is it possible to find drought tollerent trees like the cork oak tree (quercus suber) and slowly plant the desert up into a forest.?
2006-06-21 21:45:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
logically looking it is possible as it is a prpperty of the desert siol that it can be reclaimed if the water is provided to it..but it will cost a lot to change the whole australian desert into a forest..both in resources and time..but yes it can be done
2006-06-21 22:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by gunz 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sure. Most farmers know how to grow things on poor soil.
A good place to start may be the Sahara Desert, The Nile
has lots of water, I don't know much aboutAustralia.desert.
"We" are slash cutting trees in this country and not replanting new trees. The way it used to be, Selective Cutting, the replanted trees kept a balance of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. Now the shortage of trees is not giving
off enough Oxygen and this causes Global Warming. Of course cars are Destroying the atmosphere too. Can you Imagine a billion Chinese people demanding automobiles now that they are getting so much money from USA?
Another billion in India? Anyway, Read Al Gore's book
"An Inconvenient Truth", He can tell you all about it. Or
go to see the Movie.
2006-06-21 23:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by Answers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm, trying to change an ecosystem, AND with species that doesn't belong even near there... It's possible if you invest a lot of money in it... And still I don't see the point of destroying something nature created... I mean, why would you do that? And still, one day, if you don;t have any more money to support that project it will turn back to desert again...
2006-06-22 06:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by Jasna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can plant plants with low water needs, but a forest needs also a huge community of animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc. in order to survive, and most of those species are not already adapted to desert conditions.
So you can plan them, but you can't make it prosperous.
2006-06-22 09:23:56 · answer #4 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to change a desert into a forrest???? why dont we as inhabitants of this planet protect the forrest we have ??
in the time it has taken to read this, rain forest equal to 10 football pitches has been destroyed FOREVER !!!!!
Stop trying to change things and start trying to preserve things !!!
2006-06-21 22:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Dex D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if we plant lots of seeds in the desert and water the them then lots of birds would come and make there nest then there would lay eggs.
2006-06-21 21:55:37 · answer #6 · answered by guide_blackknight78587 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no ..just think about that thousand aor billions of species is already liveing in their..an ecosystem is a ahrd thing to demolish..
2006-06-21 21:50:02 · answer #7 · answered by me.. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, if you have a lot of money, like in Dubai
2006-06-21 21:50:07 · answer #8 · answered by bgrt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋