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[Unedited] Suzanne Simard with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Is the Forest a Risky Future?

Ore: overestimating threat of a few birch neighbors could bring unexpected consequences, potentially setting the forest up for a vulnerable future. He says diversity might reduce productivity, increase risk of poor health and augment the spread of fire. What we do in these early years of development, after all, determines future resilience, just as it does with children. Ore: In those sentences where you are describing what you see in a natural ecosystem, are are actually descriptuores of what we know about social consequences of disregarding vio diversity or diversity yes.

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