Do you believe that converting natural forest to plantations could actually be a conservation strategy?
Environmentalists disagree about the role that plantations should play in global conservation. Plantations provide fewer ecosystem services than other forms of forest management, and tree growth is often promoted with fertilizer, herbicides, and prescribed fires. However, plantation forests provide a disproportionate amount of the world’s commercial wood fiber. If the allocation to
plantations were increased to 12 percent, such
forests could possibly meet over 50 percent of
the global demand for wood fiber.
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▶ As a means of conserving more natural forest, would you recommend conversion of natural forest to tree plantations to the chief of the U.S. Forest Service?
What would be the basis of your recommendation?
Assignment
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Guidelines
You must have five pro/con bullet points to back up the defense of your position or stance.
A couple of pros and a couple of cons, a total of five in all.
You must have a minimum of 5 sources for your pros/cons, one for each bullet point. These should be in the form of a url for the internet site that you got your information from. Do not give me the url for the search engine page, I want actual links to articles and information.
. However, if all your pros/cons come from the same source make sure to us an asterisk to point that out. For example: *All my pros and cons come from the same source, link to the source.
Your final discussion/defense should be at least 200 words in length.
Submit via word document to Canvas by 11:59pm on February 28, 2024.
When all else fails, look at the example!
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