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10.2 How Should We Manage and Sustain Forests?

10.2 How Should We Manage and Sustain Forests?. By: Maggie Seibert, Sarah Hose, Claire Checovich , Ali Guse , and Bernie Johnson Mod 8. Solutions to sustainable forestry :. Identify and protect forest areas high in biodiversity Rely more on selective cutting and strip cutting

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10.2 How Should We Manage and Sustain Forests?

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  1. 10.2 How Should We Manage and Sustain Forests? By: Maggie Seibert, Sarah Hose, Claire Checovich, Ali Guse, and Bernie Johnson Mod 8

  2. Solutions to sustainable forestry: • Identify and protect forest areas high in biodiversity • Rely more on selective cutting and strip cutting • No clear-cutting on steep slopes • No logging of old-growth forests • Sharply reduce road building into uncut forest areas

  3. Solutions continued • Leave most standing dead trees and fallen timber for wildlife habitat and nutrient recycling • Plant tree plantations primarily on deforested and degraded land • Certify timber grown by sustainable methods • Include geological services of forests in estimating their economic value

  4. How can forest fires be better managed? • Set contained surface fires to remove flammable small trees and underbrush. • Allow unplanned fires to burn if they are not out of control to remove flammable underbrush and trees. • Protect houses in fire-prone areas by thinning around them, and eliminating the use of flammable materials. • Clear away fire-prone plants in vulnerable forest areas under careful environmental controls.

  5. Kenaf • Kenaf: Hibiscus Cannabinus; a plant native in southern Asia, kenaf is used in seed oils and for cosmetics. The kenaf plant is also used to make paper. Kenaf is most commonly used for its fiber to make rope, twine, cloth, and paper. Also, the fatty acids found in kenaf are important in reducing cholesterol and heart diseases.

  6. Kenaf

  7. The Promise of Kenaf for Forestry • Will yield more paper (per hectare) than normal tree farms • Needs less chemicals (pesticides/herbicides), which will protect the environment • Using less chemicals than tree farms protects the environment • great benefits (easier to grow, less chemicals, etc.) make it a better solution for paper in the future

  8. Reducing Tropical Deforestation • Reduce fuelwood demand • Help new settlers in tropical forests learn how to practice small-scale sustainable agriculture and forestry • Sustainably harvest renewable resources • Strip cutting • Debt-for-Nature swaps • Conservation concessions

  9. Reducing Deforestation continued • Gentler harvesting methods by loggers • Rehabilitate degraded areas • Clamp down on illegal logging • CONSUMERS: • Use wood substitutes (bamboo) • Use recycled waste lumber • Buy only products that are certified as sustainable

  10. Sources • http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/forest.jpg • http://static.weadapt.org/placemarks/images/664/original/4f56273e2adb3forest-firesjpg.jpg • http://www.solarentrep.com/kenaseedpl.jpg

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