Gary Fowler
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So the Chinese are cutting old growth trees that took 7-800 years to grow in tibet?
Great, we practice sustainable forestry here and we get slammed for the destruction of the world. Some of the fastest loss of forest in the world is happening in Tibet right now and it's done as you saw. Plus the ground is being lost from erosion too. Double whammy.
I dont think it is right for a greedy westerner to slam those who still have a tree to cut for their livelyhood. We have taken what we needed for several hundred years but now we expect other countries to leave their natural resources because we need the trees to absorb the carbon from our mills and our millions of cars and all of our other extravagant needs. I am one of those greedy people who like my warm home and my cars, truck and tractor, but I cant in good conscious complain about someone cutting down a tree to build a house with.
Sure I believe we need to do SOME greeening but we cant expect the 3rd World countries to stop living so we can continue or extravagant lifestyles. So it is old growth, what happened to the old growth in the USA, most of it is gone and replaced with harvestable pines and we do sustainable growth forest mostly performed by the paper and lumber companies because it is a profitable industry. Cutting timber to build a personal house is not the same as the slash and burn stripper down in South America who clear cut 1000 year old forest for export. Who do they sell it to, the well developed countries who grip about clear cutting, but continue to want Brazilian Cherry flooring in their houses and mahogany tables and chairs. As long as there is a market, the slash and burn will continue to be an issue.