From planting trees to forests, 10,000 ways to understand trees | Kim Motor Fund Announcement No.39

We have 10,000 ways to talk about trees, and there are 10,000 possibilities of forests. Trees are tools in sand control engineering, and trees carry hope in ecological conservation; in anthropology, the title of the book "Into the Deep Forest" (Note 1) alludes to anthropological observation, theory and practice. In sociology, "Seeing the tree and seeing the forest" (Note 2) is the first step for all beginners to see the structure from the individual.

According to a survey of young people aged 18-34 released by British garden tool manufacturer Draper Tools last June, during the epidemic blockade, young people's attention and love for plants have increased significantly, and more than half of them would rather be in the garden. They are also reluctant to go to nightclubs to dance in the middle of the night; 76% said that after the epidemic, gardening and plants are one of the things that will allow them to stick to it. Today, when the pandemic is far from over, but people urgently need to find a new balance, perhaps two tree-related festivals can give us some inspiration.

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The late autumn and September of the Daxing'an Mountains are full of rewards - By @StephenYeong

Unlike most other places in China, the line names are formed by the abbreviations of the first and last stations. This "Ya-Lin Railway" has Yakeshi Station on one side, and the "Lin" on the other side refers to the vast forest. Different from people's imagination of Inner Mongolia, Hulunbuir not only has grasslands, but also forests and mountains. The Greater Khingan Mountains are divided equally between Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia in the north of Hulunbuir. The terminus of the Yalin Line is called Mangui, which is the residence of the Mangui Forestry Bureau and the northernmost town in Inner Mongolia.

The first recommended article comes from a Manchurian who is concerned about his hometown and the distant world; the pictures in the article are also from the observations and records under the author's lens: here is the "Mangui" station, and some are pulled by the screen. Huge leaders, electronic music from the east, and endless forests; the "most imposing and tall building" here is not the government, but the Forestry Bureau.

tree doctor? Arborist? People who pay attention to trees—— By @Tree trace guest Treek

You can choose which license to get based on your job requirements or goals. Tree climbers mainly focus on outdoor work, including tree trimming, removing and installing brackets, etc. If you are physically fit, not afraid of heights, sun, rain and mosquito bites, you can aim for this; The job is to manage tree health and write reports, so there is both indoor and outdoor work.

In this article, the author introduces in detail a new and unpopular subject "Arboriculture", and shares in other articles ​reading notes when he obtained the arborist license and tree risk assessor​, There is also a "Tree Climbing Knowledge" broadcast (Matty: Can my cat take the test for a tree climber). Reminds us that while we cherish, love, or use trees as tools, we can also be mindful in healing ways.

The story of Baxianshan Forest Farm Railway—— By @Celine

> While reading this history, I recalled the introduction I had read: "The resistance of the Atayal people restricts the development of the Baxian Mountain Forest Farm", or "The Atayal leader leads the tribe to surrender to the Japanese army, and the police can use the railway to advance the forest." Reading these sentences a few years ago, it would not feel wrong. They are like the station where they once passed by. According to the idea of ​​​​the mountaineers at the time, they were only regarded as landmarks for recognizing the way; I even remember the first time I walked into the station. At the entrance of the building, I only feel that the view is very good, and the sills and rammed earth walls are neatly built. Later, I realized that this interpretation is the mountain forest from the perspective of the empire, and it is also the narrative under the colonial thinking of the Han people; this is the land guarded by the ancestors with their lives.

This article is from a Taiwanese citizen who likes to "loose in the mountains". He once learned about the current situation of Taiwan's forestry industry and the impact of previous government policies on the ecological environment in the tour speech of Li Genzheng "Hundred Years of Taiwan's Mountains and Forests". , and invited everyone to think together in the article: "What will the saplings we plant now look like in the future? For the future, what is the most important thing I can influence now?"

72 | Trees | They grow alone and die tragically - By @絵編志TyingKnots

Planting trees may be the most iconic environmental protection move in China in modern times: photos of leaders digging holes with shovels, voluntary tree-planting activities participated by citizens, plant recognition initiated by various institutions, and the rise of online tree-planting in recent years... 2010 to 2020 In recent years, my country is the country with the largest net increase in forest area in the world, and the benefits of planting trees seem to be self-evident.

This article is the "Multi-species Care" series of Yushengzhi, taking the Indonesian rainforest and the life of the local Malinde people as examples, to discuss the contemporary goal of "planting trees and protecting forests" without human flesh and blood and ignoring the dynamic adaptability of the overall ecology. It fails to achieve the effect of environmental protection, and may even endanger the local ecology.” The local coconut trees are isolated in the protected area and “grow alone and die tragically”.

"Hong Kong" Zoological and Botanical Garden - Feather - By @TC's Choice

> Taken at Lugard Road at the Peak.

The "Hong Kong" Zoological and Botanical Gardens series is a collection of photos that the author has been continuously updating. He often collects "wild, cultivated, animals, and plants that you will always see and encounter around you". , the scope of which is the whole of Hong Kong".

Shooting a book "AMAZONIA" in six years - the guardian of the Amazon rainforest and the cultural customs of the indigenous people - by

@DevelopmentPhotogStory

Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado spent six years photographing the Amazon rainforest, documenting the forests, rivers, peaks and the people who live there, how they hunt, fish, dance, body painting, shamanism and other traditional rituals. "AMAZONIA" not only records the culture and customs of the aboriginal people, but also pays tribute to the guardians of this land.

Across 9 countries, the Amazon rainforest, once home to 5 million people, now has only 370,000 people from 188 tribes who speak more than 150 different languages. Photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who grew up in the Brazilian countryside, used his own lens to record the life and culture of the aborigines of 12 primitive tribes. There are countless ways for people to get along with the woods, and we should always maintain respect, whether it is the guardian of the land, or the land itself.

The First Tree/359° Poems - By @mountos

Soon the sea of ​​flowers became a maple forest / And you are the first yellowed tree in this sea of ​​flowers / There is only the first flower in his eyes

In the world of trees, the rhythm of poetry is never missing. In the author's introduction, "the free man who travels between light and shadow and poetry" is also easy to think of the mottled tree shadows in the forest - it is really suitable for reading poetry on a spring afternoon.

"Tree": Serrini Wandering in Pop Culture and Poetry —— By@two mosquitoes

After experiencing prosperous times, wars, and famines, shaking the earth, and getting lost in the universe, love is still like a tree that cannot suppress its natural growth, still standing here to witness.

In the song "Tree" by Hong Kong singer Serrini (also known as Shu Nini), there is no tree in the lyrics and no tree in the MV, but the tree is the biggest symbol of the whole song. @ 2mosquito thinks this song is Serrini's portrayal of his own mood and emotion, and the tree is a life role and symbol that is easily overlooked and irrepressible, isn't it a daily experience that each of us experiences?

【Alpine Banyan】｜San Po Kong Tree Writing—— By @Wild Ke

In fact, she doesn't like being served, and her self-esteem is very strong. She feels that she is an evergreen tree that is about to wither. It is old and young, but it is about to die. I can imagine the weight of life on her.

This article is included in "The Heart of the Tree, San Po Kong" edited by the Hong Kong Museum of Literature. It is about the writing of trees in San Po Kong. Trees, especially banyan trees, are particularly easy to become the central pillar of Chinese writing, but it is not easy to make them present without being conventional and genuine. Citizens who are interested in short stories are welcome to read and exchange.

You see we have footage, ethnography and melodies, but also licenses, modern poetry and history. So what are the trees?

Dynamic, multi-point, intertwined and intertwined, these are adjectives that have emerged in modern times but have been familiar to every student in the academic circles of humanities and social sciences, as if trees have known it for a long time.

Trees have everything, and we who have everything.

 Note 1: Huang Yinggui, Into the Deep Forest: Anthropological Observations, Theory and Practice (Second Edition) (2021), Taipei: Sanmin Publishing House.
Note 2: Allan G. Johnson, The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise (2001), Cheng Lingfang, Lin Heling, Wu Jialing Translated, Taipei: Qunxue Publishing House.