By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet
Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk
Old forests including tropical rainforests [search] are the ultimate expression of life, evolution and ecology. Here untold co-evolved species and genetic diversity exist and interact with each other and their environment to provide ecosystem services water, nutrient and energy cycling required for a habitable Earth. All intact terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems are important, yet rainforests are disproportionately so, given their tremendous species numbers and carbon stores. Few rainforest activists fully understand their ecological importance to continued being, or they would work only for full old f...
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EARTH MEANDERS: The Rainforest Movement Is Dead Long Live the Old Forest Revolution
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on February 21st, 2010
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