Can't have ebony without elephants: "there are nearly 70% fewer small (younger) ebony trees in the areas where elephants have disappeared. Most adult ebony trees alive today were dispersed by elephants decades ago because ebony is a slow growing wood that can take 50 years to begin reproducing, and 60 to 200 years to fully grow. Our conclusion is that it is not certain that ebony trees in the Congo Basin will be able to survive naturally without the help of elephants."
The Conversation
Ebony and ivory: why elephants and forests rise and fall together in the Congo Basin
Large animals are key to the survival of big trees as they disperse seeds far and wide in their dung.
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Disregarding the diminutive scale of the inhabitants of this room, it is a very sinple build: stone and lime mortar foundations to a meter or so down. Walls of rammed earth, cob, cordwood, adobe, strawbale or rubble stone, timber frame etc. (anything works as long as it is solid). The walls and ceilings are plastered (clay or lime or whitewashed mud), wooden floor boards (anything works but oak is best). The fireplace stone surround should be granite but limestone works for wood fires in a pinch, backing should be fire bricks if possible (pricey but lasts virtually forever) ceiling and upper floor joists are timber framed. Window is a wood frame with lead cames (DIY eminently possible). Outside? I'd do plastered walls and a thatch roof (straw or heather but reed is ok in a pinch, because mice right?). https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4f0e2de622363d2cb954982e6008e6e4fc0e2453228c6688515eb558511769ad.file
Can we get something like this to explain destroy ocean habitats? https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6700d58ae5ea05deff36b45ac9801cb5bb824f1fc17e479964713fe1648b2274.file
It is almost as if the seas around the UK's worst enemy is the destructive fishing fleet, nothing else really matters as much: "Despite widespread degradation of UK seas from destructive fishing, pollution, and climate change, the waters surrounding the Isles of Scilly appear to be bucking the trend."
GreenFutures
Scilly Isles cameras give glimpse of β€˜natural’ UK waters · GreenFutures
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The last two pages of this book, very reasonable arguments: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/09d1ae4588c8a20a70b9b16c503c92bd63a3cefdd46c2e7aae458edc66047d9c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/966b2dca33bee87e1ebbe2ebbce2998b67a686a688df1a11d89a0ed8700ccc3c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d92d196a187a2469ffe3bed91af31cb0f2d04c2bd15790ff340a7f65e315e9db.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3427f109da170c065f6c8c84c623ce024c00c9576291030bcfedca70e22fe48a.file