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aaron_brewer@hotmail.com
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 03:11 am |
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On a recent visit to Costa Rica I picked up a book titled "Arboles maderables de Costa Rica: Ecologia y silvicultura." It was written by Quirico Jimenez M. et al. The title is translated as Timber Trees of Costa Rica: Ecology and silviculture. It has descreptions of 55 tree species that grow in Costa Rica and are cut for various uses. Several of the trees described in the book are endangered. The book includes information on germination and growth of the trees, where available. It is an excellant read, I read it from cover to cover. It has color photos and sharp drawings. The descriptions are in spanish and english.
It was published by INBio (the Instututo Nacional be Biodiversidad) in 2002, and its ISBN is 9968-702-70-6.
Enjoy,
Aaron
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Lumberdude
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 11:56 am |
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Hi Aaron.
That is a very good book. I read some of it while I was visiting with Fred. Did you get it at a bookstore??
I want to get a copy when I return to CR in a couple of weeks. Harold
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aaron_brewer@hotmail.com
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 01:32 pm |
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I bought the book "Arboles maderables de Costa Rica: Ecologia y silvicultura" from a little store at the hotel Bougainvillea, which is about 15 minutes west of San Jose. Their web site is http://www.bougainvillea.co.cr/. That was in January 2005, and it was the only copy. I since looked for it on Amazon.com, but couldn't find it, that is why I included the ISBN. A book store may be able to order a copy for you.
The hotel was a little expensive, but they have what must be a five acre garden that is fabulous and a free shuttle to San Jose. I also bought some orichids there that are grown in tissue culture tubes that I was able to transport back to the USA. They are still developing and not ready for transplanting to pots yet, but they are all still alive.
Good luck!
Aaron
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 02:24 pm |
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Harold,
Perhaps I should order in a couple of them for visitors? Almost everyone sees my copy and wants to snag it.
It is a very nice overview of the different kinds of wood - a good starting point for the basics.
Aaron - can you tell us a little about yourself? I don't think I know you but I like your posts.
Fred
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aaron_brewer@hotmail.com
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 07:59 pm |
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Fred and the forum group,
Thank you Fred for starting and running an impressive forum site about a topic that I care about. You asked for a brief introduction, so here you go:
I'm 31 years old and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1998 with a B. Sci. in Plant Biology. When I entered school I thought I might like to farm, but that was the early to mid-1990s and my Iowa farm relatives warned me off of it, due to hard times. I still maintained an interest in sustailable agirculture and alternative forest products. In my last two years of school I also studied phytoremediation, the use of plants and trees to remediate soil and groundwater contamination. Did you know that hybrid poplars have been grown in a line to intercept and even treat shallow groundwater contaminated with pesticides and chlorinated solvents? There are many other facinating and even profitable uses of plants for treating contamintion and even extracting valuble metals (e.g., gold and nickle).
Since 1998 I have been working as an environmental consultant doing environmental studies and designing remediation, mostly in concert with brownfield redevelopment. I have visited Mexico, Ecuador, Puru, and Brazil, and have long had interest in doing environmental consulting internationally. I also have redeveloped interest in buying and running a tree farm in Minnesota/Wisconsin, and another in Central or South America. Most sane Minnesotans want out of here is some shape or form.
My new wife and I spent our honeymoon in Costa Rica in January 2005, and we were impressed with the climate, the people, and the landscape. It is also encouraging to see such support for tree farming/reforestation in C.R. While in C.R. I began working on a business plan for the two reforestation projects that I have in mind, and since returing I have worked at it in earnest. During the process of developing the business plan I ran across your web site, and several related sites and books. I also have kept close tabs on the reforestation and alternative forest products interests here at home over the years and may have resources and knowledge to share from time to time. Right now, I am just eating it up.
Thank you everyone who has contributed to this forum.
Aaron
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 08:06 pm |
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Welcome Aaron!
Ask away on questions! One of the main reasons I created this forum is that I answer a lot of questions about reforestation - and this would be a way to capture some of this information.
Fred
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Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 10:51 pm |
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Hi Fred.
Please order in those books. I will take 2 myself. I just could not send my CC# to CR and order the books. I will pick mine up when I return soon.
Welcome to the Forum, Aaron.
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