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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by Nasrudith on Sunday July 14, 2019 @05:58PM (#20436407)
One thing not mentioned often about rainforrests is that their soil is actually pretty damn terrible. Which is also why you see things like carnivorous plants there.
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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jelliclesfarm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:17PM (#20436558)
So what if rainforest soil is terrible...their main function is to sequester carbon and act as a carbon sink supporting habitat and balance terrestrial ecology.
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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by Nasrudith on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:13PM (#20436881)
That is more for "why it helps there in the first place" than any disparagement of the rainforests. That the soil is terrible is more reason to leave them there - especially when they provide steady rain.

It isn't like temperate climates where you can rotate between farms, fields, and forrests over time easier.

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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jelliclesfarm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:57PM (#20437068)
right. i hear you.

may i ask what you mean by 'terrible'...nutritionally deficient or acidic..etc etc?

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