Malaysia uses satellite to fight illegal logging: report

December 28, 2008
Malaysia is zooming in on forests with a satellite in order to fight illegal logging

A Rainbow forms over the Ulu Baram rainforest in eastern Malaysia. The country is zooming in on forests with a satellite in order to fight illegal logging which its government says is harming the major timber exporting country.

Malaysia is zooming in on forests with a satellite in order to fight illegal logging which its government says is harming the major timber exporting country, a report said Sunday.



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Nartoon
Dec 28, 2008

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They say forestry is a renewable resource, of course that's part of the problem. It takes much longer to grow a tree than to cut it down, and if the replacements are of only one species then the resulting reforestation is of little use to anyone except foresters.
wawadave
Dec 28, 2008

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Can you say Cor-pirations and the need for greed!
Velanarris
Dec 29, 2008

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They say forestry is a renewable resource, of course that's part of the problem. It takes much longer to grow a tree than to cut it down, and if the replacements are of only one species then the resulting reforestation is of little use to anyone except foresters.
Yes but it takes a fixed amount of time for a tree to regrow. Responsible logging and quotas work very well.
theophys
Dec 29, 2008

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Yes but it takes a fixed amount of time for a tree to regrow. Responsible logging and quotas work very well.

You mean responsible logging and quatas could work well. I know of no examples where responsible logging were used succefully to keep the forest healthy. They have nice little quotas in Oregon to prevent over-logging, but if you walk a hundred yards from any of the scenic roadside views, you will find acres and acres of stumps without a single new tree planted. It is unwise to trust corperations, but nearly impossible to keep them entirely in check. I tink the best solution would be to find a cheap synthetic material to replace wood altogether.
Velanarris
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Yes but it takes a fixed amount of time for a tree to regrow. Responsible logging and quotas work very well.

You mean responsible logging and quatas could work well. I know of no examples where responsible logging were used succefully to keep the forest healthy. They have nice little quotas in Oregon to prevent over-logging, but if you walk a hundred yards from any of the scenic roadside views, you will find acres and acres of stumps without a single new tree planted. It is unwise to trust corperations, but nearly impossible to keep them entirely in check. I tink the best solution would be to find a cheap synthetic material to replace wood altogether.

No, responsible logging works correctly. In Oregon we don't practice responsible logging, we practice, "Ok, you have 4 months to cut down as much as you can, and then the season is over."
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