I would like to update my figure showing pastureland increases since 1955. Also, I was wondering what the effect of mad cow disease might have on the conversion of forests to pastureland. Mad cow disease will likely created a massive beef surplus in Europe. It is my understanding that beef consumption has been cut in half in some countries.
Wood is a more sustainable energy source than fossil fuels.
The world population is expected to double by the year 2100. To provide plantation wood for people in the future, support the planting of trees on pastureland.