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The article says that deforestation peaked 30-40 years ago. "Global forest loss peaked in the 1980s – losing an area half the size of India. Since then, defore
by rexreed 5y ago
The article says that deforestation peaked 30-40 years ago.
"Global forest loss peaked in the 1980s – losing an area half the size of India. Since then, deforestation has slowed. In fact, many countries have now reversed the long-term trend and transitioned to a net gain of forests, reforestation."
So clearly something is working. A lot of the responses are assuming that deforestation rate of growth is continuing or even accelerating, especially the random remarks attributing deforestation to all sorts of things. The world is on a re-forestation trend, according to the article.
- titzer 5y agoGood news! That flesh-eating bacteria which has been ravaging your body has reached peak de-skinification! With any luck it will stop eating your skin any year now! In fact, on your elbows, back of the thighs, and clavicle area, there's actually a net gain of skin! By 2200, your body will mostly be covered with pink scar tissue!
- scrollaway 5y agoWhat’s the point of such a hostile, sarcastic and off base comment, man?
- charbonneau 5y agoThe point is to stop and think about what you're reading. Same goes for postwar economic booms.
- rexreed 5y agoOk,let's stop and think. The article is saying that the rate of deforestation stopped increasing in the 1980s, and since then we've made gains on reforestation as well as stopping the increase in deforestation rate. What exactly would you like the alternative to be? A re-increase in deforestation rates? A halt to reforestation? Yes, wishful thinking would be that it would be nice if we didn't have all that deforestation to begin with, but here we are, reversing that trend, and somehow there's an alternative that would be better than that? What alternative to reducing the rate of deforestation and increasing reforestation is there?
- charbonneau 5y agoNeither titzer nor me suggested there was an alternative.
- p_j_w 5y ago>The world is on a re-forestation trend, according to the article. Am I misreading something here (either your comment or the article)? My impression here is that total forested land is still decreasing, but the rate of decrease is not increasing.
- philwelch 5y agoThe first derivative is still negative but the second derivative is positive.