What are the most significant impacts of forest management?
LISTENING STUDY: Some responses reference the ecological impacts of large-scale industrial forestry while others highlight the impacts of sustainably managed forests. Growing and harvesting trees for paper production can cause a variety of environmental impacts ranging from the destruction of plant and animal habitat to the degradation of soil and water quality, which also affects human populations. – Victoria Mills, Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense The most significant impact of timber management worldwide is that caused by large clearcuts over large areas, where forest composition, structure, and function is drastically changed, often for the very long term. – Susan Hammond, Executive Director, Silva Forest Foundation Business-as-usual industrial forestry in the U.S. often has substantial and long-lasting environmental, social, and economic impacts. Many timber and paper companies’ historical and current practices have degraded water quality, liquidated
