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Logging Wipes Out World’s 3rd Largest Rain Forest
Made Popular Jun 15 2008
22 million tons of carbon will be released from Papua New Guinea’s forests this year as a result of logging – approximately the equivalent of the annual output of all carbon from the cars in Australia.
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As you are true to some extent, Graeme, that is somewhat false. Actually algae produce, if I remember correctly, 70% of the worlds oxygen. So without algae we’d all be screwed.
But when loggers log, they replant everything they take out. I believe legally they have to. I may be mistaken but, correct me if I am.
But when loggers log, they replant everything they take out. I believe legally they have to. I may be mistaken but, correct me if I am.
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Not quite, Taylor. Anti-logging legislations are not the norm everywhere. They really do not exist in places that need them most.
Also, even with legislations and mandates, enforcing the law is more challenging than enacting it. Legislation against lucrative businesses such as big-scale logging is vulnerable to graft and corruption. Bigger bucks to go around!
Lastly, even if they do sincerely and consciously replant, logging occurs at faster rate than reforestation. Loggers fell trees that are decades-old. So, it’s logical to assume that it would also take decades for a replanted tree to come up to its full use.
Also, even with legislations and mandates, enforcing the law is more challenging than enacting it. Legislation against lucrative businesses such as big-scale logging is vulnerable to graft and corruption. Bigger bucks to go around!
Lastly, even if they do sincerely and consciously replant, logging occurs at faster rate than reforestation. Loggers fell trees that are decades-old. So, it’s logical to assume that it would also take decades for a replanted tree to come up to its full use.
(Global Perspectives)
I understand what you mean, but there is always going to be a logging business. There have been for centuries. So I would, as an environmentalist, push for such laws because fighting these companies yourself isn’t going to work.
Thanks for correcting me, I forgot the rest of the world. I suppose so, but this is a policy everyone ought to adopt because I’d rather have a logging business that replants rather than doesn’t. End result is it helps everyone. Watch axemen, interesting show.
Thanks for correcting me, I forgot the rest of the world. I suppose so, but this is a policy everyone ought to adopt because I’d rather have a logging business that replants rather than doesn’t. End result is it helps everyone. Watch axemen, interesting show.
(Global Perspectives)
We are killing ourselves! It is so evident but yet no one understands! I don’t know there is any law regarding such logging. It should be there. And even if they replant the trees it’ll take decades to get back to the previous condition.
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That is so correct, Jitaditya. There are however, anti-logging legislations but they are not a worldwide mandate. And even if there are, big-time loggers with big financial backings and expensive lawyers can just skirt around the law.
True, a tree isn’t a tree till after a number of years. More so, a rain forest tree.
True, a tree isn’t a tree till after a number of years. More so, a rain forest tree.
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That’s right, Graeme. Lesser greenery to absorb all that CO2 being emitted at breakneck speed.
Also, the biggest rain forests of Congo, the Amazon, and of Papua New Guinea are, of course, the biggest locales of biodiversity. So, more and more, life on earth is being extinguished.
Sigh!
Also, the biggest rain forests of Congo, the Amazon, and of Papua New Guinea are, of course, the biggest locales of biodiversity. So, more and more, life on earth is being extinguished.
Sigh!
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This agrument has gone on for decades, and the US have managed to pass laws to prevent and somewhat settle the issue.
But I suppose I can see what you mean. What is the reason for replanting when we won’t be alive to wreak the benefits? It is sad such old trees are being cut down, but there is a demand for wood.
But I suppose I can see what you mean. What is the reason for replanting when we won’t be alive to wreak the benefits? It is sad such old trees are being cut down, but there is a demand for wood.
(Global Perspectives)
That’s right, Taylor. One’s gain is another’s loss. Wood is undeniably a necessity until such time that man has already discovered something to completely replace it.
But denuding a rain forest is something else. There are far worse consequences of this than just, say, cutting down trees on a certain mountain. Rain forests serve as bulwarks of life - biodiversity and all.
But denuding a rain forest is something else. There are far worse consequences of this than just, say, cutting down trees on a certain mountain. Rain forests serve as bulwarks of life - biodiversity and all.
(Global Perspectives)
Yup, a logging business that replants is better than one that doesn’t. Logging is an entire industry. And for most companies, I believe they have taken it upon themselves to replace what they cut. They should, otherwise, there’s nothing to cut again! :)
The problem lies when they denude forests faster than they replant. It takes many years for a tree to mature to full use.
Alas, there’s really no such thing as sustainable logging!
The problem lies when they denude forests faster than they replant. It takes many years for a tree to mature to full use.
Alas, there’s really no such thing as sustainable logging!
(Global Perspectives)
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Also, the biggest rain forests of Congo, the Amazon, and of Papua New Guinea are, of course, the biggest locales of biodiversity. So, more and more, life on earth is being extinguished.
Sigh!