Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ...
by agumonkey on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:07PM
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I wish someone knowledgeable about forestry could explain why replanting is not done. What are the costs and subtleties, beside political friction I mean. Or maybe it's only political.
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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ...
by non-prophet on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:31PM
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Replanting is only done when economically viable and future "land use" is for regeneration of the harvested species. This is done is Pacific Northwest of the US for Douglas Fir. Replanting isn't used in US Northern Hardwood production as the stands are cut to retain trees that reproduce and in another 15-30 year period another variable retention harvest is performed [1]. Modern forestry leverages ecological theory such as disturbance regimes to mimic changes and diversify the timber stands for risk management and ecological factors [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_retention
[2] https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/lt...
Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ...
by bpodgursky on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:38PM
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A lot of the cleared land is used for cattle grazing.