Definitely a lot of uneducated comments here. Most of the processes here is used for plantation forestry. What you see here is scrub lands being transformed into forests. What is being removed before planting has little benefit both economically or environmentally compared to what a full forest can provide. Wood is the ultimate renewable resource; it stores carbon for life and a plantation forest is like a carbon filter on steroids, as the process is repeated and renewed ever 20-30 years. The timber trees produce end up in our homes which is a lot more beneficial for the environment than building a structure from steel and concrete.