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Wish the title had "Rainforest" because the current title makes it seem like Polesia is a european competitor to Bezo's Amazon that is struggling to survive. A
by dntbnmpls 7y ago
Wish the title had "Rainforest" because the current title makes it seem like Polesia is a european competitor to Bezo's Amazon that is struggling to survive.
Also, isn't calling Polesia, Europe's Amazon as silly as calling Thames, England's Nile? The amazon rainforest is almost the size of europe itself.
- mongol 7y agoIt is used to evoke an understanding of how "wild" it is. It is probably not that accurate but I don't think it is silly, it made me curious and after reading the article I learned something new.
- zoomablemind 7y agoTook me a while to make sense out of the title. It's a confusing analogy, Amazon is river, Paliessie is mostly forests, bogs, with a number of rivers. I understand the biodiversity context, but even changing the title to spell Amazonas (it's a salad of meanings anyways) would make it less ambiguous, perhaps more exotic.