"In the 90s we had the mahogany boom ... and you almost can't find a mahogany tree in the [Amazon] jungle anymore. And if you want to talk about carbon sequestration in the rainforest, the ancient hardwoods hold like 60% of the carbon of the whole rainforest."
#PaulRosolie, 2023
https://lexfridman.com/paul-rosolie/
In Aotearoa that's kauri, rimu, totara and kahikatea.
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If you know someone who thinks tribes living close to nature are not modern humans, or that they're always peaceful unless attacked, this conversation with Amazon conservationist Paul Rosolie is the podcast for them;
https://lexfridman.com/paul-rosolie/
He talks about how thanks to the behaviour of rubber extractors in the Amazon in the early years of industrialisation, uncontacted tribes will kill outsiders on sight and rip them to pieces.