Damn those loggers

[auroraglacialis]

@apache: Well the trees were mostly not that ancient. My guess is the oldest ones are up to about 100-200 years maybe - they are not ancient, but old. Most of them are younger though. They took about 1:3 or 1:4 I guess, probably they call it sustainable logging. I'll try to do photos if I can.

@Raiden: You asking me or apache? In any case I dont think there has to be a special malovelent reason. Someone owns that forest or at least logging rights to it, so they go there and cut down trees, pull them out and make them into something - most likely firewood. They get money for it and its their business. They do that to forests here all the time in varous places, but most of that forest is farmed fir trees, so I never liked them doing that but did not object too much yet, but to touch these places ... sigh.

[Niri Te]

AGAIN, what we have, is a POPULATION PROBLEM. What we NEED as a Species for the good of the Planet, is for Eywa to arrange some worldwide, not just the "Third World", PANDEMIC that takes out about half the population of the Planet. Rich, Poor, Developed Nations, Undeveloped Nations alike. Half the people, half the destruction of the planet, perhaps even lest damage than half. FACE IT, when it comes to the damage, some of it WILLFUL in the name of GREED, Humans are VERMIN that the Earth can do with a lot less of.

[Raiden]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

@apache: Well the trees were mostly not that ancient. My guess is the oldest ones are up to about 100-200 years maybe - they are not ancient, but old. Most of them are younger though. They took about 1:3 or 1:4 I guess, probably they call it sustainable logging. I'll try to do photos if I can.

@Raiden: You asking me or apache? In any case I dont think there has to be a special malovelent reason. Someone owns that forest or at least logging rights to it, so they go there and cut down trees, pull them out and make them into something - most likely firewood. They get money for it and its their business. They do that to forests here all the time in varous places, but most of that forest is farmed fir trees, so I never liked them doing that but did not object too much yet, but to touch these places ... sigh.

Oh. :/

Here (here being Oregon), there are a ton of land-use laws that prevent people from being able to do things like that, depending on how the land is "zoned".

Probably 90-95% of the really valuable forestland is strictly protected, and so any activities that impact it must be passed by the relevant land-use boards before it is approved.

So, I asked because I was wondering if your government has similar laws in place, which would mean that whoever cut the trees would have to obtain permission first.

But it doesn't look like that's the case, unfortunately.