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Originally Posted by Azure
My point was that there an adequate amount of trees being planted that can be harvested, and there is zero reason to touch old growth forests outside of managing the environment to keep it healthy.
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I understand it, but my point is that the trees being planted are not harvestable for timber. Good timber trees take a century to grow in Canada's climate. They are not a substitute for old-growth timber. Old-growth timber is a non-renewable resource
From 1999 to 2007 I planted a million of those seedlings. I also brushed, spaced, pruned and fertilized a bunch of them, and let me tell you, a ten-year old replanted tree is a sorry-ass Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Mortality is high as well. I don't know the numbers but a healthy portion of those Billion trees are not alive today.
I also planted a hundred thousand or so in Australia. There's a place to grow trees for harvest! A Eucalyptus tree can be 30m tall in 20 years. I drove through pine plantations there and also in South Africa that were impressive. But here, it just isn't possible to create timber trees on a timeline that is economical.