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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
The kids were wondering how many trees are cut down each year on earth.
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
~ rob ~ wrote:
The kids were wondering how many trees are cut down each year on earth. Out of the mouths of babes.... You gotta love kids. I don't think you'll get an answer to this question that has any factual backing. No one -in my part of the world- performs a stem count after harvesting. You could use the cruise report to get an estimate of the number of trees - but a cruise wouldn't tally the small (real small) trees so they'd be missed in the count. In most part of the world, the trees are just cut and burned to make way for farmland so they're never counted. I read once that an estimated 100 trees were cut done every minute in the world's rain forests. Again, just a guess. I don't know. Now that's a fact! Joe |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
Now this is an impossible question to answer with any detail of precision
which I absolutely know to be true, because I cut down trees on my own property and do not know exactly how many it was!!! Direct your question to the U.N. (not joking as much as you might think)...H. Gyde Lund might have an estimation for you, as I believe he is the expert on matters of such HUGE undertakings! His website is he http://home.att.net/~gklund/ Warm regards, Geoff Kegerreis Timberline Forestry Consulting LLC ~ rob ~ wrote: The kids were wondering how many trees are cut down each year on earth. |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
" ~ rob ~" wrote in message . ca...
The kids were wondering how many trees are cut down each year on earth. Another important question is: How many trees were considered to be cut and weren't? The public never considers THAT question. Forest Service Chief Bosworth is wanting to focus on what will still be left out there instead of what is being cut for forest health. The larger trees that will need to be cut to offset the costs of "treating" the small tree understory. Those larger trees should also be the worst of their size class, leaving the superior trees to be bigger and healthier in the future. In some parts of the world, the wood to cook their meals is more precious than the food they eat. Many third world countries have very little forestlands anymore, having been cut for fuel years ago. Other countries cut their own timber to sell to the US, fueling our voracious need for wood products and our selfish penchant for NIMBYism. Can Russian timber and their introduced insects be waiting to invade America next? Educate your children about their National Forests and get involved with what is being taught in school by teachers with slanted views. The Forest Service needs to "teach" the teachers. My old Ranger District used to have a day for teachers to go out into the woods on a field trip and can ask any questions they want of real USFS Foresters. Oops....sorry....I sorta got off on a tangent G Larry |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
Larry Harrell wrote: " ~ rob ~" wrote in message . ca... The kids were wondering how many trees are cut down each year on earth. Another important question is: How many trees were considered to be cut and weren't? The public never considers THAT question. Forest Service Chief Bosworth is wanting to focus on what will still be left out there instead of what is being cut for forest health. The larger trees that will need to be cut to offset the costs of "treating" the small tree understory. Those larger trees should also be the worst of their size class, leaving the superior trees to be bigger and healthier in the future. VERY WELL SAID!!!! GK In some parts of the world, the wood to cook their meals is more precious than the food they eat. Many third world countries have very little forestlands anymore, having been cut for fuel years ago. Other countries cut their own timber to sell to the US, fueling our voracious need for wood products and our selfish penchant for NIMBYism. Can Russian timber and their introduced insects be waiting to invade America next? Educate your children about their National Forests and get involved with what is being taught in school by teachers with slanted views. The Forest Service needs to "teach" the teachers. My old Ranger District used to have a day for teachers to go out into the woods on a field trip and can ask any questions they want of real USFS Foresters. Larry, what is a "fake" USFS forester? A paper pusher? Just curious. :-) Geoff Kegerreis Oops....sorry....I sorta got off on a tangent G Larry |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
Oops....sorry....I sorta got off on a tangent G Larry Gee, Larry. Did you just join the SAF? { This question came up a few years ago and there was actually some fairly solid information. Gyde Lund is a keyword to use in addition to forest cover loss. The UN keeps track of world forest cover (not exactly the same question). Do a Google! |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
According to FAO Stat website there were 3,380,456,910 cubic metres of
timber produced in the world in 2002. Assume with a wild stab in the dark that this only picks up say75% of trees actually felled, that give you 4,507,275,880 Then make a guess at average tree size, probably quite small so say 0.5 cubic metres per tree gives you twice the last number for number of trees. So that is 9,014,551,760 - you might consider adding a bit for all the little trees that get felled along with the timber tress but some of them would die anyway for lack of light, eaten by animals or insects etc. Answer therefor about 10 billion trees felled in 2002. Of course some of these would be replanted or regenerated so that does not mean necessarily loss of forest area. You also have to remember that trees are dying all the time in a natural forest system and I don't know how to estimate that number. New trees also born all the time, probably many more than are cut down. So don't worry the kids too much with the big numbers! regards Bill MacDonald "mike hagen" wrote in message ... Oops....sorry....I sorta got off on a tangent G Larry Gee, Larry. Did you just join the SAF? { This question came up a few years ago and there was actually some fairly solid information. Gyde Lund is a keyword to use in addition to forest cover loss. The UN keeps track of world forest cover (not exactly the same question). Do a Google! |
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Children's question, how many trees cut down annually?
According to FAO Stat website there were 3,380,456,910 cubic metres of
timber produced in the world in 2002. Assume with a wild stab in the dark that this only picks up say75% of trees actually felled, that give you 4,507,275,880 Then make a guess at average tree size, probably quite small so say 0.5 cubic metres per tree gives you twice the last number for number of trees. So that is 9,014,551,760 - you might consider adding a bit for all the little trees that get felled along with the timber tress but some of them would die anyway for lack of light, eaten by animals or insects etc. Answer therefor about 10 billion trees felled in 2002. Of course some of these would be replanted or regenerated so that does not mean necessarily loss of forest area. You also have to remember that trees are dying all the time in a natural forest system and I don't know how to estimate that number. New trees also born all the time, probably many more than are cut down. So don't worry the kids too much with the big numbers! regards Bill MacDonald "mike hagen" wrote in message ... Oops....sorry....I sorta got off on a tangent G Larry Gee, Larry. Did you just join the SAF? { This question came up a few years ago and there was actually some fairly solid information. Gyde Lund is a keyword to use in addition to forest cover loss. The UN keeps track of world forest cover (not exactly the same question). Do a Google! |
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