5.17 APES Sustainable Forestry

What is a commercially used method for harvesting trees and is most likely to lead to a fragmented landscape with serious impacts on biodiversity?

Clear-cutting

Sustainable use of forests in the United States would likely be encouraged by what?

Cutting small groups of medium and large sized trees in uneven aged forests

What is the best way to mitigate deforestation?

I dont know..

What actions would be most likely to increase the protection of ecological systems in national forests?

Mandate that the government sale of logging rights in national forests be at fair market value

What environmental consequence will most likely result from clear-cutting deciduous forests for logging?

More carbon dioxide will be added to the atmosphere and increase anthropogenic climate change.

What forestry practice best achieves the goal of providing wood products for humans while preserving biodiversity?

Selective cutting of large areas of old growth forest