[setr]

>tree poachers

Is this actually a thing? I always imagined tree cutting to be noisy, heavy, difficult and fairly non-subtle... stealing a tree seems like a really difficult task to pull off

Although I guess if you have a large forest, you’d have a lot of ground to cover and lot of coverage..

[ryanmercer]

>Is this actually a thing?

Oh man the world is far worse than something like stealing trees for lumber, people are stealing entire BEACHES!

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/07/13/628894815/epis...

Transcript: https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...

[lowdose]

Thanks for this link!

[squish78]

You can hardly hear a chainsaw a half-mile away through a thick forest. Nobody is policing the off-road trails through the woods. Typically this would be for pricier woods like black walnut or mahogany, not your standard cheap framing timber

[toomuchtodo]

Can you optimize for tree species that are native, CO2 absorbing, but not desirable for harvesting?

[squish78]

Optimize what?

[toomuchtodo]

Pick trees that absorb CO2 but aren’t worth cutting down. Sorry that wasn’t clear.

[squish78]

All trees absorb CO2 for cell growth. The aforementioned exotic tree poachers are negligible in their effect on carbon uptake because only a few selected trees make a big payday. The majority of deforestation clear-cutting you hear about in the rainforest is to clear land for cattle pastures, not for harvesting timber. Most timber companies are required to replant saplings in the land they clear.

Growing industrial hemp and bamboo is the fastest way to recapture carbon into useful materials because you can harvest multiple times a year

[toomuchtodo]

How do you ensure native rainforest and the like aren’t clearcut to grow hemp or bamboo?