e. Since the late 1980's huge tracts of land have been clear-cut. Economically this change in practice has been fruitful. Sure to follow this success is an inevitable financial and ecological disaster (Kerasote, 268). Proper forestry practices can accommodate the demand for timber products without completely destroying our forest resource. Economic based forestry practices on the other hand will decimate this resource. If deforestation continues global warming will increase and a great natural resource will be lost (Westoby, 212). Now is the time to embrace forest conservation before the total deforestation of our planet destroys our ecosystem....
