Forestry Environmental Science Land and Water Use Forestry Questions How is land cover related to land use? Why is it better to only collect tree branches rather than cut down an entire tree? What would happen if most of the forests of Earth were cut down? What percent of Ontario's forest fires are caused by lightning? Why is deforestation happening? What is silviculture? What is forestry? Question #a573e How does deforestation contribute to the greenhouse effect? How does population growth affects the rate of deforestation? Why do conservationists prefer sustainable forestry to clearcutting? Question #b0240 It has been argued that cutting old-growth forests and replacing them with plantations of young trees would help alleviate the threat of global greenhouse warming. What important fact does this argument ignore? Difference between deforestation and reforestation? What is forestry? How is deforestation related to desertification? Land and Water Use View all chapters Agriculture Forestry Rangelands Land Conservation Mining Fishing and Hunting General Natural Resource Use and Consumption Prev Next