On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Not true. Look up Japanese forestry during the Tokugawa era. > Will read more on that in a bit, but quick Wikipedia search brought me this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period "It was during the Edo period that Japan developed an advanced forest management <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_management> policy. Increased demand for timber resources for construction, shipbuilding and fuel had led to widespread deforestation, which resulted in forest fires, floods and soil erosion. In response the shogun, beginning around 1666, instituted a policy to reduce logging and increase the planting of trees. The policy mandated that only the shogun and daimyo could authorize the use of wood. By the 18th century, Japan had developed detailed scientific knowledge about silviculture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silviculture> and plantation forestry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestry>.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period#cite_note-3> " I fail to see how that makes my statements false. Or not true. There was demand for lots of wood, which lead to deforestation, which lead to humans (I assume the Shoguns were humans) to implement systems that ensured wood would grow. In short, they replenished natural resources by not limiting themselves to what was available. C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +447940289855
