SAVE THE RAIN FOREST! THE EARTH WILL BECOME A DUST BOWL UNLESS WE SAVE THE RAIN FOREST!! CALL CAPTAIN PLANET!!
Oh, errrrr, mmmmmmm - move along, nothing to see here.
New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests - NYTimes.com
New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests
Tito Herrera for The New York Times
NEW GROWTH Marta Ortega de Wing once raised pigs in Chilibre, Panama, on land now reverting to nature, a trend dimming the view of primeval forests as sacred.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL NY Times
Published: January 29, 2009
CHILIBRE, Panama — The land where Marta Ortega de Wing raised hundreds of pigs until 10 years ago is being overtaken by galloping jungle — palms, lizards and ants.
Jungle is developing again on old holdings around Chilibre.
Instead of farming, she now shops at the supermarket and her grown children and grandchildren live in places like Panama City and New York.
Here, and in other tropical countries around the world, small holdings like Ms. Ortega de Wing’s — and much larger swaths of farmland — are reverting to nature, as people abandon their land and move to the cities in search of better livings.
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