Question

explain classification and consequences of timber
extraction​

Answer 1

Answer:Wood used for engineering purposes like building houses, making furniture is called timber . The products derived from limber have been important to many civilizations, and thus it has acquired value within these civilizations. There has always existed a powerful incentive for individuals to capture the wood value of old growth timber. Timber extraction results in deforestation and in the fragmentation of the last remaining forests. It harms valuable species of trees, birds and wild animals. In spite of this, it is sometimes necessary to extract timber, so as to meet the needs of a developing country. During the extraction of timber, cutting, felling and handling should be done selectively, carefully and in a planned manner, in order to save the remaining forests and biodiversity.

Types of Timber extraction:

(i)  Clear felling;

(ii)  Selective logging;

(iii)  Mechanized logging;

(iv)  Handlogging and

(v)   Reduced-impact logging.

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