ESPM 1011 Final: Forest Management Study Guide Exam II.docx

• School: UMN
• Department: Environment Sci, Policy, Mgmt
• Course: ESPM 1011
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Trees absorb carbon from the atmosphere to use in the process of photosynthesis. One tree can absorb as much carbon in a year as a car produces while driving 26,000 miles. The trees act as a storage for carbon in the environment. Developing countries and tropical areas (south american, se asia, and africa) are losing forests to deforestization for many reasons: to repay foreign debt, for large-scale agriculture, small-scale agriculture, cattle ranches, and logging. Agriculture, transportation and housing are greatly impacting forests through deforestation for these uses. In the us, forest area has stayed relatively stable since 1907, and we"ve actually had a net gain of forested area. In minnesota, forests have suffered in the last century: what effect has public vs. private ownership of forests had on historical timber. Although private removals were once low and public removals high, times have changed.