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Originally Posted by jowey
Think that I made a post on Terra Preta on the old Bill Maher forums, when I first heard about it. I can only hope that the knowledge of "alternate" techniques has reduced or stopped the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest - a whoa, European techniques do not work here, but this does and is sustainable. I doubt it.....
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Terra Preta is predominately bacteria [1491: History Before Columbus] and was utilized by Mayans and Aztec for farming. Arguably the Amazon Rain Forest exists because of those farming practices. That's why it has such a rapid renewal rate for nutrients.