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how degraded the forest is and how just a little fertilizer will make a major impact on fertility & on the rapidity of regrowth.

Later he goes on about the role of woodpeckers & dead tree trunks in the ecosystem for harboring insects & therefore providing food &/or shelter to parrots, [[underlined]] Cotinga [[/underlined]], parakeets, et al.

He is preparing a paper for the Brazilian A.A.S. (like the AAAS) about the Atlantic Rain Forest - stresses how [[strikethrough]] much [[/strikethrough]] he wants to contribute something new.

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The luncheon was organized by Dietz to bring Coimbra & CPRJ to Pd.'A. to see progress.

Dietz ordered a pig from the squatter Aristedes which was received last night - somewhat trussed. [Pig left next door overnight]. The pig is cooked over a BBQ but is specially spiced with peppers (by Titinha).

And it is superb!

The luncheon includes Jim, [[strikethrough]] Ben [[/strikethrough]] B & B,  Carlos Laurenz, & Rosa Claudio Valladares, Pissinatti, Roberto de Silva, the new CPRJ Librarian & Coimbra.

Lou Ann only around at beginning since she has an interview with the mayor of Silva Jardim.