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That was the most brilliant and hopeful thing I've seen in ages. Real Fremen shit. Blue-eyes of the Ibad, Dr. Liet-Kynes kinda shit.
This sort of landscaping builds on itself. More biomass makes more biomass. More biomass means more water, and then more biomass. More biomass, more ecological diversity. It's exponential.
I'm working on this on my own patch of NW Florida swamp. Just changing up a few hundred square feet of land makes an impact. Grind a few hundred sq./ft.? Makes a hot zone, light for growing. Leave it alone? Cool trails, but little diversity.
Tear up some plants along the trail? Erosion. Plant on those same cleared trails? Food and medicinal plants, stops the erosion.
But I must be cautious! 20' can make the difference in rich, black soil and 1.5" of meager topsoil. Even in my backyard, when I wonder into the very back where it's 60' of wild, the temp drops 5°. All too easy to fuck up.
This whole project makes my heart sing. The Great Green Wall is not merely a temporary fix, it's a solid fix than can last. Terraforming at its finest.
I think what's really great about it is that it is not just a fix for the environment but a fix for social cohesion, for migration of youth from towns to cities and abroad.
If you have areas that aren't bereft of hope and a future then the young people don't leave and end up being part of the migration to cities that can't sustain large populations without food importation.
You don't have towns dying when only the old and infirm are left behind, families grow, food and jobs are local, and most importantly, people care about the land that sustains them.
Studying desertification is what led Frank Herbert to write Dune, so definitely spot on.
Bravo, well said.