ʻO ka Op-Ed o kēia lā mai ka New York Times:
No ke aha ke kumu o ka laau
Na Jim Robbins
Wahiʻia:ʻApelila 11, 2012
Helena, Mauna.
Aia nā LAAU ma nā laina mua o ko kākou ʻano ʻano ea. A i ka wā e make koke ai nā lāʻau kahiko loa o ka honua, ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻolohe ai.
Ke hāʻule nei nā ululāʻau alpine bristlecone kahiko o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i ka pōʻino a me ka haʻo ʻAsia. Ma Texas, ua luku ʻia kahi maloʻo lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelima miliona mau lāʻau malu o ke kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki i hala a me ka hapalua miliona mau lāʻau i nā paka a me nā ululāʻau. Ma Amazon, ʻelua mau maloʻo koʻikoʻi i pepehi i nā piliona.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka wela a me ka maloʻo.
Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o nā lāʻau. ʻAʻole lākou he kumu leʻaleʻa o ka malu akā he pane koʻikoʻi paha i kekahi o kā mākou pilikia kaiapuni koʻikoʻi. Lawe mākou iā lākou no ka ʻae ʻia, akā he hana mana kokoke lākou. I loko o kahi ʻano alchemy kūlohelohe i kapa ʻia ʻo photosynthesis, no ka laʻana, hoʻohuli nā kumulāʻau i kekahi o nā mea like ʻole o nā mea āpau - ka lā - i mea ʻai no nā iniseti, nā holoholona hihiu a me nā kānaka, a hoʻohana iā ia e hana i ka malu, ka nani a me ka lāʻau no ka wahie, nā lako a me nā lako. hale.
No ia mau mea a pau, ua pana ʻia ka ululāʻau haki ʻole i uhi ʻia i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina i kēia manawa me nā lua.
Ua ʻoki nā kānaka i nā kumulāʻau nui a maikaʻi loa a haʻalele i nā holo. He aha ke ʻano o ia mea no ka pono genetic o kā mākou nahele? ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike maopopo, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻia nā kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau ma nā pae āpau. "He mea hilahila ka liʻiliʻi o kā mākou ʻike," i ʻōlelo mai ai kekahi mea noiʻi redwood kaulana iaʻu.
ʻO ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai ka hana a nā kumulāʻau ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo pinepine. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻike ʻo Katsuhiko Matsunaga, he mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa kai ma ke Kulanui ʻo Hokkaido ma Iapana, i ka wā e popopo ai nā lau lāʻau, hoʻolei lākou i nā waikawa i loko o ke kai e kōkua ai i ka hoʻomomona ʻana i ka plankton. Ke ulu ka plankton, pela no ke koena o ke kaulahao meaai. Ma kahi hoʻolaha i kapa ʻia He Aloha Kai na Nahele, ua kanu hou nā lawaiʻa i nā ululāʻau ma nā kahakai a me nā muliwai e hoʻihoʻi mai i nā iʻa a me nā mea ʻoʻo. A ua hoi mai lakou.
ʻO nā kumulāʻau nā kānana wai kūlohelohe, hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻōpala ʻona loa, me nā mea pahū, nā mea hoʻoheheʻe a me nā ʻōpala organik, ʻo ka hapa nui ma o ke kaiāulu paʻa o nā microbes a puni nā aʻa o ka lāʻau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā meaʻai, kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo phytoremediation. Kānā pū nā lau lāʻau i ka haumia ea. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi 2008 e nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui ʻo Columbia he nui nā kumulāʻau ma nā kaiāulu kūloko e pili ana me ka haʻahaʻa o ka maʻi hānō.
Ma Iapana, ua aʻo lōʻihi nā mea noiʻi i ka mea a lākou i kapa ai "ʻauʻau nahele.” ʻO ka hele wāwae i loko o ka ululāʻau, ʻōlelo lākou, e hoʻemi ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kemika koʻikoʻi i loko o ke kino a hoʻonui i nā cell killer kūlohelohe i loko o ka ʻōnaehana pale, e hakakā nei i nā ʻōpū a me nā maʻi. Hōʻike nā haʻawina i loko o nā kūlanakauhale i ka haʻahaʻa o ka hopohopo, ke kaumaha a me ka hewa i loko o kahi ʻāina.
Hoʻokuʻu pū nā kumulāʻau i nā ao nui o nā kemika pono. Ma ka laulā nui, ʻike ʻia kekahi o kēia mau aerosol e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke aniau; ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he anti-bacterial, anti-fungal a me anti-viral. Pono mākou e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ke kuleana o kēia mau mea kemika i ke ʻano. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau mea, ʻo taxane, mai ka Pacific yew tree, ua lilo i mea lapaʻau ikaika no ka umauma a me nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea hana ikaika o Aspirin mai nā willows.
ʻAʻole hoʻohana nui ʻia nā lāʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻenehana kaiaola. Hiki i nā "lāʻau hana" ke komo i kekahi o ka phosphorus a me ka nitrogen keu e holo ana ma waho o nā māla mahiʻai a kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka wahi make ma ke kahawai ʻo Mexico. Ma ʻApelika, ua hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia nā miliona o nā ʻeka o ka ʻāina maloʻo ma o ka ulu lāʻau hoʻolālā.
ʻO nā lāʻau ka pale wela o ka honua. Mālama lākou i ka ʻeleʻele a me ka asphalt o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā wahi e pili ana i ka 10 a ʻoi aku ka maʻalili a pale i ko mākou ʻili mai nā kukuna UV koʻikoʻi o ka lā. Ua manaʻo ka Texas Department of Forestry e lilo ana ka make ʻana o nā kumu lāʻau malu i nā Texans he mau haneli miliona mau kālā hou aʻe no ka ea. ʻO nā kumulāʻau, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻopau i ke kalapona, kahi kinoea hoʻomehana honua e hoʻomehana ai ka honua. Ua ʻike pū ʻia kahi noiʻi a ka Carnegie Institution for Science e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka mahu wai mai nā ululāʻau i ka mahana o ka honua.
ʻO ka nīnau nui, ʻo wai nā lāʻau e pono ai mākou e kanu? He ʻumi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hālāwai au me kahi kanaka mahiʻai lāʻau malu i kapa ʻia ʻo David Milarch, he mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Champion Tree Project nāna i hoʻopaʻa i kekahi o nā kumulāʻau kahiko a nui loa o ka honua no ka pale ʻana i ko lākou genetics, mai California redwoods a i nā lāʻau ʻoka o Ireland. "ʻO kēia nā supertrees, a ua kū lākou i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa," wahi āna.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo ʻepekema inā he mea nui kēia mau genes ma ka honua mehana, akā ua kūpono kahi ʻōlelo ʻōlelo kahiko. "ʻO ka manawa hea ka manawa kūpono e kanu ai i kahi lāʻau?" ʻO ka pane: “He iwakālua makahiki i hala. ʻO ka lua o ka manawa maikaʻi loa? I kēia lā.”
ʻO Jim Robbins ka mea kākau o ka puke e hiki mai ana "The Man Who Planted Trees."