When you plant saplings in a forest for afforestation, it takes several years for them to grow into big trees. A construction company thought of doing planned harvesting in a forest. They cut 10 trees every month and planted 10 new saplings every month as replacement. Do you think they will be successful in maintaining the number of trees in the forest? What change in strategy can you suggest?

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The construction company will not be able to maintain the number of trees in the forests. As there are various factors that decide the growth of sapling into a tree, it is not necessary that every sapling will grow into a complete tree. Hence, the company should plant five saplings for every tree cut.

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