• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    We have more trees, yes, but we have fewer forests.

    Forests are where the biodiversity is. Not monoculture straight-row tree farms.

    And we’ve gotten rid of a lot of old growth forests before we came into renewable forestry. That’s partly why lumber these days isn’t as good (quality, in general) as it was 50 or 100 years ago.

    And we’re still tearing down old forests. This time, it’s to grow soy to feed to cows.