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Cutting trees, building something more or less permanent with the wood, and planting new trees seems to be the most useful. Most timber used for dimensional lum
by ams6110 8y ago
Cutting trees, building something more or less permanent with the wood, and planting new trees seems to be the most useful. Most timber used for dimensional lumber comes from managed forests that are continually re-planted as they are cut, not old-growth clear-cutting.
- empthought 8y agoOld, large trees are more effective at capturing carbon than young trees. Source: http://science.time.com/2014/01/15/study-shows-older-trees-absorb-more-carbon/ http://science.time.com/2014/01/15/study-shows-older-trees-a... While good timber land management practices avoid the further loss of existing old trees, they do nothing to foster the growth of more.