thomas goreau - eco-restoration success stories
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LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS AND SOILS NEEDED TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GROW BACK
THEIR FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS AND ENRICH THEIR OWN SOIL
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM
http://permaculturenews.org/2013/11/19/rough-ready-real-
november-2013-update-dead-sea-valley-permaculture-project-aka-
greening-desert-sequel-site/
November 2013
SOLAR & WIND POWERED BIOROCK CORAL RESTORATION PROJECT
PLANTED MANGROVE FOREST RESTOREDFISHERIES OF MOLACABOC ISLAND, SAGAY,
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PHILIPPINESAlfredo Marañon
CARBON, WATER,TEMPERATURE
• HIGH SOIL CARBON CAUSES HIGH WATER RETENTION, MORE FERTILE SOILS
• THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MANAGE SOILS TO INCREASE SOIL CARBON
• SOIL CARBON COMES IN MANY FORMS, RANGES THA LAST FROM VERY SHORT TO VERY LONG TIMES
• BLACK SOIL CARBON LASTS LONGEST
WHOLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
• PREVENT SOIL EROSION• RECYCLE NUTRIENTS ON LAND• KEEP THEM OUT OF RIVERS,
LAKES, AND THE OCEAN WHERE THEY CAUSE HARMFULLY ALGAE BLOOM AND KILL CORAL REEFS AND FISHERIES
COMPLETELYSTOPS EROSION.BEST ROOFINGTHATCHBECAUSE OF NATURAL INSECTICIDE,SEWAGE TREATMENT,NUTRIENT TRAPPING,CARBON SINK,RENEWABLEBIOMASSPRODUCTION
RESTORE WETLANDS
• SWAMPS, BOGS, MARSHES, SALT MARSHES, SEAGRASSES, & MANGROVES ARE MAJOR CARBON SINKS, BUILDING SOILS THAT CAN BE NEARLY PURE ORGANIC CARBON.
• WE ARE NOW RAPIDLY DESTROYING THEM BY DRAINING, ADDING THE CARBON TO THE ATMOSPHERE
• WE MUST REVERSE THIS COURSE
BEAVERS CONTROLLED NORTH AMERICAN HYDROLOGY UNTIL HUNTERS DROVE THEM TO EXTINCTION, GREATLY INCREASING SOIL
EROSION & NUTRIENT LOSS