Posted: Apr 10, 2013 7:08 am
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There was a study in Ontario of the wealth that could be created if we actually took a long term crop view and planted valuable hardwoods such as black walnut.
One guy did .....for his grandkids....something like 80 trees which he then simply pruned a bit to ensure straight growth.
The value at the time of the article ( some 50 years after planting ) was near $800,000. Canada is wasteful of it's land and forest resources. Some parts of Europe are not.
http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fps/Actions/FP0703
http://www.ecotippingpoints.org/our-sto ... lture.html
Humanity is not doing a great job of managing the wealth.
Careless strip mining of forests is one aspect.
Instead careful management can be sustainable....new techniques allow taking out select valuable trees by helicopter without damaging the general eco system.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/logging-nat ... sts/page-7
We might smarten up before it's all gone...
There was a study in Ontario of the wealth that could be created if we actually took a long term crop view and planted valuable hardwoods such as black walnut.
One guy did .....for his grandkids....something like 80 trees which he then simply pruned a bit to ensure straight growth.
The value at the time of the article ( some 50 years after planting ) was near $800,000. Canada is wasteful of it's land and forest resources. Some parts of Europe are not.
http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fps/Actions/FP0703
Japan - How Japan Saved its Forests: The Birth of Silviculture and Community Forest Management
Author: Gerry Marten
This story is excerpted from Environmental Tipping Points: A New Paradigm for Restoring Ecological Security, Journal of Policy Studies (Japan), No.20 (July 2005), pages 75-87.
Three hundred years ago Japan was on a course of rapacious deforestation that was turning the nation's landscape into a wasteland. Community management of village forests was a tipping point that launched a new era of professional silviculture which spread from village to village, restoring Japan's forests. It saved the nation from ecological disaster.
http://www.ecotippingpoints.org/our-sto ... lture.html
Humanity is not doing a great job of managing the wealth.
Careless strip mining of forests is one aspect.
Instead careful management can be sustainable....new techniques allow taking out select valuable trees by helicopter without damaging the general eco system.
tory: Logging native forests
Page 7 – Sustainable forest management
Stopping timber production from publicly owned forests put more pressure on privately owned forests, including those on Māori land. In 1993 the Forests Act 1949 was amended to stop unsustainable logging of native forest. Since then, a policy called sustainable management has been applied to privately owned native forests. Only single trees or small groups can be felled. However, not everyone cooperates and problems arise when owners decide to clearfell trees on their land.
New logging techniques
Since the early 1980s, new logging techniques have been used to support sustainable management. Helicopters remove single trees, avoiding damage to the surrounding forest. Patch or ‘coupe’ clearfelling respects the natural mosaic growth pattern of rimu forest by taking out small patches of mature trees. Small bush mills using chainsaws are set up in the forest. These process single trees, and salvage tree stumps and crowns left behind by early logging operations. Timber is taken out of the forest by motorbikes with trailers, without harming other trees.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/logging-nat ... sts/page-7
We might smarten up before it's all gone...