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How many trees are cut down every year?

When you work for a group like RAN, you get lots of questions about deforestation. Here’s a recent Q&A. “Statistics lie”  you say? Commentary on our conclusions are welcome encouraged!

Where can I get hard facts on global deforestation?

The UN FAO State of the World’s Forests 2007 gives the most current comprehensive world view, but lacks much detail. The latest detailed look at global deforestation rates is available from the FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. An easy-to-navigate summary of key findings of the 2005 report is available at http://www.greenfacts.org/en/forests

note that the FAO defines forests as land with a tree canopy cover of more than 10 percent and an area of more than half a hectare. FAO says that “forest” includes natural forests and forest plantations<–monoculture tree farms that most would not recognize as “forests” in the traditional sense. So when you hear industry brag that the country has more forests than we did a decade ago, their claim relies on this designation.

How many trees are cut down each year? For what purpose?

  1. As for how many trees are cut down each year, the 2005 report concludes that primary forest area (as opposed to plantations)was reduced globally by 60,000 square kilometers per year (about the size of Ireland; see: http://www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/index.htm#2). Note that this data is incomplete due to a lack of available data from many countries who do not monitor such change. As to the “number of trees” this represents, it’s impossible to get an accurate count. Tree density in primary forests varies from 50,000-100,000 trees per square km, so the math would put this number at 3 billion to 6 billion trees per year.
  2. As for what purpose this logging is for, pg. 129 of the 2007 report provides statistics on global production and consumption of woodfuel (charcoal and other energy uses) roundwood (paper and other non-lumber products) and sawnwood (lumber). It estimates global production at 1.7 billion (46 percent) , 1.6 billion (43 percent) and 421 million (11 percent) cubic meters respectively with comparable volumes consumed globally.

How much is this industry worth? How much (in millions) goes to paper vs. construction?

  1. Incomplete data from the FAO’s 2005 report gives a global value of $64 billion to “wood forest products removals”–$57 billion of which is from industrial roundwood and its derivatives (lumber and paper; see http://www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/l-2/8-economic-social-benefits.htm#0)
  2. A recent report on illegal logging by The American Forest and Paper Association states that “The global value of 2002 total wood products trade (HTS Chapter 44) can be estimated at approximately $69 billion, based on data available through the Global Trade Information Service (GTIS). Pulp, Paper and Paperboard trade would add another $117 billion, bringing the total value of forest products trade to $186 billion” (link, page 6).
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208 Responses to “How many trees are cut down every year?”

  1. elizabeth Says:

    hi i have a question how many trees are cut dowwn a year

  2. bella Says:

    once the industry cuts down the tree(S) how come they dont plant them that same moment?

  3. china Says:

    why cant the industry or even try to reduse the amount of trees being cut down each year?

  4. sophia Says:

    why cant the industry try to offer stores to sale recycleled paper???????!!!!!!

  5. kate Says:

    cutting down trees is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO stupid lol i mean who does it!! me!!

  6. rylie Says:

    I think cutting down trees is important to our lives,without trees we wouldn’t be able to have paper or houses.But I think we don’t need to cut down as many trees as we do now because we need to save some for the animals too. And if we didn’t have any trees left in the world we would all die because trees give us oxygen.

  7. emmily miller Says:

    look i use trees alot but only we shouldn’t if i could i would save trees we are killing the animals every second and nothing stopping it if we end up with no trees what so ever we would have know air to breath that would such so why cut down more trees thank you from tree lover

  8. carlos Says:

    how many trees do we waste

  9. ally and daisy Says:

    we <3 trees

  10. rose Says:

    we shouldn’t cut ANY!! trees

  11. Rose Ellen-Benton Says:

    we could cut a few trees down only if we plant another tree over it!

  12. kimberley Says:

    i think that if you cut down 1 tree you should plant 2 more because it is wrecking the environment and it is making some animals come extinct

  13. sabrina Says:

    i think that cutting down trees will give us more shad,more oxygen and less carbon dioxide

  14. unknown Says:

    when you cut down trees you are cutting down the generations of life to come

  15. treehugger Says:

    I <3 Trees!!!!!!!!!!! =)

  16. fiorella_navrro@yahoo Says:

    look sabrina!! trees give us shade and ur saing that if we cut trees down that will give us more shade??and the only reason we have oxygen is because of trees

    DONT KILL TREES DONT KILL TREES DONT KILL TREES

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  17. Heechankim Says:

    Oh my gosh guys think no matter how many trees we plant after cautting 1 tree, the damage is nearly irreversible because of the impact of humans on the planet and also a tree takes *YEARS* to grow to full height so it won’t really help us even if we plant 20 trees for each tree cause when its big enough it will be cut down again and also fiorella don’t go into websites and spam please although your trying to help it annoys some people :/ anyways well, thats my point. 40 billion trees are cut down each year, but luckily only about 20 million I think it was is forest wood. The rest are from farms that plant trees.

  18. Heechankim Says:

    And also sabrina, what school did you/ do yo go to because I’ve seen kindergarteners with more knowledge of trees than you(no offence) and seriously that is extremely ridiculous… how can there be more shade and more oxygen from cutting trees…

  19. SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA Says:

    WOT the hek with killing treesssssssssssss

  20. haha dingdong Says:

    killing trees is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddd
    no no killly

  21. treehuggers Says:

    we’re making a fake bill on replanting trees when cut down any advice on the intro speech?

  22. letskilltree 4eva! Says:

    Lets cut down treees… they r evil..
    99% of world polution and global warming is caued by trees….
    if u want to kill the world hump tree and make treehumans….
    if u love em so much go marry it ….
    trees kill….

  23. treehugger Says:

    cuting down trees is so stupid and if you cut down trees you should go plant them back!Our enviorment is way more important than you’ll ever be.Stop!!!

  24. joe Says:

    its good killing trees

  25. treeeeeee Says:

    dont cut down trees its like u r trying to kill yourself because they provide the oxegen!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. dina farag Says:

    hi, i support this website alot but i wanna ask, why do people cut so many trees and plant almost 0.0002% of what they cut down, i mean, they provide us with shade, oxygen, less global warming as well … DON’T KILL TREES !!

  27. Jare- Dawg Says:

    yyeh i think u shouldn”t cut down trees coz itz cutting partz ov mah live

  28. brady bastin Says:

    heyy im cool

  29. george bush Says:

    i know diddly squat about running the governmenttasd
    oh yea, i, uh screw trees

  30. Kell♥ Says:

    Tree’s Help Us, ALOT!
    with paper, babycribbs, baby food, BROOMS!
    keep it realll:)

  31. opal Says:

    I am a big tree hugger without trees we would not b alive

  32. opal Says:

    I love trees I love trees I am a tree hugger

  33. ahmed Says:

    data for how much do they cut trees in 1998,2003,2006,and2008.

  34. emanx101 Says:

    the dumb thing is that more people should recycle paper but instead ask for more

  35. thathos ninja teh paladin Says:

    who ever cuts down trees and use to much and plus not recycle YOU ARE A HORRIBLE WOMAN/MAN YOU SICK *BEEP*

  36. Cyndy Says:

    no one needs to cut down the trees but they are just to damn greedy so they do it for the money!!It seriously pisses me off and i swear if one more person calls me atree hugger i will kill them like what a sterio type!!

  37. Natalie Says:

    i absolutely completely and totaly agree with Cyndy , she has very logic sense. Thank-you Cindy , finally someone i can agree with who has written on this page.
    xoxo Natalie

  38. AmenL Says:

    that was the best in the Westernt Man I love it

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  40. V-man Says:

    Trees are good for everyone. if they are harmed many animals die and we people cannot live. trees are the best things in the world

  41. Fiona Says:

    I can’t belive how selfish we all are!! OMG I feel so bad ;’(

  42. Luke Says:

    We need to top cutting down so many trees we will soon die!!

  43. tree Says:

    Dude V-man trees are not the best thing in the world

  44. L.B. Says:

    trees help us. they are the second to best thing in the world. i think we should try to decrease our use in trees. they should put recycled paper as the usual now a days instead of new peices of paper.

  45. tash Says:

    wats up wit these trees stuff

  46. tash Says:

    i mean…why yall worrie about trees they cant help you out… so y be worrie about them

  47. treesdie... Says:

    why do you worry about trees we ain’t even gonna be around when it happens so who cares yes it will all end some day but some mad scientist will figure out a solution all we need to do is make that mad scientest work harder then peace will come to the world… DIE TREES DIE!

  48. treesdie... Says:

    anyway trees don’t even care about us

  49. ecofriendly1211 Says:

    trees help us breath becuz they sent out oxygen for us to breath. they also take the carbon dioxide we breathe out.
    trees/plants are amazing!
    if there were no trees/plants around there will be no people becuz there’s no air to breath in.
    no duh!
    evryone knows that :-P

  50. ecofriendly1211 Says:

    wow!
    go hug a tree
    gosh!

  51. ecofriendly1211 Says:

    acually go plant one or 2

  52. Lelouch Says:

    Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  53. Taylor Says:

    Many ppl say stop cutting down trees but instead of saying it why not really help. i dont think many people mean it unless they have done some thing to help.also ppl say it doesnt matter but some of us will be there when deforsation gets to a surtain point and even if you wont be wouldnt you want you children or grandchildren to be safe and healthy

  54. Taylor Says:

    and duh trees help thats what makes us live (oxygen) think ppl think

  55. Rachel Says:

    God! lets not cut down the trees!!

  56. Rachel Says:

    I really think that we should not cut down the trees! let’s not waste our paper now! NOT wasting papers might help…. I wish we cut down the trees about (only) 2bilions… so, let’s not waste!!! *^.^*

  57. Abe Says:

    A company named HTG manufactures wood free paper. 100% biodegradble and just like real paper. AMAZING.

  58. bajha Says:

    cutting down trees is so mean. don’t they even think about the lives of all the cute little animals they’re destroying?? its just terrible

  59. Natalie Says:

    SAVE THE TREES AND ALL THE ANIMALS LIKE OWLS,people dont know what their doing. And what their doing is wrong.animals are becoming endagered because of them. Some people are just creul!!!!!
    SAVE THE TREES!!!!!!!SAVE THE TREES!!!!!!!SAVE THE TREES!!!!!SAVE THE TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  60. Natalie Says:

    i think that lumberjacks r afraid to go on this website because they know their doing something wrong.And they r

  61. Paige Says:

    I think that its just stupid 2 cut down trees to make new buildings & stuff. Don’t we have enough?

  62. samantha williams Says:

    hello. i have a question how many trees were cut down in 2008?
    im doing report on saving the trees and i wanted to know because i know its to early in the year 4 people 2 be cutting don trees in january so can some 1 answer my question and email it to me

    thank you so much! <3

  63. June Says:

    We shouldn’t be cutting down trees. Your home town school to find a place to protest against this! Make a club! Anything to save the Plant. Recycle more! Do what ever you can to stop this “disease” from getting bad to worse!!

  64. Andrew Martinez Says:

    Why do people cut down trees? If you do cut down trees you suck!!!

  65. Andrew Martinez Says:

    this is my second comment and homework kills trees.Save the trees or will die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  66. Marissa Acuna Says:

    Killing trees is bad because some animals live in trees and if we cut the trees down the animals will die. Also, trees give us oxygen and if people cut the trees, we wont have any oxygen 4 us! PLEASE, DON’T CUT DOWN TREES!!!!!!!!!!

  67. Alison Says:

    I do not think that people should cut down trees that produce air because if they dont stop not only animals will go extinct but we will to.And how would you like it if you were an animal and then some big scary machine comes and cuts down your home!!!I am mad at the people that are cutting down the trees because with out the trees we dont breath air and with out air we will die!

  68. Ally-Cat and Kate-Kate Says:

    This is my 2nd time on this website.I say that people need to stop and count how many treet they cut down every year.

  69. meghan Says:

    How many trees a year do we cut down? when people cut down trees they don’t only hurt us they hurt animals also..Does anyone know how many animals die due to cutting down there envierment??..?

  70. Ally Says:

    I think cutting down trees is really wrong. I know we use it fro things like paper but I still thinkl that its wrong

  71. Allison Holland Says:

    Hi I am Allison Holland an dI think that cutting down trees is really wrong.Did you know that every day people are dieing,why beacuse people dont limit how many trees are cut down every year.Every one uses paper evry day from trees but they are also wasting it as well.Save the trees today.Save the animals to.

  72. alana Says:

    I have read many of the responses, and I don’t know if people just like killing time or writing nonsense, but before you put your opinion out there you should do a little research. Yes, “killing trees is bad”, but the reality is we are dependent upon it, our houses, our toilet paper, our grocery bags, our school books, our private journals, our valentines day cards, and the list goes on.

    It is not as simple as lets stop cutting trees down, or plant a tree for every tree that is cut. One replanting a tree in the same place, allows for possible generation of disease and soil degration, you must rotate your crops. As for planting the tree, because we are in this climatic state of confusion (ie global warming) the consitency of climatic weather allowed trees to grow within 20 years, today with so many weather shifts the same tree species planted today will not grow like the trees before it, maybe a lot slower with uneven growth. The actual tree species is forced to adapt, in other words mutate, faster than it ever has in geological history.

    The most important thing we as average civilians can do about the tree loggers and coorporations of rainforest annihilation is educate our friends and families, network of folks about the events occuring and destroying our Earth, health, and future generations. Sign petitions, and keep reading the facts, stear away from the sligh, pop talk comments, (do you really know what global warming means), stop talking about it and do something!!

  73. Allison Says:

    I think that cutting down trees IS BAD. so guess what I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT…
    dont kill the trees
    dont kill the trees dont kill the trees
    did you know that air fights of carbon dioxide and replaces it with oxygen so we need the trees.

  74. laura Says:

    you have all made some good points!!
    im designing a protest poster for saving trees and thank you all for helping me out :) :)
    trees are cool=] so dont diss them
    xx

  75. tasha Says:

    I’m doing a project on global warming and it so unbelieve what can happen to our world if we dont act now!!!! we need to stop cutting down trees and start to plant them. I believe that we all can act now and stop what has been done. I dont know about you guys but I want to live a long time in a clean country and watch my grand kids grow!! This world was given to us. Let show everyone that we can make out of it!!

  76. Brett Says:

    people no madder wat we say they are still going to keep on cutting down trees we cant stop that though i wis we could cause that is bad cutting down trees

  77. alan the logger Says:

    I would like to commend alana for being open minded and intelligent. There are some things about which many people would do well to educate themselves. My great-grandpa was a logger; my grandpa was a logger,and my dad is a logger, I have logged with him since I was 10-years-old. I live in anorthern Idaho and we are blessed to have trees around my house as far as the eye can see in every direction. I love trees more than any self-proclaimed tree hugger ever could. They are my life, and one of the most beautiful and useful things on this earth, each species performing her own special role that God gave her. However, there are needs among the human race which just so happen to be filled perfectly by trees/lumber/wood and paper products. Admittedly, there are greedy and unethical men who take advantage of forests that are unprotected by governments, especially rainforests. But my father is not a demon because he cuts down trees for a living. After we harvest, we plant 2 more trees in another close location. Today I am cutting the trees my grandfather planted for me to cut and my grandchildren will harvest what I have planted. In such cases, it is no different from corn or wheat or any other crop, except that it takes the crop longer to mature. Another common misconception is that trees are immortal and never die by themselves. The truth is that beetles, worms, weevils, disease, and yes, climate change, kill millions of trees every year. Once a tree is dead, it dries out and basically becomes a huge match waiting to ignite. Many activists who thought that they knew so much about saving trees have convinced government agencies in oregon and idaho to make it illegal to cut any tree at all in certain areas. one happened to be close to my small town. The beetles hit the protected forest, and when there were no loggers to take care of the forest and remove the sick trees, the beetles spread to the rest of the forest uninhibited, and it became in a matter of just a few short years, a red needled, dead forest, with very few living evergreens left. Then one day, it just caught fire after lightning struck. When lightning strikes a healthy tree, it explodes and the tree dies. But when it strikes a dead tree, it sets it on fire. 5 homes were destroyed, taking everything the families had, and many good men were injured fighting that fire to save our town, including my father. You may understand why I think that managing the forests should be left to those who know them, such as we who live in them, and not to environmentalist activists in cities who call themselves tree huggers. Also, some may be interested to know that the spotted owl, an endangered bird which resides in forests in dead trees, caused a commotion in oregon, and they shut the forest down to protect it’s habitat, because 25% of it was going to be destroyed. As a result of this mismanagement, the trees died, caught fire, and destroyed 93% of the spotted owl’s habitat. What we really need, is for people to be more open-minded, and learn the simple rule: moderation in all things. Please recycle and don’t waste anything you can reuse. but please don’t belittle and insult hardworking people who love the trees as much as or more than anyone else ever could.

  78. Dorella Says:

    What is the government doing to help this problem?

  79. lia Says:

    After the people cut down the trees how many do they have to plant?

  80. ALY Says:

    omg!!! i think there judt making everything worse when there cutting down trees. pretty soon were going to hav no more trees left and that means no more oxygen supply. they might think that there helping but all the doing is making everthing alot worse!!! HOW MANY TREES DO YOU THINK WE HAVE LEFT ON THE EARTH????

  81. Ashy Says:

    trees help us live AND WE NEED THEM DO NOT CUT THEM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  82. jamie Says:

    7 million trees are cut down each year

  83. lauren Says:

    OMG………….u guys we need trees if not no oxygen……do u get it? Trees dont cause global warming bullshit…….all of u guys sound like dumasses….plz if u dont know the truth dont right lies bitches!

  84. mat Says:

    we need to stop cutting down trees!!!!!instead people are replacing them with buildings…….What is this!!!!!!We need to make change about treeeeeeeeees!!!!stop…stop cutting down trees………please

  85. Bailey Says:

    I think that cutting down trees is so mmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaannnnnnn i mean that if you cut down trees it takes away a part of life and while you are at it you minus well be in jail because you are killing an animal everytime you cut one down so keep this in mind.!:)

  86. Bailey Says:

    Well first of all cutting down trees is very bad for the animals because so many eat them and so if you take the trees away then your killing animals every time.

  87. anonymous Says:

    trees are so beautiful, and it sucks that we have to cut them down but we need to because like alana said we rely on them for toilet paper,paper,school books etc.. go trees!

  88. kaitlin Says:

    too many trees are being cut! going up north doesn’t mean what it used to. we go up to empty houses sitting in empty fields that used to be forests! Come on! I can understand using them for paper or books but to build big, exspensive houses that just SIT EMPTY?! Nope. Not necessary.

  89. Buddy Says:

    Trees are just like money. If you have an educated, invested interest in them they will can be a great benefit. Like money, use without replenishing the source will result in running out. Use and replenishing for more use will cause us to lose out on other benefits they bring. However, like money, if you use only what you absolutely need and then save and invest the rest in the future you will always have a supply to rely on and the amount of benefits will grow. Before we say stop cutting them down, look around a see just how much your life depends on them. Then call for a smarter use and a better way of harvesting trees that will leave the forest unharmed. The problem is that we have two sides: cut them down vs. don’t cut them down. While the real solution lies in the middle. Be wise in using this resource and leave the land with a future by educated cultivation after consumption. Good Luck with your part.

  90. gina Says:

    trees can be cut down the ocean is what we need to worry about [ most of our air comes from plankton in the ocean

  91. Thanh Says:

    we do need trees for paper and wood but i argree! i think we should have a limit of trees to cut down maybe 250 per year.if we cut down trees we kill sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many animals and we can even kill us

  92. Courtney Says:

    How many trees are cut down each year to make paper?

  93. alexis kanuha Says:

    How many trees are cut down each year in pennsylvania?

  94. alexis kanuha Says:

    What can I do to help the animals habitat?

  95. Gareth Says:

    Can anyone answer! How many trees get used for Fencing and how many trees are used for the average house! given the average size of 120 liner feet per yard.

  96. emily Says:

    you r so hot garth

  97. emily Says:

    i love trees and you

  98. emily Says:

    hi

  99. Stephanie Says:

    I cut down tree’s for a livin
    DON’T DENY MY POWER!!

  100. kris Says:

    we cut down so many trees and people say that they planted a tree in its place. but how big are the trees when they plant them? i doubt any one could plant a fully grown tree. it takes time to grow trees so we could have the whole forist cut down before any trees a fully grown

  101. Olivia Says:

    Most people cut down trees just for mining, wood, paper and all this is bad. I am not saying that we cannot cut down trees ever again, but why not recycle? Most people don´t care as long as they are fine, but what will happen in the future if there arn´t any trees???Trees are very important because they give the world, you and me oxygen and with out it you will die. I am not making you do something but if you want your children or grand children to live you have to make a change in the world!!!

  102. karly Says:

    Why do we need to cut down so many tree’s? To build houses, that’s really the only resone. Sonner or later we will fun out of tree’s. Animals and people are dying ever single time we cut down ONE tree! We already cut down most of the rainforest’s. The world was once covered with 14% rainforests and now its only 6% left. This is crazy.

  103. jessie Says:

    All of the above

  104. emiris Says:

    i would like to say tht i am a very concerned young person tht is VERY ecofriendly and all these ppl who find it neccessary to cut down all these trees is VERY OBNOXCIOUS !! thank you for your time :]

  105. Peyton Says:

    I’m trying to persuade a neighborhood from not being built in my backyard,a.k.a. a jungle. lol, Indiana.

  106. Thanonsack Says:

    tree killer is loco

  107. Thanonsack Says:

    tree does not kill us, so we should not kill tree

  108. crystal Says:

    Wow…. i have to do a speech on why not to cut down trees. A good metaphore for this would be that it is like a drug, or smoking, or drinking, people think its “cool” or they need to do it for some reason.

    Well they don’t and i think that we need to stop this nonsense before it gets outa hand.

  109. King George VII Says:

    I believe cutting down trees is absolutley dispictable. Us humans are so self-centered, we care about us not the animals. It is emotional for me to see that such signifcant damage is done to our forest. Where are those enviormentalist?? Doesn’t any one care anymore we must act now, where is the government on this. Can you imagine all those beautiful trees that give so much to us being chopped down. Remember think of the animals who are suffering from this it forces them to migrate somewhere else leaving everything behind. Then you wonder why bears and deer are coming into our neighborhoods searching for food. It’s because we are DESTROYING THEIR HOMES. PLEASE ACT NOW!!!!!!

  110. King George VII Says:

    SAVE THE TREES….. SAVE THE ENVIORMENT…… SAVE ARE ANIMALS…… SAVE THE BEAUTIFUL LANDMARKS THAT MAKE UP THE UNITED STATES……. PLEASE PLEASE OUR WORLD WILL BE A DESERT LIKE WITHOUT THOSE BEAUTIFUL TREES IN PLACE

  111. iana Says:

    you people NEED to care! Global warming, loss of animal population…… its a WASTE to cut down soooo many trees. LIMITATIONS people!

  112. Harriet Says:

    I really think all this has to stop!
    It’s polluting our world!

  113. UNKNOWN Says:

    some people are using this for research so don’t leave useless comments

  114. Julia Sweeney Says:

    WHY DO SO MANY STUPID PEOPLE CUT DOWN TREES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

  115. manuela Says:

    trees are awesome don’t kill them XD

  116. adam Says:

    hi

  117. adam Says:

    i <3 trees like i <3 michael jackson so leave them alond of i will come over you house and own you noobs btw r.i.p michael jackson he touched so many of our hearts eyyyy that gross im to young

  118. dulcia Says:

    I would like to know how many trees are cut down for comsumption by one person… Thanks.
    <3 MJ too. He was a great person. RIP… :(

  119. jayden Says:

    how much paper do we throw away a year

  120. daniel culhane Says:

    how much trees are made to make a ton of paper

  121. Southpaw Dingo Says:

    I see a lot of whining and grossly misinformed people. The guy that wrote post 77 (above) is absolutely right. Well managed logging (the only kind that is legal, ethical, and profitable) protects the environment. The fact that trees take a long time to mature is not in question, it’s just not a factor where the earth is concerned. Earth is old, it get’s it. More forests are destroyed by lack of forestry management than by proper management. The spotted owls suffered far more because of the environmental wackos then they would have if the Oregon forests were left to the logging industry. It was a shortsighted blunder on politicians part to go along with it and an embarassment to all mankind.
    SO many times the trueth has been told but we just want to believe the imaginary crisis told of in the environmentalist wacko world. Logging companies ALWAYS replant trees when they cut – not the same day – they do it the best way and there’s no point in crying over the fact that trees grow slow.

    Do you really think that when settles first arrived on this continent the trees covered every square inch and were infinitely large? Trees come and go, live and die… without any help from man, and always have. Fire and disease take out most of them. The beetles in Montana are wiping out forests by the thousands of arces. EPA is to blame… we have the ability to safely use pestacides to save them but… ugh… science bad.

    Everyone should commit themselves to being able to change their mind about these things and then go find the truth… look at both sides. Read “Trashing the Planet” or any other book by former Washington State Democratic Governor, Dixy Lee Ray.

  122. madeleine Says:

    DON’T CUT DOWN TREES

  123. K-Man Says:

    Hi am doing a project on trees. P.S You all cant spell SO LEARN

  124. Mr and Mrs Robert Frazier Says:

    Trees have long been considered a renewable resource–however once an ecosystem has been destroyed it may not ever recover. Our planet is quickly loosing it’s ability to support life. We are experiencing a mass extinction and are loosing, by one estimate, 30,000 species per year. There are approximately only 61 trees left per each human being on earth. The problem is an economic one. We can not continue to allow corporations to sell off the finite natural “resources” and consider it profit. The external costs to our environment must be factored into economic models. We cannot continue to consider unlimited economic growth on a finite world a desirable practice. Stop all unnecessary consumption–do you really need paper towels? No! Use rewashable cloth towels–stop consuming disposable products of any kind. There are sustainable building methods which do not use wood. Check out Earthships. There are good alternatives!

  125. Taylah Says:

    hi

    My class is doing an assiment on local environment and this is what i want to do it on

    is tha alright

  126. Taylah Says:

    i mean that alright

  127. dani Says:

    heyy i think some people should actually read what they are saying before they say it. a lot of the comments dont make sense. although cutting down trees is bad i also think that we need the products from the trees. instead of wasting your paper do your bit and recycle it… i agree, sabrina you need to rethink your comment it was pretty dumb

  128. Treekilla Says:

    Any one who likes oxygen is a tree hugger =/ Trees=Death

  129. natalie Says:

    3 billion trees worldwide are cut down every year just for paper production ):

  130. minnie mouse Says:

    If you think about it there are so many things that we need trees for so why only use them for one purpose; products for people.We should be thinking about all of the animals and ecosystems we are destroying because of our needs. So just to be clear, recycle and reuse don’t just throw away because you won’t be able to make a difference that way!

    THANKS FOR YOUR TIME

    ♥Minnie Mouse♥

  131. minnie mouse Says:

    treekilla you=stupid your thoughts=boredome

  132. both sides of this world Says:

    cutting down trees is good and bad like we get paper and books and furniture and houses. it is bad because we lose oxygen and shelter when it is raining or hot out and poor little animals go extincist because of habitat distruction. we can prevent more and more trees being cut down by RECYCLING and planting more trees around.

  133. Nyx Says:

    You know, I think that majority of you are quite um… terrible at proving your point. Basically, trees happen to be connected to humans in ways that very little people understand. Haven’t you ever wondered how human life came to be? Well, because of the earlier volcanic activity on the Earth, humans and other creatures couldn’t inhabit it. The atmosphere was full of carbon dioxide and wasn’t suitible to sustaining any flora or fauna. Then, in the oceans algea formed causing oxygen to form abundantly. Creatures in the oceans were the first living creatures on the Earth. They lived off the oxygen created by algae. Trees, cousins to the first Algae on Earth, are like our brothers and ancestors. Their great, great, great, great, great grandparents created oxygen by filtering out the Carbon dioxide from the air. So we owe a debt to the trees which silently sway in the breeze, keeping us alive however they can. And what do we do today? Cut them down, create alot of Carbon dioxide, never plant them after we destroy them, set them on fire and use them as writing material. Can you believe how we thanked our brothers that sustained us when we were just jelly-like creatures in the ocean? Just thinking about the fabricated life we live in, using our own life line as fuel, makes me want to vomit. I mean, how terrible can a soul be to kill its savior?

  134. David Says:

    De-forestation is ugly any way you look at it. The nasty part of it is when you literally see animals homes and lush habitats being torn away from them just to fulfill the needs of humans. I’d say let the animals tear down some of our homes!!! I’d only be fair. lol.

    You know, cannabis can be mixed with pulp to produce paper easily. You do a half and half thing – half pulp and half cannabis for paper and cardboard items it’d HEAVILY reduce de-forestation.

    & Don’t give me that “Omg… marijuana is dangerous” It’s been legal in Massachusetts for almost a yr now and nothing has changed, no increased crime, no increased school dropouts, etc.

    It has a strong potential to reduce deforestation, and for all the endangered cats and animals around the world close to extinction from de-forestation, it’d be a wise move.

  135. tonya Says:

    hey bella i do know that here in south carolina our westveco its in their contract that they have to plant another tree after removing one

  136. Renee Says:

    wowowowowowowowowjazzzsuckssss

  137. joce Says:

    renee is dumbbbbbbbbbbbb :D

  138. Renee Says:

    nonono!
    i’m sorry but im kina a genius…
    : ]

  139. joce Says:

    yea yu spelled kinda wrong dummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  140. Renee Says:

    yeayea
    im so smart that i spell things wrong…
    its hids my geniusnesss
    i dont want the whole world to kno yoo!
    gawd youu earthling

  141. joce Says:

    dumyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  142. Renee Says:

    wow where in 7th period adn we have noithing better to do : ]

  143. aliah Says:

    h3y

  144. Alleluia Says:

    hat3 dis

  145. to likes climing trees Says:

    i like trees and i like climbing trees so dont cut anymore trees down because i cant climb any more trees and if i breck a leg then you can cut a cuple trees down put then when my leg heals i will plant a millon trees and climb all of the!!!!!!!!!!!!!i like climing trees so stop cutting all the high trees down and start cutting the trees that you cant climb in.If you cut the high trees down i cant make a zip-line from the trees right into my pool in my back yard.DONT CUT DOWN TREES ONLY THE SMALL ONES!!!!!!!!!!DONT CUT DOWN TREES ONLY THE SMALL ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DONT CUT DOWN TREES ONLY THE SMALL ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DONT CUT DOWN TREES ONLY THE SMALL ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM THE BEST AND MAKING A ZIP-LINE FROM A HIGH TREE INTO MY POOL.I HAVE DOWN IT BEFORE

  146. kevin Says:

    i love trees!!!!!
    i wish pple wouldnt cut them out…..=(

  147. kevin Says:

    i hate trees so muck

  148. tom likes climing trees Says:

    trees are cool

  149. tom likes climing trees Says:

    i am at school right know.roflmfao

  150. tom likes climing trees Says:

    i am bored

  151. riv Says:

    go
    \

  152. terriost Says:

    i am going to get all the trees and i am not a real terriost.

  153. my dad cuts down trees! Says:

    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  154. Marissa Says:

    Try wiping your ass with plastic.

  155. mindy Says:

    this is crazy!!!!

  156. mindy Says:

    yeah try *scrach scrach*

  157. John Matel Says:

    I am not sure how many trees are cut down. I do know that the is MORE forest today in North America than there was 100 years ago. I also know that we plant more than 2 BILLION trees every year in southern forests and that forestry is sustainable now and forever if done properly. The question about how many trees is meaningless w/o specifying where and which kind.

    On my own land I recently cut thousands of trees to IMPROVE wildlife habitat. Ecology is a tricky thing. Sometimes the best we to improve the environment is to cut some tree and kill some animals.

    That is hard for the soft handed urban “environmenalist” to understand, but they usually come around when they get a little more real experience.

  158. Big salami tommy Says:

    you know it’s good to cut down the trees for enviornment the government told me so…………………………….. equal happiness

  159. Fish Man Says:

    we have to cut down trees, for paper and house reasons anyways. it’s called supply and demand; with a large population you have large demand, so you need to increase supply. with as big a population as we have, we need to cut down alot of trees. and as for planting another one after we cut one down, that only goes so far. We do that already, but alot of the rainforests in south america are being cut down for citrus plantations, so replanting a tree would be counterproductive. also, if you destroyed and animals home, replanting a tree isn’t going to help very much, because that animal can’t exactly wait the x amount of years for the tree to be fully grown. and it’s likely that you’ve killed it’s offspring in the process of cutting down the forest. so we can only do so much.

  160. D.k. Says:

    Why should we cut down trees? It justs kills us cause you are killing our oxygen! DO YOU WANT US TO DIE AND THIS MEANS YOU TO! We can find other things to make houses and paper.

  161. Sassy Says:

    You killer! Yah are killing all our trees and soon we will die too. Do you want to die? If you do than keep killing trees! But if you do not please try to make a difference!

  162. James McMaster Says:

    I LIKE BISCUITS

  163. Annie Says:

    …….ok……

  164. Jade Says:

    ok people some companys replant trees and if we dont kill trees then were do we live

  165. fact finder Says:

    Hi,
    I read through every single post and found that more so than not people are just posting crap. I did, however, find some very interesting posts that make very valid points and I would like to add to it. By the way I recycle my paper everyday but I know for a fact that I have printed things off the computer that I did always need, I also have used paper towels for the last year but am currently rethinking the idea, I have tons of college books (which is why I am doing research because I am trying to get them to use e-books or rent-books instead of wasting paper). WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF DOING SOMETHING TO WASTE PAPER OR NOT RECYCLING SO I AM ASKING PEOPLE TO INSTEAD OF WRITTING CRAP ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND RE-EVALUATE!
    I have my reasons for being on this site and have been doing alot of soul searching as well as actual research. Here are some of the things that I found:

    You may be surprised to learn that about one-third of the raw material used to make paper in the U.S.
    is residue – wood chips and scraps left behind from forest and sawmill operations. These “leftovers”
    would probably be burned or discarded if not used by the paper industry.

    A cord of wood is approximately 8 feet wide, 4 feet deep, and 4 feet high. A cord of air-dried, dense
    hardwood (oak, hickory, etc.) weighs roughly 2 tons, about 15-20 percent of which is water.
    It has been estimated that one cord of this wood will yield one of these approximate quantities
    of products:
    • 1,000-2,000 pounds of paper (depending on the process)
    • 942 100-page, hard-cover books
    • 61,370 No. 10 business envelopes
    • 4,384,000 commemorative-sized postage stamps
    • 460,000 personal checks
    • 1,200 copies of National Geographic
    • 2,700 copies of an average daily newspaper

    Each year, the U.S. forest community plants some 1.5 billion
    seedlings. That’s an average of more than 4 million new
    trees planted every day!
    More than 5 new trees are planted each year for every man,
    woman, and child in America, and millions more regrow
    naturally from seeds and sprouts.
    There are more trees in America today than there were 70
    years ago.

    Only about one-third of the fi ber used to make paper
    in the U.S. is from whole trees, which the industry calls
    round wood. It is not considered economical to use
    large logs for paper when they could instead be used for
    lumber. For this reason, only trees smaller than 8 inches
    in diameter, or larger trees not suitable for solid wood
    products, typically are harvested for papermaking.

    One excellent way to cut way down on household paper waste is to get off those junk mail lists. Junk mail is not as innocent as it may seem.100 million trees per year are being cut down, ground up, and used to make junk mail and 28 million gallons of water is also being used annually to make this junk mail. The US has an estimated 4.6 million tons of junk mail per year. Junk mail that is unwanted, often unread, and then thrown in the trash, where it clogs up already full landfills even further.

  166. mariam Says:

    i have to make a fake bill bout recycling paper..but i need a way to enforce it any ideas?

  167. Biju Joe Cherian Says:

    Pl. give me the names of trees which we can plant in India as a tree plantation and cut within 10 years

  168. Luciye K Says:

    yeah. why would anyone want to kill the tree’s we need those. they give of the carbon dioxide that we need. And cant live without. Not only are they hurting us but little animals and critters live there and they arre just going to cut id down like that whick is seriously not cool at all. Why cant they at least have a town vote to actually see if we all want to cut it down. i remember always going into the woods and admire the beauty that surronded me. and im not giving up God’s senery for a hotel or something.

  169. kelsey Says:

    trees give us air for paper and one day when all the trees are gone were gonna be dying and will have lots of paper being made witch we won’t even use

  170. Sam Says:

    I wish people would understand we need trees for oxygen! Because if you think cutting down trees is important for paper houses and stuff your wrong (Ok it is important but use plastic or something different than our beloved trees!) You can cut down as many trees as you like but all your doing is just losing air and eventually the whole world will have no air thanks to people who cut them down! We can survive in the jungles! We can hunt for food, find some sort of shelter, (maybe add to it more) and we can find water! If animals can do it we can do it! Were animals aren’t we?!?! And by cutting down trees your destroying animals homes! Imagine some people come to your house and start taking it down you have no where to go! So I know we need paper, wood, etc. But don’t go cutting like crazy!

  171. i care about the envireoment Says:

    I SAY YOU SHOULDNT CUT DOWN TREES LIKE YOU R NOW

  172. Connie Says:

    This is discriminating to nature. By the act of cutting down trees you are harming and killing many animals.Some where along the uneasy line some animals will go extinct.
    when they cut down trees they should replant them asap.
    or even decrease the number of trees that are being cut down. would you like it if people blew your houses to peices ?.

  173. Tyler Says:

    Just to inform the ignorant. I know this is true in Oregon and I’m assuming something similar in true in most other states.

    Whenever trees are harvested, the individuals harvesting the trees are required to plant 5 trees for every 1 tree harvested.

  174. set sekkhapirath Says:

    I have some problems want you to hepl me . My guestion is “Nature is necossary for human beings and all types of animals . Some governments from developing countries have been cutting down lots of trees . What do you think ? Please give me some examples . Thanks .

  175. joe Says:

    i just got done burning a tree (:

  176. kim Says:

    hate cutting down trees

  177. cole Says:

    i hate cutting trees down i mean we kill animals and we will kill ourself from no oxygen if we keep doing it.

  178. Elissa Says:

    i think cutting down trees is retarted why cut something down thatyou will use to write somthing about deforistation

  179. Elissa Says:

    DONT CUT DOWN TREES

  180. sunny sammi Says:

    stop cutting down of trees

  181. sunny sammi Says:

    use books which are ecobuddy…..
    and as much as posible don’t use wood

  182. Daughter Of The Nature Says:

    Cutting trees is similar to murder. We still have some time to save our planet, so let’s all help to save it.

  183. Daughter Of The Nature Says:

    The human race is the race that is the most difficult to understand.Some people say that humans are civilized animals, but is that really so? I do not really believe in this. How much I try to persuade people to stop deforestation and pollution, the more they do it.Their answer is that they still have some time.However we do not really have time.

  184. Nina Smooch Says:

    I cant believe all of you!!!!! alan the logger is soooooo wierd!!!!! almost three paragraphs!!you crazy…yall crazy!~!!!:)

    See yall later

  185. Nina Smooch Says:

    Ally and daisy!!! W#hat kind of comment is tht!!!??? omg!!!

  186. sunny sammi Says:

    i am making a project on deforstation
    the number of cutting down of trees is very large day by day that is realy bad

  187. Melissa. Says:

    Wow.

  188. Dr Smart Says:

    Im not sure what the age of the posters are on here, but please I hope you are not the future of this country. I have never read such idiocy in my life.

    Trees are meant to harvest and replenished by both nature and the lumber industry. Hug a tree, just don’t vote, PLEASE.

  189. Paul Bunyan Says:

    My god are you people stupid. I guess you never wipe your nose, or your butt?

    Do you read books? Write stories? Live in a house? Sit on furniture?

    If you’re Chinese or Japanese, you use them to eat your food, (or if you happen to use chopsticks).

    Trees are a renewable resource. Use, renew, use again. Quit listening to the global warming idiots and try for once to use your own brain. Jeezh!

  190. Braceface Says:

    I think we should stop cutting sown trees bcuz they r da ones tht gives us air,and HELLO! they r animals tht live in the trees!!!!!!!!!!

  191. ellen Says:

    oh my gosh i love trees so much. they are so pretty and they help us so much. i am researching pollution at the moment and i have learned so much more about how trees slow down almost all the damage that we cause to our lovely earth.
    the person who left comment 77 is cool because he plants trees after he cuts them down.

    btw no one leaving comments knows how to spell, so go back to school

  192. Daughter of the Nature Says:

    I want to help save my planet, and I shall go to any extent just to preserve its beauty which is enhanced by trees. The Earth is the most beautiful planet in the solar system and I will do my best to save it.

  193. Russel P. Habla Says:

    nice one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  194. Russel P. Habla Says:

    Kaduso man san realidad kan buhay!!!!!!!!!!!!

  195. Kiki waz here Says:

    HEy ya. I understand it’s important to cut down trees because we probably couldnt live w/o cutting them down and turning them into stuff… although i think we’re cutting down WAY too many trees than necessary.. Just cut down the amount that we need and leave it at that.. no going over board with..

    And about how many animals die a year because of trees getting cut down to build houses and such?

  196. jeff Says:

    you girls love trees and i love u

  197. feliciarox Says:

    ok when the government cuts down the trees he is killing the trees that give us oxygen. This is gonna be the reason why the world is gonna end. It gets me mad when they say they are cutting more and more trees down every day.

  198. John Refer Says:

    Please, due to tough times i don’t think it would be wise to cut down tree’s the environment it at such a critical state, although we are making improvements with such things as hybrid vehicles and more recylcing, but the government needs to start worrying about the amount of trees we waste from day to day, i mean just go into one office and look at all the pointless documents they have that end up being thrown out anyway, Please save the tree’s, and save planet earth.

  199. katie Says:

    About 28 football pitches of trees are cut own by the time you count to 10!!!!!
    i want to save the rainforest but im only yong!!!!!
    Pllz save it
    Aswell as that,in approx 40 Yearsz All the rain forests will be gone and there wont be enough oxygen
    we wont have fruit,rubber,chewing gum,wood and materiaals we havent even descoverd yet!
    i will only be 50 at that timme and i want to do summet bowt it :( :’(
    Plzz help save the rainforest.

  200. katie Says:

    Please Can you plant 2 trees every time you cut 1 downn???

  201. maddy Says:

    can you please stop cutting down trees and use weat paper instead

  202. hmm... Says:

    everybody on here is a f’n hipicrit. guess how many trees it took to build your house? u people are idiots. if u wanna save trees do something instead of sitting on your a55 leaving bs comments on a site like this.

  203. Blackbo Says:

    i love trees( no homo ) ddnt kill um!!

  204. keshala Says:

    i think u shuold stop wasting paper

  205. keshala Says:

    yeah i mea u guys are dum

  206. keishala Says:

    hahahaha u gys think i am nice but i am not

  207. Jyanar Says:

    We are pretty much cutting our oxygen supply slowly day by day, year by year, and if we keep this up we won’t be able to survive from the lack of oxygen. Cattle are overgrazing, making deserts, our landfills are filling up, and we are killing ourselves through our own preservatives, pesticides and etc. There are very few places on earth that have not been touched by man. You can go to the amazon river and find Mcdonalds cheeseburger wrappers and coke cans.

  208. kinga Says:

    in my school i have organised a non paper day. if you are a student or work in a office just stop for one minute and see how much paper is actually used. in some of my classes we get 4 work sheets per student! simply becaouse the teacher is to lazy to do their job properly and jsut hand out worksheets as its easier. does everything need to be put down on paper?

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