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Unit 5 Lab Questions Forestry

1. The rainforest provides many economic values beyond timber, including regulating rainfall and water cycles, pollinating fruit, and providing molecules for medicines. 2. Companies fail to preserve valuable assets like rainforests because they prioritize short-term profits over long-term value and sustainability. 3. Forests have a far-reaching influence beyond just trees, as they host many species and affect water cycles, making their value difficult to quantify solely based on timber.

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Unit 5 Lab Questions Forestry

1. The rainforest provides many economic values beyond timber, including regulating rainfall and water cycles, pollinating fruit, and providing molecules for medicines. 2. Companies fail to preserve valuable assets like rainforests because they prioritize short-term profits over long-term value and sustainability. 3. Forests have a far-reaching influence beyond just trees, as they host many species and affect water cycles, making their value difficult to quantify solely based on timber.

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Put a Value on Nature!

1.
a. What economic values does the rainforest offer other than its worth as timber?
b. The rainfall cycle and water regulation, species that pollinate fruit, and molecules
later derived to be medicines are all economically valuable things offered by
rainforests.
2.
a. Based on this talk, why are people failing to preserve such assets as the
rainforest?
b. Companies don’t realize how valuable assets like the rainforest are long-term.
They would rather do something cheaper and faster.
3.
a. How are forests comparable to other forms of natural resources?
b. Forests not only include trees, they also host many types of species and influence
the water cycle. Their sphere of influence is very, very far-reaching.
4.
a. How does Pavan believe we should think about the value of a mangrove tree?
b. We should think about its value by factoring in not just what it is at face value,
but also what it could bring and what else it influences.
5.
a. What are some potential solutions to the problems Pavan identifies?
b. I think one way to solve the problem is to change laws and regulations so
companies are forced to protect nature.

Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers


1.
a. What does Green suggest is special about wood as a material?
b. He says that wood is special because no two pieces are the same, like snowflakes.
2.
a. What special techniques does Green use to create wooden skyscrapers?
b. Green, with the help of an engineer, designed mass timber panels to be used
instead of two-by-fours. This way they can build really big buildings.
3.
a. What solutions does Green offer to the most commonly cited problems with
wooden skyscrapers?
b. One concern is fire safety. The mass timber panels don’t catch on fire very easily
and when they do, the fire is very predictable so the buildings can be just as safe
as any other. Another concern is deforestation. In order to avoid this, trees should
be harvested sustainably.
4.
a. According to the video, what misconceptions exist about wood as a building
material?
b. One misconception is that wood doesn’t build strong enough buildings. Another is
that it’s easily burned down.
5.
a. Green suggests that there is something special about the experience of walking
into a wooden building. Do you agree? Why?
b. I agree. Being in a wood building is sort of like having something someone made
with their hands—there’s some humanity within it that’s absent in something that
hasn’t once been alive or was made without someone’s touch. I think there’s
certainly something special in wood buildings.

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