Don't cut down forests! Sustainably cultivate indigenous species like ginseng & shiitake mushrooms.


	Don't cut down forests! Sustainably cultivate indigenous species like ginseng & shiitake mushrooms.

johnlam

5-11-2007 2:25 PM

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sustainability, forestry, mycology, agriculture, cornell university, land use, public finance, conservation, shiitake, ginseng

johnlam says:

Of course to encourage responsible stewardship, governments could also lessen property taxes on plats of sustainably maintained woodlands, and encourage donations of land to conservancy trusts too.

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