Saturday May 24, 2008, 5:44 pm
Cool story glad they are mates now..

Big Gorilly HUgs

Sunday May 25, 2008, 10:12 am
A nice story, thanks!

Sunday May 25, 2008, 4:25 pm
Question - they prevent these trees from becoming wood - where do they get the trees for wood? As long as population continues to explode, we need more wood, and it has to come from some forest.

The answer is stopping growth. I have no children, and plan on having one child and adopt.

Plant trees, plant life.

Sunday May 25, 2008, 6:20 pm
From my point of view, there are two issues here...
First is our levels of consumption, including that of fuel, including wood - and I'd have to agree that it's just commonsense that the more people there are, the more consumption there'll be and the less sustainable we'll be as a species (by the way, not sure if you read it, but I submitted an opinion piece about overpopulation a little while back: Are There Just Too Many People in the World?)
The other, more specific point here is that they're chopping down native forest that's teaming with indigenous flora and fauna - I can't speak for anywhere else, but from what I've seen here in Australia, any replanting that takes place takes the form of a monoculture that replenishes carbon, but has little if any value as an ecosystem.

Monday May 26, 2008, 1:23 pm
I agree senseless.., Noted and thank you.

Monday May 26, 2008, 2:07 pm
There are pine plantations specifically grown for harvesting as fuel, the seedlings are planted each year so that each year there will be a new harvest, these plantations, hopefully, stop the necessity for touching our old growth forests.

Monday May 26, 2008, 8:42 pm
And a big hug hug from me no homophobic intended :) just good to see