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?
- 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.
- 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?
- 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)
- 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).
157 Responses to “How many trees are cut down every year?”
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May 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
hi i have a question how many trees are cut dowwn a year
May 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
once the industry cuts down the tree(S) how come they dont plant them that same moment?
May 11th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
why cant the industry or even try to reduse the amount of trees being cut down each year?
May 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
why cant the industry try to offer stores to sale recycleled paper???????!!!!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
cutting down trees is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO stupid lol i mean who does it!! me!!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 am
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
June 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am
how many trees do we waste
June 4th, 2008 at 9:39 am
we <3 trees
July 21st, 2008 at 5:34 am
we shouldn’t cut ANY!! trees
July 21st, 2008 at 5:38 am
we could cut a few trees down only if we plant another tree over it!
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
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
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 am
i think that cutting down trees will give us more shad,more oxygen and less carbon dioxide
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 am
when you cut down trees you are cutting down the generations of life to come
September 4th, 2008 at 6:02 am
I <3 Trees!!!!!!!!!!! =)
September 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
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
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September 9th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
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.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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…
September 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
WOT the hek with killing treesssssssssssss
September 16th, 2008 at 6:24 am
killing trees is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddd
no no killly
September 16th, 2008 at 6:27 am
we’re making a fake bill on replanting trees when cut down any advice on the intro speech?
September 17th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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….
September 30th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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!!!
October 7th, 2008 at 5:54 am
its good killing trees
October 7th, 2008 at 6:35 am
dont cut down trees its like u r trying to kill yourself because they provide the oxegen!!!!!!!!!!!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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 !!
October 14th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
yyeh i think u shouldn”t cut down trees coz itz cutting partz ov mah live
October 15th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
heyy im cool
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:36 am
i know diddly squat about running the governmenttasd
oh yea, i, uh screw trees
October 28th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Tree’s Help Us, ALOT!
with paper, babycribbs, baby food, BROOMS!
keep it realll:)
October 29th, 2008 at 9:13 am
I am a big tree hugger without trees we would not b alive
October 29th, 2008 at 9:14 am
I love trees I love trees I am a tree hugger
October 29th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
data for how much do they cut trees in 1998,2003,2006,and2008.
October 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
the dumb thing is that more people should recycle paper but instead ask for more
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
who ever cuts down trees and use to much and plus not recycle YOU ARE A HORRIBLE WOMAN/MAN YOU SICK *BEEP*
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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!!
November 4th, 2008 at 4:48 am
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
November 5th, 2008 at 11:44 am
that was the best in the Westernt Man I love it
November 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
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November 13th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
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
November 17th, 2008 at 3:59 am
I can’t belive how selfish we all are!! OMG I feel so bad ;’(
November 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
We need to top cutting down so many trees we will soon die!!
November 17th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Dude V-man trees are not the best thing in the world
November 20th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
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.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
wats up wit these trees stuff
November 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am
i mean…why yall worrie about trees they cant help you out… so y be worrie about them
November 24th, 2008 at 5:54 am
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!
November 24th, 2008 at 5:55 am
anyway trees don’t even care about us
November 24th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
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
November 24th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
wow!
go hug a tree
gosh!
November 24th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
acually go plant one or 2
December 11th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Save the trees make more babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
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
December 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
and duh trees help thats what makes us live (oxygen) think ppl think
December 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
God! lets not cut down the trees!!
December 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
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!!! *^.^*
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
A company named HTG manufactures wood free paper. 100% biodegradble and just like real paper. AMAZING.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
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
January 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 6th, 2009 at 10:33 am
i think that lumberjacks r afraid to go on this website because they know their doing something wrong.And they r
January 6th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I think that its just stupid 2 cut down trees to make new buildings & stuff. Don’t we have enough?
January 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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
January 15th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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!!
January 16th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Why do people cut down trees? If you do cut down trees you suck!!!
January 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am
this is my second comment and homework kills trees.Save the trees or will die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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!!!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:54 am
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!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:58 am
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.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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??..?
February 12th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I think cutting down trees is really wrong. I know we use it fro things like paper but I still thinkl that its wrong
February 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
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.
February 16th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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!!
February 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
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.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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
February 26th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
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!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 am
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
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
What is the government doing to help this problem?
March 9th, 2009 at 7:19 am
After the people cut down the trees how many do they have to plant?
March 17th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
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????
March 18th, 2009 at 5:19 am
trees help us live AND WE NEED THEM DO NOT CUT THEM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 19th, 2009 at 10:33 am
7 million trees are cut down each year
March 21st, 2009 at 10:00 am
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!
March 21st, 2009 at 10:15 am
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
March 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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.!:)
March 26th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
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.
March 28th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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!
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
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.
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
trees can be cut down the ocean is what we need to worry about [ most of our air comes from plankton in the ocean
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
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
April 6th, 2009 at 8:24 am
How many trees are cut down each year to make paper?
April 10th, 2009 at 5:12 am
How many trees are cut down each year in pennsylvania?
April 10th, 2009 at 5:17 am
What can I do to help the animals habitat?
April 18th, 2009 at 4:53 am
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.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
you r so hot garth
April 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
i love trees and you
April 20th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
hi
April 21st, 2009 at 7:52 am
I cut down tree’s for a livin
DON’T DENY MY POWER!!
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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
April 27th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 5:11 am
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.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:48 am
All of the above
May 7th, 2009 at 4:32 am
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 :]
May 7th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’m trying to persuade a neighborhood from not being built in my backyard,a.k.a. a jungle. lol, Indiana.
May 9th, 2009 at 7:14 am
tree killer is loco
May 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am
tree does not kill us, so we should not kill tree
May 12th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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.
May 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am
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!!!!!!
May 30th, 2009 at 11:32 am
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
June 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
you people NEED to care! Global warming, loss of animal population…… its a WASTE to cut down soooo many trees. LIMITATIONS people!
June 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I really think all this has to stop!
It’s polluting our world!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
some people are using this for research so don’t leave useless comments
June 10th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
WHY DO SO MANY STUPID PEOPLE CUT DOWN TREES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
June 17th, 2009 at 8:35 am
trees are awesome don’t kill them XD
June 27th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
hi
June 27th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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
July 1st, 2009 at 7:38 am
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… :(
July 28th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
how much paper do we throw away a year
July 28th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
how much trees are made to make a ton of paper
July 29th, 2009 at 8:07 am
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.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
DON’T CUT DOWN TREES
August 30th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Hi am doing a project on trees. P.S You all cant spell SO LEARN
September 1st, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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!
September 1st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
hi
My class is doing an assiment on local environment and this is what i want to do it on
is tha alright
September 1st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
i mean that alright
September 6th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
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
September 10th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Any one who likes oxygen is a tree hugger =/ Trees=Death
September 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
3 billion trees worldwide are cut down every year just for paper production ):
September 27th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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♥
September 27th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
treekilla you=stupid your thoughts=boredome
October 14th, 2009 at 10:45 am
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.
October 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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?
October 25th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:46 am
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
October 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
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October 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
renee is dumbbbbbbbbbbbb :D
October 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
nonono!
i’m sorry but im kina a genius…
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October 26th, 2009 at 11:58 am
yea yu spelled kinda wrong dummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
October 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am
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
October 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am
dumyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
October 26th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
wow where in 7th period adn we have noithing better to do : ]
October 28th, 2009 at 8:32 am
h3y
October 28th, 2009 at 8:33 am
hat3 dis
October 29th, 2009 at 5:25 am
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
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
i love trees!!!!!
i wish pple wouldnt cut them out…..=(
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
i hate trees so muck
November 5th, 2009 at 6:09 am
trees are cool
November 5th, 2009 at 6:10 am
i am at school right know.roflmfao
November 5th, 2009 at 6:11 am
i am bored
November 5th, 2009 at 6:13 am
go
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November 5th, 2009 at 6:14 am
i am going to get all the trees and i am not a real terriost.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:16 am
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Try wiping your ass with plastic.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
this is crazy!!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
yeah try *scrach scrach*
November 7th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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.