To: permaculture <permaculture@mailman1.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] The Amazon Is Not a Wilderness, It’s an Advanced Permaculture Food Forest
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 19:06:49 -0400
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Georg Parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at> wrote:
> Same goes for the forest in the interior of the Fiji ilands. When I went
> with indiginous parties on trips into the interior, eg for freshwater prawn
> fishing in the little rivulets, the old people gathered the mango pits
> after the lunch break, and went for a small 15 minute trip into the woods,
> planting those pits. And throughout the forest you find mangoes, bananas,
> plantain, lemons, grapefruit, polynesian chestnut, yams, taro,
> passionfruit, and on the dry side acres and acres of understory of pinapple
> (the small and intensively flavoured variety), sometimes so dense that you
> can harldy walk it without getting scratched and cut. Little of it is ever
> harvested.
Absolutely amazing. Lucky you, Georg. You made my day. What is the state of
German'y Black Forest. Is it a natural wilderness (properly managed
according to German forestry science standards, i.e. Dr. Schenk of the
Biltmore Forestry School) with maximum biodiversity?