FORESTRY
FOREST POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
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Question
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reduced illegal logging, gives locals ownership, 4-10x greater royalties for local than working for large scale logging companies
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has not reduced illegal logging, is top down in manner
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causes fights among locals, little profit made
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difficult to repair and maintain
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Detailed explanation-1: -The use of appropriate felling and bucking techniques, including directional felling, cutting stumps low to the ground to avoid waste, and optimal crosscutting of tree stems into logs in a way that will maximize the recovery of useful wood.
Detailed explanation-2: -Logging and the Environment It can increase the harmful impact of wind and rain on local ecosystems; destroy the valuable wildlife habitat used by pine martins, caribou, and other animals; and cause soil to become dry and overheated, which may in turn increase the risk of fire or interfere with seedling growth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Clearcutting is the most destructive form of even-aged logging. In other forms of even-aged management, loggers will leave a seed tree or two to drop pine cones and restock the area.