On Jan 11, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
The US has more forests now than it did in the early 1900's. The
greatest loss of forest land at present is occurring in the
Brazilian rain forest due to both planed deforestation and poaching
of lumber. (I have a charted forester in my congregation.)
Stewart
I have a question on this. How is "more forests" defined? Do we have
more forested area now then we did in the early 1900's or just more
areas defined as forests? Once again I'll post this link.
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/deforest/deforest.html
Think of a state, any state, and see how inhabitable areas have been
designated and changed over the years. Again, interesting how stats
can muddy the waters of a discussion.
Jeff M
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