China's Appetite For Wood

Our Drive for natural resources is what keeps us able to move forward as a civilization. However there is a line that can be crossed when it comes to the ethics of harvesting resources from our own planet. Since China is a massive country with one of the biggest economy in the world there hold on the global timber market is great. According to the article “China’s Appetite for Wood Takes a Heavy Toll on Forests” on Global Policy Form they use up very large large portion of the timber they go and harvest, “ consuming more than 400 million cubic meters of timber annually to feed both its burgeoning exports and growing domestic demands.” Of course a country is able to use their own resources as they please but at the expense of wiping clean