Scientists are hailing the discovery of a patch of rainforest in northern Mozambique as one of the most significant finds in years.
Harrison Ford: Team Earth: Are You In?
Team Earth is issuing an urgent, immediate challenge by teaming up with the Prince's Rainforest Project to call for swift action and funding to reduce tropical deforestation.
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How could it be undiscovered if we can look at it with Google Earth?
Wow, we've "discovered" pristine land! Quick, sell it, drill it, pave it, and start inviting wealthy Americans to buy McMansions there!
LMAO!!!!
We dig for oil first.
Paving it over comes later.
That's not how the road crews in my area work. First they repave, then they dig up again so they can repair the utility pipes, and finally they fill the hole again.
Am I the only reader who sees the irony of the Google Ad that is posted just above these comments:
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As soon as Kensington or some other boutique tour organizer that caters to the extremely wealthy gets involved we can rename Mo'Zambique Less'Zambique. I hope there are some truly wild places left on the world where indigenous wildlife and, flora and perhaps some human inhabitants can be left in peace.
Thanks for pointing it out.
How much longer until there's a "Survivor Mozambique?"
Oh, great. How soon before it's logged?
"Undiscovered" by who?
yeah I don't really get how it's undiscovered
what did they think was there, a black hole?
I guess they just means that these particular scientist have not gone there yet
White western Industrialist and so-called scientist. Obviously the people in the area knew of it and left it in pristine condition.
It was onlly undiscovered to science.
Sarah can see it from her house.
She can see Uranus from her back porch.
Great. Now it will be "improved"/ruined.
If you look really closely, I think you can see a smiley face and a set of golden arches just on the horizon!
no, walmart already has plans for it.
Garden of Eden, leave it alone. LOL
absolutely fascinating.
Ah, yes, once again the white man "discovers" something that the indigenous people always knew was there. I suppose the upside is that this time we "discovered" it before we destroyed it.
LOL!!!!
Thank you - well stated..............and you are absolutely correct.
Kudos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nasty little habit isn't it?
I hope people don't try to cut down this rainforest.
A tad disconcerting to have one of the guys there talk about the resources being plundered of an "Eden" heretofore unknown. Look, a spot we haven't completely ruined yet! What are we waiting for?! - appears almost the sentiment ~ let the area breathe in its respective peace without any "help" from any of us.
Discovered? Is this like David Livingstone discovering the Musi O Tunya Falls, what he latter named Victoria Falls?
Yeah I guess it's not discovered until the White man finds it!
Of course, all those trees will have to go, and any wild life or other form of life will regrettably become collateral damage.
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First Posted: 06-11-09 03:21 PM | Updated: 07-12-09 05:12 AM