The Rainforest Lunchbox is rather simple, yet a
favorable solution to one of human kind’s
largest problems.
(1). The plant incubators will be placed on the
inhabitable plains where the rainforest has been
devoured, and the forest will begin the
regrowing process.
The BioBalance team has made a truly functional
design that creates an affordable approach to
make the planted trees to survive. The main
functions of the Rainforest Lunchbox are
simulating the rainforest biomass and humidity,
to provide the plant with nutrients and making
the soil habitable. These functions create a
domino effect of positive attributes that makes
the area once again habitable. Below you can
find a slideshow where you can read about the
different functions of the design.
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The plant
The plants will be grown inside a greenhouse until they are
ready to be planted outside in the Rainforest Lunchbox. To
simulate the biodiversity of the rainforest they will be planted
as a polyculture, which means we will use a multitude of
different species, to trigger symbiosis and resistance to plant
diseases.
Curved surface
Curved surface to ensure rainwater and felt leaves to get inside
the Rainforest Lunchbox. The curves inside the incubator will
make the evaporated water to condense and drip back to the soil,
keeping the Lunchbox moist, to simulate the climate inside the
rainforest.
Drenation pit
The drenation pit will remove the overflowing water during
intense rainfall, in order to save the plants from drowning.
Biodegradable plastic
The material made of biodegradable plastic will rot and
decompose and turn into biomass that the tree and other rganisms
will consume. This results in nutritious soil and space for the
trunk and the roots to grow freely.
Nutritious soil
The soil is adapted to each plant, containing all the nutrients
the plants need, like nitrogen, phosphorus, and calcium.
Restoring the ecosystem through rainforest
restoration.
The human made deforestation processes are commonly
dividing the forest into fragments. This phenomenon is
known as fragmentation.
(2). Fragmenting forests will lead to a heavy unbalance in
the ecosystem of each fragment, as the animal
territories get limited. This is the main reason why the
extinction rate of the species of the rainforest has
increased 1000 times of what is natural.
Planting large fields of deforested grounds is simply
not feasible, as projects like this will without doubt
cost a fortune. Yet there is a strategy which is far
better for the forests. This particular strategy is
called wildlife corridoring, and its purpose is
balancing the ecosystem of fragmented forests.
Restoring wildlife with corridors.
Planting trees between the fragments will make it
possible for animals to migrate between the different
parts of the jungle, and maintain a natural size of
their territories. As the well tuned ecosystem relies on
every single organism in its biodiversity, to survive,
making wildlife corridors is the best procedure for
humans to keep the rainforests healthy. This is the
purpose of BioBalance. By creating these corridors,
BioBalance may actually save species from extinction!
Below you can see a picture of a newly implemented
wildlife corridor made by BioBalance.
Do you want to learn more about wildlife corridors? watch the
video below. The video is created by Nature Conservation
Foundation
