New analysis has revealed the significance of timber to humanity, warning {that a} lack of timber may result in ecological and financial disaster

The paper was co-authored by BU’s Professor Adrian Newton, Director of Conservation Ecology at Bournemouth College and Co-chair of the IUCN/SSC World Tree Specialist Group (GTSG) in collaboration with different main scientists and points a “warning to humanity” that billions of individuals may lose their earnings, jobs, and livelihoods, if the widespread lack of timber continues.  […]