WWS 350 Lecture 4: 2.14.19 Lecture 4
14 Feb 2019
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An ecological look at forestry and the challenges in managing forests for multiple values in the usa. Scale and framing when thinking about forest management. The diversity of life in all its forms and at all levels of organization. Not just the total number of species in a given area. 1 tree doesn"t do much for the environment (the aggregate good of trees makes a huge difference, but 1 tree makes a tiny difference. 1 tree will yield little environmental benefits to you. 1 tree will yield much more monetary benefits to you if you chop it. Money from selling timber, heat from burning wood, etc. Forests provide goods (timber) and services (carbon sequestration, water, aesthetics) They"re being altered by logging, fires, and other disturbances. They are both a private good and a common-pool resource. Global population will reach 10 billion soon. We hope people will eat more protein-rich diets, because we will otherwise need to double our agricultural harvesting.
