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FWIW, I don't think he's creating a monocrop forest -- he's planting a range of species that form an interdependent web.

This is also being done in locations that were forests a few hundred years ago before humans cut them down. The mature forest is a self-sustaining ecosystem, but it needs extra water for a few decades until it reaches that point. https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/01/12/hawaii-news/yisha...