Swedish representatives of the forest industry found evidence of the harmlessness of cutting trees for ecology. Machining on the use of wood company provided a report with the conclusions that the influence of the destruction of forests by man is no more than from rotting old trees or use as an alternative to biomaterial plastic, writes Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/News/articles / 2021-06-01 / Cutting-DOWN-Trees-CAN-HELP-SAVE-CLIMATE-IN-FOREST-INDUSTRY-MATH? SRND = GREEN).
In response to the criticism of environmental activists and appeals to the European Union, suspend mass deforestations due to the accumulation of carbon debt countries (the situation where “green” programs cannot fully compensate for harmful emissions from human activity) Swedish manufacturers of products from Wood and cellulose ordered a study in which the effect of cutting and preserving trees in natural zones is compared.
According to the report, the industrial destruction of forests is much less affected by nature, rather than the use of plastic materials instead of wood. In addition, the best solution for climate is called no ban on cutting down, but replacing old trees with young, since the dying tree does not absorb, but throws carbon into the atmosphere.
The industry representatives argue that the counting of “carbon debt” in Sweden is a meaningless task, since forests in the country absorb much more carbon dioxide than it is produced. In addition, annually since 1980, forestry sizes only increase due to disembarkation, follows from the statistics of the Swedish National Forest Inventory (The Swedish National Forestory).
Swedish wood manufacturer Holmen AB Henrik Scholund emphasized that the use of wood as biofuels by analogy with other renewable energy sources (sunlight, wind) – a disadvantageous event, since it is logical to start material for the construction of eco-friendly houses from logs, replacing Tree concrete.
Representative of the Swedish Non-Governmental Forest Protection Organization (Protect The Forest) Elin Gotmark does not agree with the arguments of the forest industry and believes that trees need time to grow again, and soil to accumulate carbon again. Forestry “reduces the total amount of carbon in ground ecosystems,” said Gotmark.
The international community of researchers is constantly looking for new ways to prevent global warming. It is not limited to forest conservation programs or search for alternative energy sources. In the article published in the British magazine Nature in 2020, it is proposed to return 30 percent of the natural territories engaged in agriculture as a struggle against climate change. According to scientists, it is possible to reduce the amount of harmful emissions to the atmosphere by 465 billion tons.