hey y'all,

 

As long as mankind's population continues to increase .. and

economic

expectations climb up the ladder of the heirachy of needs .. we will

be faced with some tough decisions regarding mankind vs nature.

 

 

Hey Butch,

 

No doubt we have much to grapple with and maybe hard decisions to make.

Here's a good link to check in now and then to keep abreast of

deforestation. As Butch reports, deforestation could have slowed . . . But

it is difficult to assess, and most scientists believe it hasn't slowed

enough. With a population increasing exponentially, our beloved Earth

cannot hold up to the human demand and abuse for the long term. At any

rate, here's NASA's Earth Observatory site with several good articles

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/

Here's more http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/ and here's National

Geograpahic's Eye in the Sky

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/effect.html

 

Along these lines and much covered in alternative press (but not much

mainstream press), the advent of disappearing bees (discussed briefly here)

continues to perplex and alarm. Rob is working on an updated blog on

aromaconnection that will give current information - watch for it early next

week. There isn't a lot of information regarding how aromatic crops depend

on bee pollination (some are hand pollinated), but we could be adversely

affected by this phenomena in our industry. I believe that when reported

here earlier, most thought it was limited to the US and domestic bees . . .

Appears that it is more widespread across the globe and scientists are

quickly assessing the wild bee populations. Watch for Rob's blog; he's

digging up current information for us.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. " Hausa Saying from

Nigeria