> Case-in-point, most of the developed world has experienced net reforestation in recent decades. Kind of, and only if you care about quantity as a leading met

> Case-in-point, most of the developed world has experienced net reforestation in recent decades. Kind of, and only if you care about quantity as a leading metric. As a woodworker and someone interested in silviculture, I do not; the tree balance has often shifted radically and for example much of the United States's reforestation is fast-growing but fairly homogeneous conifers. American hardwoods are ever more limited. At the same time, the demand for exotics largely by rich markets (think non-plantation teak, mahogany and substitutes, etc.) has caused CITES warnings and bans to circle the world, pointing to poorer countries in various stages of exploitation. Rich societies also get to outsource their nature damage, and are not expected to account for those externalities.