5.1+Lumber+Yard+PMI


 * SETTLEMENT: LUMBER YARD C4 ||
 * **// Plus //** || **// Minus //** || **// Interesting/Implications //** ||
 * It provides a resource for the island. Such as houses, fences, transportation and tools. This would save the island money as they would not have to import resources. || May destroy animal habitats. Such as any animals and birds living within the trees and any of the snails and beetles living in the moss at the bottom of the trees. || Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live on forest, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. We don’t want to make the mistake of eliminating a species on the island just for logging purposes. ||
 * Could be used as an export item. Incorporating trade on the island will increase the chances for international trade so that what is not produced on the island can be brought in from other sources. || Depending on the rivers steepness and navigable ability, it may be difficult to transport the logs down the island. || Depending on what form of transport will be needed the environment could be impacted around the settlement and into the forests itself. ||
 * By having a lumber yard will provide job opportunities for people living on the island. || The soil might not be able to handle the continuous logging throughout the area. || For a lumber yard to be run at maximum efficiency, a large amount of equipment is necessary. Man powered lumber yard are environmentally sustainable, however treating and cutting the lumber would take a significant amount of time. Machine powered yards can do this about four times faster. ||
 * As there is already a existing natural forest there it can be assumed that this will be easy to put into place, as we already know the soil is fertile enough to grow a rainforest. || Due to the steepness of the island, roads or pulley systems might need to be installed, in order to get logging tools and workers up to the lumber yard. It will also depend on how dense the forest is. ||  ||
 * That side of the island has the highest rainfall therefore continuous growth can occur. || With the high amount on rainfall in this part of the island rivers could possibly overflow, limiting our proposed method of transport for the logs. ||  ||
 * It is a perfect area for a lumber yard as you will not need any extra transportation as they can be transported by the river. ( not confirmed as of yet) ||  ||   ||
 * Lumber is a sustainable resource, with the dense forests on the western side of the island there will always be regrowth as long as the resource is not over harvested. ||  ||   ||
 * Most of the wild life around the island is found near the beach or where they are in lots of flowering plants which are not thought of being within dense forest. ||  ||   ||

All our plus and minus may change as the information and research continuous. Although at this point we feel as though these are relevant to our investigation. Also in the fact that a lot of our pluses may be minuses also- depending on information found.

Questions that have been raised
 * What is needed for a lumber yard?
 * How big is the lumber yard?
 * How many workers will be needed to run the lumber yard?
 * How will we control how much timber will be harvested at any one time to ensure stocks can be replenished?
 * How long will it take to replenish stocks?