How many acres of trees have been replanted in North America?

Question

I'm curious about "global warming." How many acres of trees have been replanted in the world as opposed to how many have been cut down?

Answer 1

I remember reading stats that say that there are more trees in North America now then there were in the 1800's. Remember, most replants plant at a 10 to 1 ratio. Also, almost all trees in cities are planted and not natural.

Answer 2

That's kind of a hard question to answer. Today more trees are probably being planted than are being cut down (tree for tree). However, in this country we are still losing forest land at a fairly substantial rate. I work as an inventory forester and I collect data to determine how much forest land we are gaining or losing in the state of kentucky. Over the past 10 years kentucky has lost 1 million acres of forested land. The loss is mainly due to urbanization (building onto cities).  Once land is turned into a parking lot or a Wal-mart it is highly unlikly that it will ever be a forest again. To answer your actual acres of trees planted I would check the us forest service website, about.com (forestry), Arbor society, or just look up tree planting in US.

Answer 3

not as much as have been cut down i think.