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| Forestry is the science, art, and practice of managing and using trees, forests, and their associated resources for human benefit. Forests can be managed to produce various products and benefits including timber, wildlife habitat, clean water, biodiversity, and recreation. |
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What about all the last islands of untouched forest that sustain themselves better than any human designed system precisely because they are not exploited for human benefit?
Are we to assume that forestry is the process of converting these last vibrant stable systems into the exclusive use of a human-based system that is so unstable that a cascade effect of species extinction occurs at a rate that is nearly unstoppable?
Is that really what forestry is about?