A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points-
-Logging continues on a large scale from the high price for tropical wood
-Forest management would mean a limit of trees to be cut as well as replacing them benefiting producers and conservation
-Sustainable forest management was an idea that first presented in 1980s
-Research has shown that natural disturbances have created pockets where Mahogany Seedlings could grow
-Many trees cannot grow under the shady canopy of the forest meaning human intervention would be required
-This human intervention however could threaten the biodiversity of the forest
-Less than 1/8 of 1% of production forests use a sustainable yield basis
-Logging companies face the decision of cutting the trees immediately and banking their profits or allowing trees to grow their volume and value
-Companies that rapidly harvest their assets usually invest right away and continue to generate high rates profit
-Delaying harvest caused the price of mahogany harvest to increase of about 1% a year
-Delaying harvest has the risk of disaster such as fire, disease or if logging becomes prohibited. This is why many companies bank profits as soon as possible
-In the Chimanes region, unrestricted logging shows to be 2-5% more profitable. This makes the rational economic approach to harvest all available mahogany, avoiding future investments in future harvests and then moving to the next specie which shows a positive net return
-The incentives to log all at once are especially powerful in countries with a loose government regulation
-A more sustainable approach could do double the damage caused from logging
-If biodiversity is more important, then a low impact unsustainable choice may be preferred
-Profitability of logging existing forests and investing in regeneration must be required for anything to work
-Due to circumstances, many companies are reluctant to investing in long term logging
-Many people are willing to buy certifiably green or "green-labeling" lumber products which are to promote sustainable logging.
-Consumers have been shown willing to pay up to 10% more for sustainable lumber
-Because there has not been an overwhelming void needed to be filled for certifying "green" lumber, the cost should be kept to a minimum
-Most likely at the moment and near future, sustainable forest logging is unlikely to become widespread
-Road development and colonization pose a greater threat than unsustainable logging
-Conservationists should find a form of protection for these forests in the long run while these forests still remain.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
Destruction of tropical rain forest is a constant source of distress. Deforestation in the tropics continues relentlessly and on a vast scale. Regulated timber production as a compromise between strict preservation and uncontrolled exploitation. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them, this can be a pragmatic scheme. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them. Uncon-trolled logging would invariably obliterate the older stands, where nearly all trees would be of a market- able size. Sustain the production of mahogany could disturb so much forest that the overall conservation objectives would surely be compromised. Less than one eighth of 1 percent of the world’s tropical production forests were operating on a sustained-tiled basis as of the late 1980s. Environmentalists also need to remember that many threats to tropical forests would continue even if sustain- able management were to become widely adopted.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article-
Humans should stop worrying about the economy for a day and start thinking about what could happened if there wasn't more trees. if we run out of natural resources.There would be a big impact in the environment if we don't do anything. There would be more nature, more rain forest. It was impacting, that people are choosing an unstable way of logging and chopping down trees because they get more money. They just do things for the money, and that’s frustrated. It angers me, but the prices of thing; paper, wood, and other stuff are cheaper. If we want to keep living this way and rid of the biodiversity, I guess we can continue our ways.
-Logging continues on a large scale from the high price for tropical wood
-Forest management would mean a limit of trees to be cut as well as replacing them benefiting producers and conservation
-Sustainable forest management was an idea that first presented in 1980s
-Research has shown that natural disturbances have created pockets where Mahogany Seedlings could grow
-Many trees cannot grow under the shady canopy of the forest meaning human intervention would be required
-This human intervention however could threaten the biodiversity of the forest
-Less than 1/8 of 1% of production forests use a sustainable yield basis
-Logging companies face the decision of cutting the trees immediately and banking their profits or allowing trees to grow their volume and value
-Companies that rapidly harvest their assets usually invest right away and continue to generate high rates profit
-Delaying harvest caused the price of mahogany harvest to increase of about 1% a year
-Delaying harvest has the risk of disaster such as fire, disease or if logging becomes prohibited. This is why many companies bank profits as soon as possible
-In the Chimanes region, unrestricted logging shows to be 2-5% more profitable. This makes the rational economic approach to harvest all available mahogany, avoiding future investments in future harvests and then moving to the next specie which shows a positive net return
-The incentives to log all at once are especially powerful in countries with a loose government regulation
-A more sustainable approach could do double the damage caused from logging
-If biodiversity is more important, then a low impact unsustainable choice may be preferred
-Profitability of logging existing forests and investing in regeneration must be required for anything to work
-Due to circumstances, many companies are reluctant to investing in long term logging
-Many people are willing to buy certifiably green or "green-labeling" lumber products which are to promote sustainable logging.
-Consumers have been shown willing to pay up to 10% more for sustainable lumber
-Because there has not been an overwhelming void needed to be filled for certifying "green" lumber, the cost should be kept to a minimum
-Most likely at the moment and near future, sustainable forest logging is unlikely to become widespread
-Road development and colonization pose a greater threat than unsustainable logging
-Conservationists should find a form of protection for these forests in the long run while these forests still remain.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
Destruction of tropical rain forest is a constant source of distress. Deforestation in the tropics continues relentlessly and on a vast scale. Regulated timber production as a compromise between strict preservation and uncontrolled exploitation. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them, this can be a pragmatic scheme. Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them. Uncon-trolled logging would invariably obliterate the older stands, where nearly all trees would be of a market- able size. Sustain the production of mahogany could disturb so much forest that the overall conservation objectives would surely be compromised. Less than one eighth of 1 percent of the world’s tropical production forests were operating on a sustained-tiled basis as of the late 1980s. Environmentalists also need to remember that many threats to tropical forests would continue even if sustain- able management were to become widely adopted.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article-
Humans should stop worrying about the economy for a day and start thinking about what could happened if there wasn't more trees. if we run out of natural resources.There would be a big impact in the environment if we don't do anything. There would be more nature, more rain forest. It was impacting, that people are choosing an unstable way of logging and chopping down trees because they get more money. They just do things for the money, and that’s frustrated. It angers me, but the prices of thing; paper, wood, and other stuff are cheaper. If we want to keep living this way and rid of the biodiversity, I guess we can continue our ways.