[Our_Man_In_Gough_Island]

Note that this is a UN report that takes a position contrary to prevailing political correctness in environmentalism.

[mbynack]

I think there are a lot of factors that aren't discussed. If you remove all the vegetation from a hillside, you will increase erosion and loss of topsoil. If the logging operation removes the trees and seeds the hillside with a ground cover, then the logging can be done with little risk.