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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (5940)	2/28/2006 4:49:46 PM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

I guess they should let the lumber go to waste and get the lumber from a healthy forest instead.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (5940)	2/28/2006 9:06:02 PM
From: D_I_R_T	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

Chris, I would not doubt that the basis of this report is accurate and have always thought that logging of burned off forests will change how that forest regenerates itself. That does not mean we should not utilize at least some of this timber. Again, I see this as two opposing groups who are not willing to consider all impacts of logging, whether it is on public or private lands, North American or other forests. This is a huge issue. We have seen recent reports of accelerating logging in places like the Amazon Basin or the effects of illegal logging in places like Leyte in the Philippines. Regarding the landslide in Leyte, the only reason we heard about this slide is that there was massive loss of life. Slides like this happen frequently in the Philippines but we never hear of them because usually they do not kill hundreds or thousands. Illegal logging in the Philippines has taken much of the original forests that were there. The forests there do not regenerate themselves quickly and as a result the impacts can be devastating. This is true for most forests throughout the world. Jerry Franklin, who is quoted in the article you posted, has said that logging on public lands should not be abandon also. He is a highly knowledgeable forester and if more of his views were heeded I think we could get past much of the sensationalism that logging generates. There is much to be learned and logging on public lands should be a model of environmentally sustainable logging. The demand for timber continues to rise. So I would rather see us utilizing our own resources rather than rely on others whose practices most likely are not as environmentally sound as ours and we have no control over. We should be demonstrating that this is how you can utilize this resource. Other then the Nature Conservancy, most environmental groups either advocate no logging on public lands (Greenpeace) or advocate for insignificant levels that will not allow us to have the kind of positive influence we should have.