Like I said before, I know there is deforestation in many parts of the world, and it is a problem. Madagascar being one of the worst places. I don't disagree with that. But I do disagree that this deforestation is necessarily larger than the increases in some other places, so that the total world tree population is smaller. Since a forest that had 10 times more trees than normal will off set total elimination of trees in an area 9 times its size, or the cutting of half of all trees in an area 18 times its size, I think this is quite plausible. (I have even heard of some estimates as high as 20 times as many trees per acre than historical norms.)



(Do you remember the pro-global warming article that said trees are now growing in places that never grew them that far north before, due to global warming? While I don't believe this, (due to the short time frame they mentioned in that article}, that would also be a substantial increase in tree populations if it was true.)



I'll keep looking to see if I can find credible evidence of this (total historical tree data), or not, and I'll let you know if I find anything.



Rodney

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