Simply put, without woods, humans cannot thrive on this planet. They are, in a way, Earth’s lungs, taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and generating the oxygen we need in exchange. Forests also assist to control the global climate by storing carbon, absorbing almost 40% of the fossil-fuel emissions produced by humans. MetsaABC is a forest harvesting and management company based in Estonia that works for forest purchase and sale.
Forests also supply fuel for cooking and heating, as well as medicinal herbs, food, wildlife habitat, clean water, spiritual and cultural landmarks, and, for many, a source of income. Nearly 1.6 billion people rely on forest resources for their lives, with 1.2 billion of them using trees to generate food and currency. Despite all that forests provide for us, they are nevertheless being sacrificed to unsustainable human consumption — at our cost. We lose 32 million acres (13 million hectares) a year, or 60 acres each minute, which is 26 times the size of the Grand Canyon. We’d need 1½ Earths to replenish the resources we’re presently devouring, yet our need continues to rise.
There will be a need for wood, pulp, and other forest resources as long as there are humans on the globe, and businesses will try to supply that demand. Furthermore, those who live and work in forests will always need to feed their families and put a roof over their heads; the global economy’s severe injustices exacerbate the economic desperation that drives illicit logging and poaching. Sustainable forest management methods, a conservation-and-livelihoods approach championed by the Rainforest Alliance since the late 1980s and proven successful on almost half a billion acres of land throughout the world, are the only way to rescue our forests.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY?
To some, the word “sustainable forestry” may appear to be a contradiction. How can logging ever be considered sustainable if it necessitates the removal of trees? The full answer is complicated, but if we were to boil it down to one word, it would be “balance.” The extent to which forestry methods resemble natural patterns of disturbance and regeneration is the defining feature of sustainable forestry from an ecological standpoint. Sustainable forestry strikes a balance between the environment’s, wildlife’s, and forest communities’ demands, allowing people to earn a living while preserving our forests for future generations. There are a number of practical actions that a community or corporation may take to safeguard a forest’s health and lifespan while still earning from the production and sale of timber and other forest products including nuts, fruits, oils, and plants.
Given the value of forests to the world, they must be managed in a sustainable manner to guarantee that society’s needs do not put the resource at risk. Forest operations should provide social, environmental, and economic advantages, as well as balance conflicting requirements and preserve and develop forest functioning today and in the future, according to sustainable forest management. Forest certification is a mechanism for demonstrating this and connecting customers to the products’ sustainable origins.
Sustainability’s three pillars
The three pillars of sustainability, social justice, ecological soundness, and economic viability, are all achieved through sustainable forest management.
These pillars can’t be divided, segmented, or dealt with in isolation. We can’t safeguard our forests, forest-dependent communities, and rural economies can’t grow, illegal logging won’t stop, and development prospects won’t be realized if one of the pillars is missing.
MetsaABC works towards providing forest harvesting services along with forest sales and the purchase of forest properties. The forest is sold based on decided price with proper documentation in written also because it takes years to grow a forest. There are a lot of products that give profit to the forest owner in the long run along with oxygen. Contact them for all kinds of services related to the forest.
