Timber

1. Benefits

1.1. lumber for building

1.2. firewood and heating

1.3. creates lots of jobs

1.4. renewable recourse

2. Timeline

2.1. A clear cut forest takes 30-40 years to grow up big enough to cut again

2.1.1. Project specifications

2.1.2. End User requirements

2.1.3. Action points sign-off

2.2. Timber has been around for 370 Million years

3. location

3.1. NW United states

3.2. Canada

3.3. Rain forests in South America.

4. long term

4.1. there will be good economic opportunities in timber for a long time. There will always be a market.

4.2. through replanting, we should always have plentiful forests.

5. challenges

5.1. Loss of native habitat

5.2. We Used more wood than we replace, especually in South America where there is no replanting laws.

5.3. We tend to waste wood.