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You can have wood without cutting down the Amazon. Besides, I'm not sure if any of the wood I use comes from the Amazon and I think soybeans (and other crops/li
by Broken_Hippo 6y ago
You can have wood without cutting down the Amazon. Besides, I'm not sure if any of the wood I use comes from the Amazon and I think soybeans (and other crops/livestock), lax laws, and lack of enforcement is a much bigger threat to such areas.
Responsible wood farming is quite possible, and it can be forced by strong regulation with the ability to enforce some rules and stop imports of things not meeting rules.
- marvindanig 6y ago> …I'm not sure if any of the wood I use comes from the Amazon. Wood comes from a place where a forest (like Amazon) once stood. > …can be forced by strong regulation with the ability to enforce some rules and stop imports of things not meeting. I doubt that any of the above is possible. Businesses can always weasel their way out and do what they need to do to make money.
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoForestry competes with soy and beef for Amazon land use. Prohibitions of forestry lead to clearing the land for cattle. CITES has been effective at sustaining forests through maintaining their economic value while reducing production to sustainable levels. Shannon Rogers podcast on the lumber industry has several episodes dedicated to this if you want to learn more.