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Most timber today isn't harvested in natural forest, they are effectively tree farms, they have a 10 to 20 year growth cycle and since all the trees planted are harvestable, they basically clear cut the land, burn it, off cycle growth as needed, and do it again.

In those instances, there is no ecological consideration as the whole area basically gets wiped out.

parent Meph504 6 years ago

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