What is reforestation?
Reforestation Compared to Tree Farming Reforestation means literally re-creating a natural forest. The concept is by no means the same as tree farming, which typically consists of a mono-culture, like Teak, planted in rows. The differences between the two are important, and worth noting. As any environmentalist can tell you, true reforestation is preferable to mono-cultural tree farming from an ecological perspective. The former can actually bring back the flora and fauna of the rain forest, especially if started adjacent to pre-existing intact jungle. On the other hand, a field containing all the same species of tree will never evolve to approximate natural jungle, for obvious reasons. But does that make tree farming wrong? We emphatically don’t think so. While it may not be as ecologically “correct” as reforestation, a plantation of hardwood trees reduces the pressure to log primary rain forest when its “crop” begins to be harvested. Its root systems also helps stem soil erosion, and
