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Wood is renewable.
It definitely can be, but it still usually isn't depending on where it comes from. IKEA is still busy selling the little remaining european old-growth forest they acquired through questionable means, as certified, renewable, eco-friendly, cheap-as-shit furniture.
Where ikea use the old tree ? Most of what they sold uses very low quality plywood
They do sell some hardwood stuff as a premium option, but they also use it as veneer.
I totally forgot that, that's make a lot of sense.
2 big problems with that statement. 1st, it's being harvested at a much greater rate than it's being replenished. Second, old trees and old forests are far more valuable to the ecosystem than the cookie cutter "forests" planted after harvests.
Europeans forest are growing back, so your first statement isn't true:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environment/
Then, younger forest have less valuable ecosystem but are better at absorbing CO2, which is the biggest priority.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/557988
Glad to hear it's going well in Western Europe, but that's far from the norm.
My point is trees are much more than wood.