One of the strategies in managing forests for lumber is to strip the land of all trees and immediately replace the trees with saplings. Why would this be considered a bad strategy of sustainable resource management?
A) The forest is being used for lumber and lumber production is non-sustainable.
B) It is better to replace a diverse ecosystem with a monoculture.
C) The newly planted trees will always be approximately the same size as they grow and the best habitat for wildlife has diversity in tree size.
D) Lumber companies are not interested in sustainable development and should not be allowed to harvest trees.
E) Burning trees is a better forest management system than cutting them for lumber.

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Replacing a diverse ecosystem with a monoculture reduces biodiversity and habitat quality, as diverse tree sizes and species are important for wildlife.

One of the Strategies in Managing Forests for Lumber Is