Importancia ecológico-económica del aprovechamiento de los bosques
Satisfying the needs of the population in a rational, permanent and ecologically sensible way is the greatest challenge facing modern societies. Forest resources have played a significant role in the development of civilization and have contributed significantly to national income. This is not the c...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
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| description | Satisfying the needs of the population in a rational, permanent and ecologically sensible way is the greatest challenge facing modern societies. Forest resources have played a significant role in the development of civilization and have contributed significantly to national income. This is not the case in Mexico. The central hypothesis of this paper is that the use of wood is not harmful to the environment. Wood is one of the most benign construction materials available. It is a natural, renewable resource that is economically attractive for structural and architectural uses. Non-renewable materials use up a great deal more energy per production unit than wood. Wood as a construction material has many advantages. As an insulating material, it is more energetically efficient. Its structural efficiency, in terms of the energy required to produce it, is greater. Growing forests are huge carbon sinks and no other material performs the ecological service of reducing the greenhouse effect. Another notable benefit is the role of the forest as an element of the biosphere that regulates hydrology and earth biogeochemistry. The secret to reaping all of these benefits is to cultivate forests, to use them for the production of commodities with low energy expenditure and to let them grow so that they produce more oxygen, capture carbon dioxide and maintain forest soils intact. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-13822022-11-30T02:08:16Z Importancia ecológico-económica del aprovechamiento de los bosques Importancia ecológico-económica del aprovechamiento de los bosques Dávalos Sotelo, Raymundo Forest industry development structural uses renewable resources energy expenditures carbon dioxide Industria forestal desarrollo usos estructurales recursos renovables gasto energético bióxido de carbono Satisfying the needs of the population in a rational, permanent and ecologically sensible way is the greatest challenge facing modern societies. Forest resources have played a significant role in the development of civilization and have contributed significantly to national income. This is not the case in Mexico. The central hypothesis of this paper is that the use of wood is not harmful to the environment. Wood is one of the most benign construction materials available. It is a natural, renewable resource that is economically attractive for structural and architectural uses. Non-renewable materials use up a great deal more energy per production unit than wood. Wood as a construction material has many advantages. As an insulating material, it is more energetically efficient. Its structural efficiency, in terms of the energy required to produce it, is greater. Growing forests are huge carbon sinks and no other material performs the ecological service of reducing the greenhouse effect. Another notable benefit is the role of the forest as an element of the biosphere that regulates hydrology and earth biogeochemistry. The secret to reaping all of these benefits is to cultivate forests, to use them for the production of commodities with low energy expenditure and to let them grow so that they produce more oxygen, capture carbon dioxide and maintain forest soils intact. Satisfacer las necesidades de la población de una manera racional, perdurable y ecológicamente sensata es el principal reto de las sociedades modernas. En muchas de ellas, los recursos forestales han desempeñado un papel preponderante en el desarrollo de la civilización y la contribución de la industria forestal al producto interno bruto es significativa. Este no es el caso de México. La hipótesis central de este trabajo es que el uso de la madera no es nocivo para el medio ambiente. La madera es uno de los materiales para construcción más benignos. Es un recurso natural renovable económicamente atractivo para usos estructurales y arquitectónicos. Los materiales no renovables emplean considerablemente más energía por unidad de producción que la madera. La madera como material de construcción tiene grandes ventajas. Como aislante, la madera es más eficiente energéticamente. Su eficiencia estructural en términos de la energía necesaria para producirla es mayor. Los bosques en crecimiento activo son enormes almacenadores de carbono. Ningún otro material provee este servicio ecológico que reduce el efecto invernadero. Otro punto destacado es el papel del bosque como elemento biosférico que regula la hidrología y la biogeoquímica terrestre. El secreto para obtener todos estos beneficios está en cultivar el bosque; utilizarlo para la producción de bienes de consumo, con un gasto energético reducido y hacerlo que crezca para que produzca más oxígeno, capture más bióxido de carbono y conserve el suelo al mismo tiempo. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2016-09-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/1382 10.21829/myb.1996.221382 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 2 No. 2 (1996): Otoño 1996; 3-10 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 2 Núm. 2 (1996): Otoño 1996; 3-10 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/1382/1550 Derechos de autor 2016 Madera y Bosques |
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