Word: jari
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past nine years, under a veil of semisecrecy, Ludwig has spent more than $200 million on his Amazon company, Jari Forest Products, and he plans to lay out another $300 million in the next two or three years. Jari, named for the muddy, winding Amazon tributary that runs through the Ludwig property, is engaged in transforming a vast stretch of virtually unpopulated jungle into a self-contained commercial kingdom. Already it has half a dozen airstrips serviced by Jari planes, hundreds of miles of roads well traveled by a fleet of more than 500 Jari cars and trucks...
...distinct types of soil, one unsuitable for Gmelina. Now about one-fourth of Ludwig's first tree forest is being planted in Caribbean pine, another fast-growing variety that can be harvested in 19 years as opposed to more than 50 years for American pine. Says one of Jari's American managers: "Mr. Ludwig doesn't want to waste time with research. He just wants to begin. Naturally we make mistakes, but we also get things done a lot faster...
Despite the mistakes?the list also includes some imported prefab houses that were devoured by Amazon bugs, and a supposedly super dredging machine that got hopelessly mired in Amazon mud?the progress at Jari is extraordinary. So far, about 185,000 acres, an area more than ten times the size of Manhattan Island, have been cleared and planted with Caribbean pine and Gmelina. Viewed from the air, the new forest looks as thick and lush as the sections of old native jungle left uncut along the riverbanks. A wild array of undergrowth, burnt away in the initial clearing, quickly grows...
Brown's sophomore trio of Bob Mars, Steve Menich and Jari Stromberg, the highest scoring freshman line in Brown's history last year, has provided most of the Bruins' scoring punch this season...