Comments on: Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 28 http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/cool-green-morning-wednesday-october-28/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Thu, 10 May 2012 16:19:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TimB http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/cool-green-morning-wednesday-october-28/comment-page-1/#comment-14194 TimB Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:51 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=7860#comment-14194 More trees? Such a glowing report about trees from the World Agroforestry Centre obscures a critical issue - namely that all trees are not equal (oil palms or banana trees are not the same as a natural forest). Most of the "trees" in agricultural areas will have very little biodiversity value and are specifically used for agriculture/pulp/products. And lastly, I went to their (WAC) site and could not even find the report!!! More trees? Such a glowing report about trees from the World Agroforestry Centre obscures a critical issue – namely that all trees are not equal (oil palms or banana trees are not the same as a natural forest). Most of the “trees” in agricultural areas will have very little biodiversity value and are specifically used for agriculture/pulp/products.

And lastly, I went to their (WAC) site and could not even find the report!!!

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