Its often said and it’s often true that people confuse deforestation and clearcutting, which is true.
Its often said and it’s often true that people confuse deforestation and clearcutting, which is true.
Deforestation is removal of trees and creating conditions that do not allow them to grow back, e.g. a paved parking lot.
Clearcutting is the temporary removal of tree cover, but the trees eventually grow back, or do so most of the time. #nspoli
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Clearcutting exposes the soil which can be washed away by rain. Clearcutting often leads to deforestation.
Clearcutting also removes many different tree species and which are then replaced with one species, sacrificing diversity.
And it reduces the extra carbon sink the diversity provided.