apes quiz 5.2 + 5.17

Clearcutting

• Pros: economically advantageous

• Cons: leads to soil erosion, increased soil + stream temps, flooding

Sustainable Forestry (5.17)

managing forests in a manner that perseveres their health for future generations

• Prescribed Burns

burning areas of forest under carefully controlled conditions to improve health of ecosystems, return it to a more natural state + prevents uncontrolled catastrophic fires

• Reforestation:

• replanting of tress in areas that have been deforested 

• Using/buying wood harvested by ecologically sustainable forestry techniques + reusing wood

Protecting forests from pathogens/insects:

integrated pest management + removal of affected trees