High-severity wildfires threaten global timber production, new study finds
Global patterns of timber-producing forest loss through stand-replacing wildfires. a–f, Hotspots of severe burning in timber-producing forests (a,b), total area (c,d) and proportion (e,f) of forestry land severely burned nationally between 2001 and 2021, using the map of global forest management (a,c,e) by Lesiv et al and the map of forest loss due to forestry (b,d,f) by Curtis et al. In a and b, areas of warmer red represent increasing burn, blue represents areas where logging occurs but wildfires did not or were…
