In Africa for every tree you cut down, you have to plant 5 new tree. Do you think we should do that America?

Question

In Africa for every tree you cut down, you have to plant 5 new tree. Do you think we should do that America?

Answer 1

I doubt your claim will stand for all of Africa.  Maybe in a few countries, but with all the political strife going on in Africa, I seriously doubt that all the countries on that continent have gotten together to agree to such regulations.

Reforestation is a major component of the Lumber Industries of the United States today.  The U.S. has one of the world's largest and most productive forest resources. Most of its forests are managed on a sustainable basis and are concentrated along the eastern and western coasts and lake states, close to major ports.

The U.S. has 2,263,259,000 total acres of land area. Thirty-three percent, or 736,681,000 acres, are classified as forested acres (forest lands).

Overall, annual growth of U.S. forested acres exceeds harvests and losses to insects, fire, and disease by 33% each year in the commercial forests.

The nation's forest land area is still about two-thirds the size it was in the year 1600, in spite of the conversion of 370 million acres of forest land to other uses, principally to agriculture.  More trees are growing in America's forests today than at any time since the early 1900's.  In 1900, forest growth rates were a fraction of harvest. Today, overall annual forest growth exceeds harvest by 37%.

On a per acre basis, net annual tree growth in the U.S. is 52 cubic feet compared with 27 in Canada and 24 in Russia.  Annual growth in National Forests now exceeds harvest by more than 55%.

It appears to me that we are doing well in managing our forests, while allowing reasonable harvesting with reforestation policies in effect that on average increase the size of our forests each year.  

If you like to eat, farms need cleared land.  If you like to live elsewhere than a tent or a cave, trees have to be harvested to provide lumber for construction.  

So what is your complaint?

Answer 2

We should do it everywhere...

Answer 3

I think we should, it is obvious that if we keep destroying them then they will become extinct and in the future they won't be there for:

shade

beauty

and other great things

Sure they block the sun in Summer, but they live so much longer than humans and we should respect them.

Animal-lover123 xx

Answer 4

I think we should make that number 12 instead of 5. We do a lot of logging which is essential for our way of life, but we also have the resources to fix what we have broken and planting 12 trees is not a big ask.

Answer 5

Great idea.Trees are the one think that can clean up our planet. The absorb carbon dioxide and make oxygen. This law must be applied to every country in the world before there are no trees left.

Answer 6

YES YES YES YES YES!! people definitely should start taking our environment's into consideration. People totally dismiss the importance of paper but that wouldn't be a problem if we did this. The problem is getting people to actually do this. Most people will probably ignore this type of problem bc they simply think they as one person cant make a difference.

Good Luck