Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 http://www.forestcouncil.org/tims_picks/view.php?id=619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > http://www.forestcouncil.org/tims_picks/view.php?id=619 Due to Digital revolution, demand for paper has decreased much. Hence, lumber companies unable to realize profits are selling lumber yards. Several forresters have also lost jobs due to this. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 and here you go... http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=3586-----Original Message----- rvijay07 Dec 2, 2004 12:56 PM Re: war against the trees , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote:> http://www.forestcouncil.org/tims_picks/view.php?id=619Due to Digital revolution, demand for paper has decreased much. Hence, lumber companies unable to realize profits are selling lumber yards. Several forresters have also lost jobs due to this.VijayTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > Here is the entire thread where I learned about Surplus forrests/trees. You can read as guest at the site below but need to register/login to post/reply: http://forums.about.com/ab-frugalliving/messages?msg=20397.1 The title of this thread is: Mechanical Lead Pencils. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > Sure I can give a synopsis. This thread started with me raising concerns about mechanical Pencils being more environmentally friendly as they save on wood. Here is a response in this regard: There is such a surplus of trees being grown in many places where there is no longer a market (due to substitute products)that proper care and management is no longer being done. This is evident by the amount of timberland in the South and Eastern US being sold by the large lumber companies. Much of these lands were plantations designed for early pulp and ultimately sawlog production. Now they are being left unmanaged. Pulp can be more cheaply produced by tropical eucalypt plantations and recycled fibres. So you are not really saving a tree, it is just a tree that isn't being utilized and will probably die due to insect or disease with no economic benefit. There is more timberland in the US today that there was at the turn of the century due to the reversion of marginal farmland back to timberland. Peter Rennie, RPF Consulting Forester and Arborist Four Seasons Tree Service About.com Forestry Forum Host mcurtisrennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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