I thought this might be interesting to those who have been hearing that once cut the Amazon will not grow back when cut and is going to become a desert. These photos show the change in two years after moving into our house. The largest trees are "Ficus" the same as you see in the corner of most offices in the States in a flower pot . We started these by sticking one foot tall broken off branches in the ground. The big white wall that you cannot see from this angle any more in completly covered by some flowering vine that looks like the lavender morning glory. In the early morning the wall is lavender. We planted the vines from wild seed to cover the wall as we could not keep paint on it.