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To: crdesign who wrote (5410)	5/29/2007 11:18:41 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Respond to of 50331

We can certainly effect a vital change (negative)in a very short time, with the mighty chainsaw. In order to effect a positive change, to restore what was there, I believe we need to be extremely patient in the case of the tropical rainforests. From all that I've read these forests were a long time forming. The chances of even the flora being restored are extremely slim - much more likely is the replacement of the original diversity with commercial plantations (this is what has happened to the sub-tropical rainforest in NZ, with pinus radiata replacing a wide variety of native species). The prospects for the fauna are much more bleak. Loss of habitat means the complete disappearance of many species. If they exist elsewhere they can be reintroduced, but this is not an option for many non-mammalian species - the little ones - that are often highly localized. We haven't even fully catalogued the species in these places, so we don't even know what is being lost.