Commercial forestry. Harvested timber with Sitka Spruce trees in the background. The Sitka Spruce, Picea sitchensis, is a fast-growing species popular

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Commercial forestry. Harvested timber with Sitka Spruce trees in the background. The Sitka Spruce, Picea sitchensis, is a fast-growing species popular in commercial forestry, and its wood is used in carpentry and for making oars. This kind of forestry, where a single species of tree is grown to maximize profits, has been much criticised for lack of concern for ecological diversity. Photographed in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK.

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Photo credit: © SIMON FRASER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: botany, environment, forest, forestry, harvested, land, log, pile, sitka, spruce, timber, wood