If you'll excuse the pun, maybe the metaphor is closer to 'you can't see the trees for the forest'
For me, I took it as being a lot closer to the way forests can become deserts, and forests deserts. And all of that means it's all about the trees: in a desert, trees are at best, stunted, small and twisted things but in a forest they can be…
If you'll excuse the pun, maybe the metaphor is closer to 'you can't see the trees for the forest'
For me, I took it as being a lot closer to the way forests can become deserts, and forests deserts. And all of that means it's all about the trees: in a desert, trees are at best, stunted, small and twisted things but in a forest they can be majestic triple canopy giants that support whole ecosystems in their own right.
So, my questions then are around, what's the equivalent of irrigation systems, planting schemes etc in desert environments and how do you manage the temptations of deforestation, slash and burn farming etc in forests.
The visuals and ideas that come into my head around these ideas are almost endless and a lot of fun!
Do we want heavily managed country house garden estates or primeval tracts of dense forest? What sort of trees can grow in a desert garden?
Oh, nice one. Indeed, in a forest, usually the trees aren’t the resources by themselves, but rather the preconditions for those: they cast shadows and protect from heat, they hold the humidity, they provide possibilities to build a tree house.
Sometimes, managers decide to burn the trees. Return to the office, report daily on your progress, why didn’t you exactly what you were told, who is responsible for these mistakes. We need to reassemble the teams, more projects, smaller working groups, frequently changing. And so on.
If you'll excuse the pun, maybe the metaphor is closer to 'you can't see the trees for the forest'
For me, I took it as being a lot closer to the way forests can become deserts, and forests deserts. And all of that means it's all about the trees: in a desert, trees are at best, stunted, small and twisted things but in a forest they can be majestic triple canopy giants that support whole ecosystems in their own right.
So, my questions then are around, what's the equivalent of irrigation systems, planting schemes etc in desert environments and how do you manage the temptations of deforestation, slash and burn farming etc in forests.
The visuals and ideas that come into my head around these ideas are almost endless and a lot of fun!
Do we want heavily managed country house garden estates or primeval tracts of dense forest? What sort of trees can grow in a desert garden?
Really fun :-)
Oh, nice one. Indeed, in a forest, usually the trees aren’t the resources by themselves, but rather the preconditions for those: they cast shadows and protect from heat, they hold the humidity, they provide possibilities to build a tree house.
Sometimes, managers decide to burn the trees. Return to the office, report daily on your progress, why didn’t you exactly what you were told, who is responsible for these mistakes. We need to reassemble the teams, more projects, smaller working groups, frequently changing. And so on.
Exactly! And those adaptation by managers are reasonable behavior in the desert. So the first thing to do is get a small group to:
Agree they want to be in the forest
Beginning planting & cultivating
Recruit more foresters