Rough Guide to the Tree Equivalent of Man and their Re-plantation
Posted
on January 31, 2011
Rough
to the Tree Equivalent of Man and their Re-plantation
This is not referring to the commercial scale of replacement since the rate at commercial scale exploitation cannot be estimated to any accuracy.
This
is based on the use of tree, timber and its products by man during
his productive life.
If
we were to sustain each man or women has to grow at least 10 trees
and maintain them till their mature life. This has to be done in 4-5
year cycles and older you (above 35 years) are the cycle has to be at
least 1-2 years.
Ideally
each man or woman plants a tree on his / her birthday!
1.
The use as timber products for roofing and housing
2.
To replace the use of paper products
3.
Use of fire wood (this has to be in relation to the use)
4.
The use of furniture
5.
Wastage in every production line
6.
The trees not sustaining themselves due to bad planting or weather
conditions
7.
The last 4 are for unaccountable felling and vandalism encountered
and may have to vary according to the country.
This
amount is to keep the balance of nature. If one has a house with 4
adults in it this estimate makes it 40 trees around their
neighborhood and the way the houses are built in a city next to each
other there is is no room for to grow enough trees.
Not
even a single tree or hedge to act as windbreaks and shade. (please
look at how rich Americans build their houses and walkabouts).
That
means every major city has to have a buffer zone (this is how the
ancient people built cities) of tree cover equivalent the population
that is incarcerated in the name of development.
Colombo
city can never regain its splendor what ever we do now for it.
The
Kandy city has almost 3 three times population density of Palestine
Refugee Camps and we are going to be no different to Israel in
another 10 or 20 years.
We
are losing it faster than it’s regeneration.
Regarding
the commercial exploitation the re-plantation has to be according to
the tree’s cycle. If the tree grows to maturity in 4 years for
every tree harvested 4 should be planted and only a few trees fall
into this category.
