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Dorothee
Germany

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| 04:52 AM Jan 22 2011

Dorothee

Germany

Some think that what’s lost is lost and that thus there is no use in protecting rainforests like this one, because there already are so many parts destroyed and this destruction will continue anyway.
However these people are wrong! If you give a natural area the chance of recovering, it will do so: An example of this is the coral reef of the Phoenix-Islands, which after getting harmed seriously because of the heating of the ocean suddenly started to recover as I read it today in a newspaper.

| 01:11 PM Jun 29 2010

Dorothee

Germany

A friend asked me to tell you something about the people living over there and since I think that native tribes are the most interesting to learn about I’ll give you some information on the native Hawaiians. The following information is completely copied from “www.wikipedia.org”: Native Hawaiians (in Hawaiian, kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli or Hawaiʻi maoli) refers to the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to prehistoric Marquesan, Tahitian, Samoan (and potentially Tongan) settlers of Hawaii (possibly as early as AD 400), before the arrival of British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 401,162 people who identified themselves as being “native Hawaiian” alone or in any combination. 140,652 people identified themselves as being “native Hawaiian” alone. The overwhelming majority of native Hawaiians are residents of the United States in the State of Hawaiʻi, and in California, Nevada and Washington. Two-thirds live in the State of Hawaiʻi while the other one-third is split among mainland states. Almost half of the mainland share of the population is in California.
The history of native Hawaiians, and of Hawaiʻi in general, is classified into four major periods: antiquity (Ancient Hawaiʻi), monarchy (Kingdom of Hawaiʻi), territorial (Territory of Hawaiʻi), and statehood (State of Hawaiʻi).

| 03:51 PM May 30 2010

Dorothee

Germany

I hope that these rainforests can be conserved, because apart from their practical use they are so beautiful and romantic places.

| 09:11 AM May 30 2010

Dorothee

Germany

I just found two websites of organisations that try NOT only to preserve this rainforest. Their names are “http://www.nature.org/?src=t1” and “http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/habitat/forest.php”. Yes, they also give you the chance of getting involved.

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