Therefore, as a type of tree is lost, species are lost, and other losses continue to emerge in a domino effect. It can be assured we are in the path of this puzzle. I am not trying to say there can be no more cutting, but instead that there are better methods to produce the same effects. Clear cutting is not efficient in the big picture. There are alternative ways to harvest the same amount of wood without threatening the survival of a species or a tree.
Elective cutting is one such alternative.
When practiced properly, one piece of land can produce an unlimited amount of timber if it is cut in small, uneven patches. Those patches which are cut are then permitted to grow back while other portions of the forest are being worked on. Years later, the same spot will provide timber once again. There is no long term damaging impact to the forest or the species living in it. Furthermore, the land may be harvested indefinitely without damaging our lives or the lives of species.