This is an excellent article from the co-founder of Greenpeace Patrick Moore.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=67623834-a1af-42e4-91cb-28492a462651
To summarize, he says the anti-forestry rhetoric like Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest climate-change rant, The 11th Hour is harming the environment.
Moore gives a convincing argument why cutting old trees and replacing them with young trees removes a lot more carbon from the atmosphere. He also argues that it’s even more important to remove those that are dying or are already dead because it reduces forest fires which put out massive amounts of carbon. On the other hand a piece of furniture from hundreds of years ago hasn’t released any carbon.
Here’s a quote:
“To address climate change, we must use more wood, not less. Using wood sends a signal to the marketplace to grow more trees and to produce more wood. That means we can then use less concrete, steel and plastic — heavy carbon emitters through their production. Trees are the only abundant, biodegradable and renewable global resource.”
