Where does your wood/paper come from?

[Rossini]

We use alot of wood in our hobby,mostly for conversions for fish rooms,and stands for our tanks.

Please take a look at this....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnqMgNkwxr4

 

[Rosseau]

nice.. David Attenborough is my hero.

 

[Tony44]

nice

 

[Rossini]

Cool.

Do you guys use FSC wood/paper?

I've got our compnmay using all recycled paper and FSC grade paper. Also recycled paper hand towels and toilet roll.

Wish more people would make the switch. The forest are dissapearing at an alarming rate.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

So sad yet so true. One day we will all regret our luxury leather, big paper eating business, and will soon realize that sweet truck on our drive way... Ohh yeah its helping to out death

 

[Random Aquarist]

Why would you cut down rainforests? They're all skinny, worthless trees. You need big, fat trees like in the temperate areas. Trees like oaks, pines, etc. have harder wood and produce more of it.

Good thing we have tree farms, which have a much less affect on wildlife. Unfortunately, we still use wood from the rainforests.

Did you know that there are more forests(not rainforests) today than in 1900 because of tree farms? Why can't we do this with rainforests? I hope we do some day.

 

[billsreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9835880#post9835880 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Random Aquarist
Why would you cut down rainforests?

Tropical hardwoods are high dollar. Also slash and burn is still practiced just to clear land for cheap beef and leather.

 

[scottras]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9835880#post9835880 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Random Aquarist
Why would you cut down rainforests? They're all skinny, worthless trees. You need big, fat trees like in the temperate areas. Trees like oaks, pines, etc. have harder wood and produce more of it.

Good thing we have tree farms, which have a much less affect on wildlife. Unfortunately, we still use wood from the rainforests.

Did you know that there are more forests(not rainforests) today than in 1900 because of tree farms? Why can't we do this with rainforests? I hope we do some day.

Rainforests have many large trees. They have to be to get to the sun. Many expensive timbers come from rainforest such as mahogany, merbau, rosewood and teak to name a few.

Not sure about more forests. Maybe that is just the case in the USA? Certainly not the case in Australia.

A rainforest is an ecosystem. A tree farm is a farm for just one or several species. Its very hard to just make an ecosystem as complex as a rainforest. Also many species can only live in certain areas. There are also many different types of rainforest which rely on there own micro-climate.

Hope that helps.

 

[polwick]

Regarding this and many other subjects, I highly recommend the book "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. It's a fascinating read about various societies that have collapsed or succeeded based on their environmental stewardship--such as the Easter Islanders who cut down every last tree on their island.

I think of it because he talks about Australia's forests. Apparently Australia has terrible soil, and trees grow very slowly there--in fact, much of the landscape's nutrients are located in the trees themselves, rather than the poor soil. This was not immediately obvious to the colonizers from England, so they cut down much of the forest before realizing that it wouldn't grow back so easily.

Just a random fact.

 

[scottras]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9886184#post9886184 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by polwick
Regarding this and many other subjects, I highly recommend the book "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. It's a fascinating read about various societies that have collapsed or succeeded based on their environmental stewardship--such as the Easter Islanders who cut down every last tree on their island.

I think of it because he talks about Australia's forests. Apparently Australia has terrible soil, and trees grow very slowly there--in fact, much of the landscape's nutrients are located in the trees themselves, rather than the poor soil. This was not immediately obvious to the colonizers from England, so they cut down much of the forest before realizing that it wouldn't grow back so easily.

Just a random fact.

Well Australia is a big bit of land. Some of it is good for farming, some of it bad. It is one of the worlds largest wheat producers after all, so it cant be too bad.

A lot of land has been cleared and this has caused many problems with salinity and nutrient loss. Not to mention the cause of far to many extinctions. Most of this is due to old farming techniques.
But there is still much bushland and people fighting to keep it that way.

Many types of forest carry its nutrients in its flora. Rainforests the world over are a prime example.

 

[polwick]

If I'm not mistaken (you're the one that lives there, after all), the very productive wheat growing takes place in one region that has more regular rain and a slightly different climate than the rest of the country.

Yeah, I read that until relatively recently the government paid farmers to clear out bush land--talk about a destructive policy.

Didn't know that about rainforests, that's interesting.




>>Well Australia is a big bit of land. Some of it is good for farming, some of it bad. It is one of the worlds largest wheat producers after all, so it cant be too bad.

A lot of land has been cleared and this has caused many problems with salinity and nutrient loss. Not to mention the cause of far to many extinctions. Most of this is due to old farming techniques.
But there is still much bushland and people fighting to keep it that way.

Many types of forest carry its nutrients in its flora. Rainforests the world over are a prime example.

 

[scottras]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9894312#post9894312 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by polwick
If I'm not mistaken (you're the one that lives there, after all), the very productive wheat growing takes place in one region that has more regular rain and a slightly different climate than the rest of the country.

Yeah, I read that until relatively recently the government paid farmers to clear out bush land--talk about a destructive policy.

Didn't know that about rainforests, that's interesting.

Thats a bit hard to say. Australia has a lot of different climate zones. Wheat farms are in a few areas, but I would not say they get more rain. Probably a lot less at the moment. In my state alone there are rainforests, deserts, alpine regions and many in between, so comparing one area against the rest of the country is pretty hard.