Yes and—-we in the USA carry on taking resources from other places as if the people there need it less, and we continue to do it domestically; there were people here before my European ancestors, and their descendants continue to be shut out of ancestral lands.
Shortsighted logging practices mean less for future generations. There are better ways to harvest trees (look at the Menominee in Wisconsin, for one). Suzanne Simard is one logger-turned-researcher (they can also overlap) whose publications I find helpful for managing the forest on the land I live on.
Collectively using less seems key. To that end, some combination of regulation and culture shift?
My personal opinion is that we need to supply ourselves domestically (dog food it) and adjust prices to reflect the true cost.
As for American Indians, as far as I know, they practically can’t do anything productive on their lands without an Act of Congress, it’s a crime.
Small- and medium-time loggers are hardly paying rent though. I don’t know where the money is going. I’ve worked in supply and demand. It’s all crooked. Millers are thieves, as are others, etc.
