Tag Archives: Soil
Oleander Tree Poison or Medicine?
By Liliana Usvat When you see the same plant over and over again in a country you might ask yourself. What is the use of that plant except the shade it provides. Its smell is believed to repel both rodents … Continue reading
Energy and the Forest
by Liliana Usvat Logging as Source of Energy Incredible in the 21 century You would expect solar farms, Solar energy for individual houses wind farms or ocean Wave farms or Tesla Energy Applications or Laser as a source … Continue reading
Dollar Value of a Tree. Wat about a Forest?
A tree is worth $193,250. According to Professor T.M.Das of the University of Calcutta. A tree living for 50 years will generate $31,250 worth of oxygil fertility to the tune of $31,250, recycle $37,500 worth of water and provide a … Continue reading
Forests Trees and Smog
By Liliana Usvat It’s time to talk seriously about using trees and other city-cooling ideas, such as reflective or cool roofs or green roofs. It’s a fight against the phenomenon called the urban heat island. Cities become heat islands as … Continue reading
How to Plant Trees and Forests on the Rocks and other Places
By Liliaa Usvat Plating forests on the Rocks in temperate climate Here is one type of the process. Pioneer species: First to grow on the bare rocks are the lichens, then mosses, -Lichen are actually a relationship between two organisms – … Continue reading
Planting Fruit Trees on the Side Roads of the Cities
By Liliana Usvat There are cities and towns in Banat Romania that plant fruit trees close to the roads, on public property. There are plum trees, cherry trees, walnuts trees. These trees are used to protect the road with the … Continue reading
Forests and Native Indians Knowledges
by Liliana Usvat Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) TEK emphasizes the idea that individual plants and animals exist on their own terms. This sense of place and concern for individuals leads to two basic TEK concepts: all things are connected, which … Continue reading
Forests and Permaculture Projects around the Globe
By Liliana Usvat While the governments and owners of waste lands cut forests as if there is no tomorrow, the private society has a waste network of projects planting forests and recovering the nature from destruction. The amount of such … Continue reading
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration of the Forest
by Liliana Usvat Barren fields, degraded forests and grazing lands can be reforested. It has been done and the example can be reproduced. The ownership of the land is important in my opinion for caring in long term for these … Continue reading
Urban Forests and Real Estate
by Liliana Usvat People actually realize the benefits of trees in the cities that is why the areas in proximity of the parks and urban forests are prime real estates locations. The price of houses around city forests … Continue reading
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