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Each tree represents something that brings meaning to your life.
All of the trees together represent your life.
Larger trees have greater importance.
Smaller trees are less important or new.
About this forest:
About this forest:
- This forest has the challenges of a "full" forest without being "full"
- Establishing new trees is difficult
- Existing trees are stressed, growth is restricted
- Recovery from disturbance may be slow due to slow growing conditions.
- Missing tree(s) may have been lost to a past disturbance, or capacity expanded faster than new trees could establish
- In other forests, gaps tend to fill quickly by growth of new or surrounding trees - but this forest tends to have conditions that deter establishment of new trees - thus this forest may remain un-full for an extended time.
- Maintaining this forest may be intensive
- If your forest feels suppressed - consider reaching out to a trained professional and connecting with the sub-community discussions below.
Differences from RESERVED forests:
- Both have a few large trees with room for growth
- Here, most existing trees have restricted growth
- Here, establishment of new trees is restricted due to challenging conditions
Community Insight
Community Insight
[Gathering community insights from the quiz and forum]
Pop Examples of Suppression:
- "Being broke made me rich" -rapper Lecrae
- Main message in the movie "Inside Out" by Pixar
- JK Rowling - previously struggling author used her suppressed stage and multiple rejection letters to take a revolutionary trajectory by writing then publishing the Harry Potter series
Life is a journey.
Life is a journey.
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Re-engineering an ecosystem is difficult and thus maintaining this forest type is most common
Re-engineering an ecosystem is difficult and thus maintaining this forest type is most common
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Changing conditions may allow for these future trajectories:
Changing conditions may allow for these future trajectories:
Resistance - Revolution - Decline
Resistance - Revolution - Decline
Resistant
Resistant
- Here the forest adapts to slow chronic stressors. Existing trees grow resulting in a few non-suppressed important trees.
Revolutionary
Revolutionary
Despite having challenging conditions similar to a full forest, a revolutionary trajectory can be achieved by planting seeds of new trees. New trees may be able to re-engineer the ecosystem and reduce underlying causes of suppression. Successful establishment of new trees and growth of existing trees could result in a robust Old Growth forest.
Declining
Declining
- Worsening suppression conditions or recurring disturbance can lead to a forest in decline.
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