‘Peak timber’ concerns in tropics

Current tropical timber practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the “implications of ‘peak timber’”, a study has suggested. A team of researchers says the standard cutting cycle of 30-40 years is too short to allow trees to grow to a volume required by commercial loggers.   As a result, they add, the pressure to harvest primary forests will continue, leading to ongoing deforestation. The researchers suggested that there were three main factors that...