Forestry: to harvest resources while minimizing effects on the rest of the ecosystem.
mostly boreal forests and tropical rain forests cover 30% of the earth
Old growth or primary forest 36% of world forest
Second growth 60% of worlds forest
Tree plantation tree farm or commercial forest 4% of worlds forest may supply most of the industrial wood in the future
Ecological value: provide habitat for organisms source of biodiversity prevent erosion purify water store carbon release oxygen
Economic value: timber for lumber and fuel source of food raw material for many medicines
4 methods clear cutting strip cutting selective cutting seed tree or shelter wood
all result in uneven age tree growth
tends to be less even aged because of biodiversity
Clear cutting: cut down every tree in region
Seed tree / shelterwood: leave selective trees, leaving a few mature trees standing to provide shelter for seedlings
Selective cutting: few trees cut at once
Strip cutting: cutting one strip of trees
logging is a major threat to forest ecosystems increase erosion leads to runoff habitat fragmentation loss of biodiversity
Deforestation not planning on regrowth making it into something else
us national forest system set aside to grow trees for timber
surface fires usually burn leaf litter and undergrowth
crown fires extremely hot burns on top of trees
I Speak For The Trees:
How could the Once-ler have managed his company to protect natural resources and not run out of trees to manufacture “Thneeds”? Is it necessary to protect all the trees “from axes that hack”?
he could have gotten them to cut some down and go back and grow more like selective cutting, it is necessary to protect all the trees from that hack because they were meant for nature and for all the animals that lived in the trees or in the areas of the trees.
What did the Once-ler mean by “UNLESS”? What responsibility does he seem to think “someone like you” needs to take? What kind of things can we do today to ensure that trees will be available for all different purposes in the future?
What he meant bout unless was that he was saying you could make a change or make everything better your making a change for the trees and doing better. He wants you to take responsibility and help save the trees before there are no more.
Write a sequel to the Lorax that might explain how the Truffula tree made a comeback through replanting and proper forest management while still being used to make Thneeds
LORAX THE SEQUEL
The truffula trees came back because he started to grow more just from the last truffula seed, you would have to wait for the tree to grow and give you more seeds. after the tree is able to give you more seeds you will be able to grow more just from that. we will replant all the truffla trees that the oncerler cut down and we will give him his own seeds to produce his own truffla trees for his thneeds. it will become a proper forest again when all the trees are grown back to full age and not cut down. The onceler can use less of the truffla tree to make his thneeds he can save more trees and make less thneeds or reduce the use of truffla trees. UNLESS is meant for a change i need you to make a difference for life and nature, you are the change for better. The onceler could use a different type of material for his thneeds , there are many of materials that he could have used.