GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maximum Sustainable Yield, Pulpwood, Secondary Forest
5 Dec 2016
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Boreal: sub-arctic cold, dry climates with short growing seasons; conifers predominate. Temperate: mid-latitudes, seasonal climate; deciduous with mix of conifers. Most original temperate forest lost to agriculture and settlement. Tropical low/equatorial latitude, warm, wet climate; broadleaf trees that remain green; promote rich biodiversity. Deforested at increasing rates for new agricultural and grazing lands, fuel wood: deforestation here is increasing at a faster rate than the other 2 due to increased need for agricultural land and productivity. 402 million hectares of forested and other wooded land = 25% of the world"s natural forest. Canada has the highest amount of forested land per capita in the world. Accounted for 15/9% of the world trade in forestry in 2006. Forestry in canada supports at least 300 rural communities. Important part of system of flora and fauna. Plantation crops (bananas, x-mas trees, palm oil) Products for subsistence, barter, and household trade.
