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Wed, 05/25/2011 - 11:54
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TREES GET DR MAHATHIR'S ATTENTION AS HE RECOVERS AT IJN
PUTRAJAYA, May 25 (Bernama) -- Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is
back in the cyberworld after being "silent" for about 11 days, with a
blog posting focusing on trees.
The article titled "Planting Trees" was posted on his blogsite chedet.co.cc
on May 23 at about 2pm.
He is currently receiving treatment at the the National Heart Institute
(IJN) after being admitted on May 18 for chest infection.
Dr Mahathir, as observant as ever, wrote that the success of Malaysia’s
plantation industry had "totally affected our thinking".
He said: "We know that by planting trees in perfect rows, with the trees
separated from each other by a specific distance, we maximise the potential for
growth and render the extraction of the latex or the fruits easier and more
efficiently. We miss none of the trees when we tap rubber or bring down the
fruits."
But Dr Mahathir noted that forest trees did not grow in rows.
"They are scattered haphazardly. It's this which gives the forest their
special appearance or character," he said.
Dr Mahathir felt that "for various reasons we have to reforest the forest we
had raped". He said there was a need to create new forests.
“But because we are so addicted to planting trees in orderly rows, when we
want to reforest or to create a new forest, we plant the forest trees in the
same way.
"Even when we plant teak and other trees on the road shoulders, they are
planted in perfect rows. Our secondary man-made forests look nothing like
forests at all. They look like tree estates," he observed.
"But there are times when planting on the road sides, we want to create an
avenue of trees. Then we should plant just one row of trees or palm trees
perfectly aligned and separated," he said, adding that the trees should be the
same all the way through.
"But when we want to recreate forests, let the trees be scattered
haphazardly like in the forest,” was his suggestion.
back in the cyberworld after being "silent" for about 11 days, with a
blog posting focusing on trees.
The article titled "Planting Trees" was posted on his blogsite chedet.co.cc
on May 23 at about 2pm.
He is currently receiving treatment at the the National Heart Institute
(IJN) after being admitted on May 18 for chest infection.
Dr Mahathir, as observant as ever, wrote that the success of Malaysia’s
plantation industry had "totally affected our thinking".
He said: "We know that by planting trees in perfect rows, with the trees
separated from each other by a specific distance, we maximise the potential for
growth and render the extraction of the latex or the fruits easier and more
efficiently. We miss none of the trees when we tap rubber or bring down the
fruits."
But Dr Mahathir noted that forest trees did not grow in rows.
"They are scattered haphazardly. It's this which gives the forest their
special appearance or character," he said.
Dr Mahathir felt that "for various reasons we have to reforest the forest we
had raped". He said there was a need to create new forests.
“But because we are so addicted to planting trees in orderly rows, when we
want to reforest or to create a new forest, we plant the forest trees in the
same way.
"Even when we plant teak and other trees on the road shoulders, they are
planted in perfect rows. Our secondary man-made forests look nothing like
forests at all. They look like tree estates," he observed.
"But there are times when planting on the road sides, we want to create an
avenue of trees. Then we should plant just one row of trees or palm trees
perfectly aligned and separated," he said, adding that the trees should be the
same all the way through.
"But when we want to recreate forests, let the trees be scattered
haphazardly like in the forest,” was his suggestion.
