After Copenhagen December 2009, the world is now seeing, understanding and accepting the scientific evidence of the effects of rapid climate change due to industrialization, with record snow fall across major cities in the northern hemisphere and unprecedented heat waves in the southern hemisphere. Nature is speaking and human beings must listen or die. It will not be the weather alone that kills; it will be the wars over basic food. To reduce global temperatures, it is well known that all forest must be protected and quickly replanted. To increase food supplies, investment in different production models is necessary. Many cultures have traditionally produce food within densely forested areas; these method are not widely studied and known, there require new studies, techniques and tools, a joint venture agreement with the native peoples, learning for our past mistakes to preserve the forest and slow climate change.Method of food production within the forest: Crops are cultivated using very small clearings in area that sunlight can get too or with the use of artificial lighting or elevated constructions on the top of the tree lines or deep forest planting made up of mostly vine type crops ‘cucumbers and tomatoes’. Harvesting sap from special trees within the forest to make preservatives, glues and medicines, these are areas which need to be scientifically studied and researched. Animal raring in a forest is more about hunting, learning and understanding the migration patterns (movement between food and water supplies) and limiting the slaughter to mature animals to avoid changing the migration patterns or extinction.
Peoples from so-called developed areas must not be allowed to apply their methods of progress on to virgin territories or undeveloped lands, bringing new techniques, know-how and forcing it on to nature. Having made numerous mistakes in pursuit of development, a study of the natives’ methods and adaptation of their tools used to increase food production yields without damaging the environment, is essential. Then applying the lessons learned to those crowded industrialized communities may seem as backward steps to many, but necessary to avoid large scale worldwide disaster.
Now knowing and respecting the simple life-style of the native people and not wishing to dominate or rule them, an accord may be work out to protect their rights and preserve their culture. After all, it is the native forest dwellers that are now in the position of strength. Many suggestions are being debated as to how to structure and empower the natives. The leading view, at this time, is as a private enterprise with each native benefiting and sharing the responsibility of protecting the forest and producing food, with all necessary inputs being initially funded by the relative geographic country and all the excess produce belonging to that same country.
Producing food for both local usage and export while repairing the forest and reducing the effects of climate change.
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