Rainforest Restoration Opportunity #002

Tropical forests, unlike those of Europe, differ in several key functional parameters. First, let me remind you that any ecosystem consists of two parts: living - all organisms, and inanimate - soil, air, water. So, in European forests, the bulk of carbon (50%) is contained in the inanimate part of the ecosystem - soil and litter, whereas in the tropics - in the living (80%). The situation is similar with nitrogen in the tropics, it is concentrated in the living part - 58%, while only 6% is associated with European forests. Therefore, when forests are cut down in Europe, most of the nutrients remain in the soil, which ensure a rapid and normal restoration of the ecosystem, or can be used for many decades as agricultural land, yielding good harvests. When the forest is cut down in the tropics, there are no nutrients left in the soil, and rapid restoration of the ecosystem or long-term use of agricultural land is impossible.

The rapid turnover of substances in tropical rain forests is due to high humidity and temperature, which contribute to the rapid decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi, but invertebrates play a very important role in the schedule here, of which there are an incredible number per hectare of forest. They act as the first destructors, and only then do fungi and bacteria turn on.

Now let's try to figure out how primary and secondary rainforests differ. The primary rainforest has a very specific number of levels. The upper or 1st tier consists of single very tall trees - up to 40-60 m - their crowns rise above the general canopy of the forest and shed their leaves in the dry season; the 2nd tier is the canopy of the forest, which is formed by tightly closed crowns of trees 24-30 m high, they are evergreen and have continuous growth, although some in the dry season the season stops growing, so annual rings are visible on their cuts; the 3rd or lower tier is very poorly expressed - these are single, very shade-tolerant plants, however, when a gap forms in the tent, say, a tree fell during a hurricane, the third tier grows very quickly, filling all the free space; The 4th tier of grasses is extremely poorly developed, ferns and palm trees predominate here.

The secondary rainforest, as already mentioned, looks extremely lush, since the 3rd and 4th tiers are well developed in it, and the 1st is practically absent. And if you look closely, the activists of environmental organizations simply do not understand what exactly they are protecting, if they are protecting. And the onset of the rainforest shows that nature is much more resistant to destruction than we imagine. Therefore, it is necessary to draw conclusions and balance environmental management so that the annoying mistakes of the past never happen again. The betting bonus at 1xBet welcome package for sports betting offers a deposit match bonus of up to +100%, but not exceeding 130$. The 1xbet promo code – is a set of symbols that makes it possible to receive bonuses from the company. If a player receives a +100% bonus, it must be wagered with a 5x turnover on accumulators with at least 3 events, each with a coefficient of 1.4 or higher.