A Living Luxury Resort
I've read that only 21% of the original "old-growth" forests still exist on Earth. I also heard that to build a navy Queen Elizabeth I had to get timber from Europe to build ships because the Romans cut all the "old-growth" forests down in Britain. An "old-growth" forest in wet areas is considered to be at least 250 years old. That made me wonder how many people alive have walked through a forest full of "old-growth" trees? Not many I would think. Probably because there aren't many around. One day I'd like to see a luxury resort corporation, in conjunction with a progressive government, build a "living luxury resort". This requires a large chunk of land which can be designed from the ground up to provide irrigation, the introduction of the correct trees, and supporting fauna and flora. The luxury resort facilities are designed to blend into the forest. As the forest grows and the trees grow taller, the resort spreads up in...