hubert cumberdale wrote:
isnt the amazon already a forest garden. tons and tons of useful plants.
Yes they have been forest
gardening for thousands of years - in fact some view the whole amazon as a kind of forest garden . However to get to virgin rainforest is not that easy - if you can get there by boat or river generally its already pretty much peeled, secondry/tercery growth with minimal
biodiversity (unless you are on an expensive tour - usually in the region of $2000 for seven days ! ) . On top of this a lot of knowledge has been lost and it is not that easy to make contact with Amazon tribes that have't been pretty much assimilated into western culture or who don't use slash and burn agriculture (the norm where I live). I will be learning as much as I can from the Ashaninka/campa
indigenous groups int the area where I am travelling over the next month - however in this topic I am hoping to find online resources /
books and information on ongoing projects in the amazon I might not otherwise have heard of in addition to what I learn here on the ground.