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

http://nsforestnotes.ca/2019/01/10/two-videos-on-social-media-say-a-lot-about-how-people-and-wildlife-feel-about-loss-of-natural-habitat-in-nova-scotia/