Forests grow just fine on their own without people. When people start using the forests, the impact starts small, but grows with time;
Greedy global companies, who want to use what is under the forests for short term greed, bring long term destruction to the habitat of birds, animals and people;
By understanding how forests grow and sustain themselves without human help, we can learn from Nature; it is called bio-mimicry in fancy English;
We can copy the systems and patterns of existing forests to restore severely damaged forests near settlements; our approach is to multiply economical species, restoring green belts in inaccessible areas and food forests in the accessible areas; harvesting is done on foot from vehicle road access with hand tools;
Enough research and experience now exists to build your own forests almost anywhere from scratch, filled with plants and trees for food, medicine, clothing, household and building purposes.
Food forests are a proven concept. Yes, they’re up and running around the world, and they even work in urban areas. We are currently assisting communities to find ways to restore their forests with a sustainable economic return from the forests. We are a private initiative of the people, for the people and by the people.
Here are some links where you can download the following:
A No-Non-Sense Guide to Establishing Permaculture Food Forests
Hatchet & Seed Contracting
An Introduction to Food Forests
Deep Green Permaculture w: http://www.deepgreenpermaculture.com
2,000 Year Old Food Forest in Morocco
Frank Gapinski
One of the extras featured on Geoff Lawton’s DVD “Establishing a Food Forest” the Permaculture Way available from http://www.permaculture.org,au
More info: http://www.ecofilms.com.au/
Establishing a Food Forest
The Permaculture Way series
Geof Lawton
Natural Health People's Trade Network 