A: key points-
-Logging continues on a large scale from the high price for tropical wood causing major deforestation
-Forest management suggests a limit on cutting trees as well as replanting new ones which benefits producers.
-Sustainable forest management was first introduced in 1980s
-Research has shown that natural disturbances have created pockets where Mahogany Seedlings.
-Many trees cannot grow under the shady canopy of the forest which means human intervention is necessary sometimes.
-This human intervention however could threaten the biodiversity of the forest
-Less than 1/8 of 1% of production forests is sustainable
-Logging companies are left with the choice of cutting the trees immediately and banking their profits or allowing trees to grow.
-Delaying harvest causes the price of mahogany harvest to increase
-Delaying harvest has the risk of disaster such as fire which pushes logging companies to harvest early
-In the Chimanes region, unrestricted logging shows to be 2-5% more profitable. This makes the rational economic approach to harvest all available mahogany.
-The incentives to log all at once are especially common in countries that lack enforcement
-A more sustainable approach could do double the damage caused from logging
-Due to high risks, many companies are reluctant to investing in long term logging
-Many people are willing to buy certifiably green or “green-labeling” lumber products that promote sustainable logging.
-Consumers have been shown willing to pay up to 10% more for sustainable lumber
-Most likely at the moment and near future, sustainable forest logging is unlikely to become widespread
-Road development and colonization pose a greater threat than unsustainable logging
B: Summary
Destruction of tropical rain forest is a constant source of distress. Deforestation in the tropics continues relentlessly and on a threatening rate. Regulation of timber production is a compromise between sustainability and excess exploitation. Sustainable management requires both restraint in logging trees and investment in replacing them, this can be a logical reasoning. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them. Uncontrolled logging would inevitably decimate the older stands, where nearly all trees would be of a market- able size. Sustaining the production of mahogany could disturb forests that it may compromise the objectives. Less than one eighth of 1 percent of the world’s tropical production forests were operating on a sustained-tiled basis as of the late 1980s. Environmentalists also need to remember that many threats to tropical forests would continue even if sustain- able management were to become widely adopted.
C: Reflection
Humans do not realize that their short-sightedness will destroy the very economy that they are so desperate to keep. If we exhaust the natural resources, there would be a big impact in the environment and ultimately to our survival as a species. It was unbelievable, that people are choosing an unsustainable ways of logging due to their greed and need for money. Humans are just doing this for the money. It is frustrating; it seems that materialism is more important to our species than the future of the whole planet. Relentlessly cutting down the trees that have not only absorbed the excess CO2 that we produce, but also provide us with food, shelter, and clothing will eventually be the reason for our downfall.
-Logging continues on a large scale from the high price for tropical wood causing major deforestation
-Forest management suggests a limit on cutting trees as well as replanting new ones which benefits producers.
-Sustainable forest management was first introduced in 1980s
-Research has shown that natural disturbances have created pockets where Mahogany Seedlings.
-Many trees cannot grow under the shady canopy of the forest which means human intervention is necessary sometimes.
-This human intervention however could threaten the biodiversity of the forest
-Less than 1/8 of 1% of production forests is sustainable
-Logging companies are left with the choice of cutting the trees immediately and banking their profits or allowing trees to grow.
-Delaying harvest causes the price of mahogany harvest to increase
-Delaying harvest has the risk of disaster such as fire which pushes logging companies to harvest early
-In the Chimanes region, unrestricted logging shows to be 2-5% more profitable. This makes the rational economic approach to harvest all available mahogany.
-The incentives to log all at once are especially common in countries that lack enforcement
-A more sustainable approach could do double the damage caused from logging
-Due to high risks, many companies are reluctant to investing in long term logging
-Many people are willing to buy certifiably green or “green-labeling” lumber products that promote sustainable logging.
-Consumers have been shown willing to pay up to 10% more for sustainable lumber
-Most likely at the moment and near future, sustainable forest logging is unlikely to become widespread
-Road development and colonization pose a greater threat than unsustainable logging
B: Summary
Destruction of tropical rain forest is a constant source of distress. Deforestation in the tropics continues relentlessly and on a threatening rate. Regulation of timber production is a compromise between sustainability and excess exploitation. Sustainable management requires both restraint in logging trees and investment in replacing them, this can be a logical reasoning. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them. Uncontrolled logging would inevitably decimate the older stands, where nearly all trees would be of a market- able size. Sustaining the production of mahogany could disturb forests that it may compromise the objectives. Less than one eighth of 1 percent of the world’s tropical production forests were operating on a sustained-tiled basis as of the late 1980s. Environmentalists also need to remember that many threats to tropical forests would continue even if sustain- able management were to become widely adopted.
C: Reflection
Humans do not realize that their short-sightedness will destroy the very economy that they are so desperate to keep. If we exhaust the natural resources, there would be a big impact in the environment and ultimately to our survival as a species. It was unbelievable, that people are choosing an unsustainable ways of logging due to their greed and need for money. Humans are just doing this for the money. It is frustrating; it seems that materialism is more important to our species than the future of the whole planet. Relentlessly cutting down the trees that have not only absorbed the excess CO2 that we produce, but also provide us with food, shelter, and clothing will eventually be the reason for our downfall.