Logbook 15 Feb. 2018 – drawing about illegal logging

When cutting down the mother tree of life illustration

Text and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Read about trees and timber today, it’s a sad story. An estimated more than half of the world’s use of timber come from illegal logging now, ( Wikipedia illegal logging ) and we humans are cutting down trees all around the world in ways that are anything but sustainable. But instead done for short-sighted profit in a burn and run kind of way

It is sad for the planet, for the locals, for the next generations, for our shared future and even for the profit hunters – Nobody gains in the long run, all looses…

The World tree

The Mother tree or World Tree ( Wikipedia World tree )  is the story of a huge tree, carefully ensuring the thrive of the people and land around it – The world tree is a creature known from stories and indigenous people around the world, even from modern films like Avatar ( wikipedia link )

Just did a drawing of the sad felling of a world tree:

Nobody gains, in the long run, from the way illegal logging is destroying forests all over the planet today.