If the loggers had logged the old-growth forests in the 1990s, they would have then planted more trees, so what's the problem?
A) Even in a rainforest climate, trees take a long time to grow.
B) A manmade forest is less diverse, stable, and productive.
C) The species unique to the old-growth forests would have gone extinct.
D) Manmade forests do not provide the same level of service as established old-growth forests, so subsequent generations lose out on the value that would have been provided.
E) All of the above
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