[MCN] Why are forests felled??

[Lance Olsen]

"The rightful use and purpose of our natural resources is to make all the people … well-housed ….” Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Breaking Common Ground. 1947

In 1949, America passed its Housing Act, which stated that it is the policy of the United States to provide "a decent home and suitable environment for every American family."



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“ Ecosystem management must avoid two traps: falsely assuming a tame solution and inaction from overwhelming complexity.”



Ruth DeFries, Harini Nagendra. Ecosystem management as a wicked problem. Science  Special Issue: Ecosystem Earth. Apr 21, 2017 



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