Humans & Trees: A Paradox | Dr. Ranil Senanayake

The relationship between Humans and plants is critical but unrecognized has become a paradox due to the inability of humans to recognize the fundamental nature of this relationship. This has given rise to the neuroses of power addiction. As Carl Jung once stated : “those who know nothing about nature are of course neurotic, because they are not adapted to reality.” The consequence of ignoring this reality for fossil led growth has created an impending global disaster. If we can recognize the reality of nature we can resolve this paradox, respond creatively and make the future more benign for ourselves

About the Speaker:

Ranil Senanayake is a Systems Ecologist trained at U.C.Davis. He has developed Analog Forestry as a response to the critical need of restoring lost forests worldwide. He has served as the Executive Director of the Environmental Liaison Center International in Kenya, as the Senior Scientist of Counterpart International, Washington D.C. and taught at Melbourne and Monash Universities in Australia. He was the first international crops inspector for the national Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) and created the Forest Garden Products (FGP) certification system. Today he chairs EarthRestoration in Sri Lanka which works at setting value for Ecosystem Services (ES).

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[sjain]

Thank you dr Senanayake, this video should be shown in every classroom; the depletion of forests and woodlands and the importance of preserving natural habitats cannot be underestimated; if by your research the global economy can be persuaded to see value in preserving the system as a whole, we may finally begin to reverse centuries of exploitation, in which material value is placed on a cord of wood or acre of cleared land rather than on the living trees who in their growth support extensive ecosystems. Rivers must not be polluted and forests must not be destroyed; we have forgotten what after all is but ancient wisdom

[praseninamdar]

Great research work by shree Ranil..and thanks for sharing this..very knowledgeable and we need to act fast

[shanirampatel]

Sir, this topic explain both language Hindi and English