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		Broken_Hippo on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years wi... " it's perfectly possible to guard them from poachers" This is completely overlooking the sheer size of the earth and the sheer numbers of people/tech devices it would take to guard them from poachers. We can guard some trees (and some animals) from poaching, but it really is beyond us to guard them all, even if they don't move.

thaumasiotes on Nov 23, 2022 | [–]

> This is completely overlooking the sheer size of the earth

We're talking about farmed trees. They're already under active management.

6510 on Nov 24, 2022 | [–]

if you want something you are going to have to deal with those that get in the way. Ethics aside, you can only fail by not wanting it badly enough.

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