Sawmills I knew about rotated areas they’d cut from and did tree planting in the summers in the areas logged to be sustainable. Of course in Canada there’s not much shortage of trees to cut down anyways but I thought that was the usual way in US and Canada. I don’t mean we should be cutting down 1/20th (I’m not sure how many years the rotations were offhand) of the trees each year or anything though.
It’s not about reducing the number of trees. While the tree is alive, it’s sequestering carbon. Once the tree is processed, it’s just a matter of a hundred years or so before most of that carbon is back in the system.
Paper is a CO2 sink so good for the environment.
It’s a short term one, though. Better to not cut down trees unnecessarily.
Not to mention the energy-intensive processes to cut down, transport, and process the trees into paper or paper products like TP.
Sawmills I knew about rotated areas they’d cut from and did tree planting in the summers in the areas logged to be sustainable. Of course in Canada there’s not much shortage of trees to cut down anyways but I thought that was the usual way in US and Canada. I don’t mean we should be cutting down 1/20th (I’m not sure how many years the rotations were offhand) of the trees each year or anything though.
It’s not about reducing the number of trees. While the tree is alive, it’s sequestering carbon. Once the tree is processed, it’s just a matter of a hundred years or so before most of that carbon is back in the system.