Logging Tragedies
So, today we visited the section of the SERC property that had been logged. Just before the property came under control of SERC the previous owners had decided to give logging rights to a company so they could make some extra money. Each tree cut and trucked away was paid for at $500 per tree.
This is what one of the logging places looked like 1 year after the logging event:
Logging is just like any other industry. Use of resources to produce goods for humans (this also provides jobs).
We use tables, chairs, looseleaf, pencils, etc everyday.
-We learned that plants and trees take up CO2 from the environment during their life time.
But...what happens when these trees are killed and left to rot and decay on the forest floor?
-How does logging impact the forests and the peoples in South America?
-If we were to stop logging/deforestation entirely, where would we obtain our manufactured goods? How will we employ the people that worked in the industry? What impact would that have on the environment?
posted by Romney @ 8:10 PM
6 Comments:
This is Jahdiel Seiuli from Aiea High. I'm one of Mr.Lewandowski's stuents.
Do dead trees still take up carbon dioxide? DO dead trees and living trees have the same amount of carbon dioxde? How will rainwater affect the forest?
hello Ms.Romney im from Mr.lewandowski class and i just wanted to know how are you going to help the CO2 levels ???
Kelani Quinata
If we were to stop logging, would that have a major impact on our economy?
Could we recycle the "leftovers" that result from logging?
Would it be practical for logging companies to be required to buy carbon credits to replace logged trees? (and to be encouraged with incentives to promote reforestation?)
Scott Y.
Aiea High School
Oahu, Hawaii
Mr.Lewandowski's fifth period
Physical Science
This is Melvin "The Miyashiro" Miyashiro from Mr. Lewandowski's class. Ms. Romney, what happens with rotted trees? Do they just decompose, or release lots of Co2? I just wanted the know that environmental effects.
From,
Melvin Miyashiro...
Hello I am Alex Luu form aiea high school, a student of Mr.Lewandowski
What type of information did you find out during during your research on climate change?
Hey, this is Aja from Xavier's School for the Gifted (High School), and I was wondering what countries like Costa Rica, which has implemented legal measures to protect logging, can do to keep illegal logging under control? Have the laws been effective in curbing this activity, and protecting wildlife and rainforests? And will this issue eventually land in the hands of international bodies? Thanks.
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