it's a silver bullet. It would be be a good way to put an end to that shirtless teenage werewolf from Twilight who my wife is always ogling.

Um yeah.. it's not a plant, and it's not a coral either!
It's a sea cucumber(an Echinoderm), probably in the order Dendrochirotida.

Freddy had always been ashamed of his older brother, Ed.
Ed always wore his shorts way too high.

Carbon sequestration is a good thing, and secondary forests are valuable, but to shift the focus away from primary forest is stupid.
There are many measures of diversity, and while secondary forests may have a large number of species, many species, and certain habitats just don't do well in them.
This story does not represent a consensus even within the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Joe Wright has some good and interesting data, but many other scientists object to the way this data is being interpreted to affect policy decisions.