Basically, if the logging industry was a sustainable one then there'd be no need to cut down native forests to expand logging coupes.
"Cut a tree down, plant one and the world is untouched" is such wrong statement.
Think that 200 years ago this country had not a single house, road, clearfell plantation, or mine. Not a single river dammed or animal introduced. Not one coal fired powerstation, chip mill or trawler fleet.
All that in a measly 200 years.
Ofcourse I use products from industry and I like them but I don't think we should be in such a rush to strip everything. What will the place be like in another 200 years?
For those of you playing along at home (lol) do a bit of research into the story of the Gunns timber company an tassie. Basically had a monopoly on the state and %100 NOT sustainable.
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