The loss of rainforest cover in the Amazon affects the entire planet. Rainforests sink carbon, stabilise weather patterns and rainfall, and provide food and
shelter for humans and an abundance of other species. They are valuable beyond any economic paradigm that commodifies rainforests as mere ‘resources’. So, an amazingly successful project to re-establish the rainforests of the
Amazon is now the subject of much international interest.WHEN THE CLUB of Rome visited Gaviotas in the Colombian Orinoco in 1984, it was clear to all participants in this visit to the ‘middle of nowhere’ that Paolo ...
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