Explain why clear-cutting is a more destructive method of wood harvesting than selective cutting.

Clear cutting is when a large amount of land is stripped of all its trees and other resources for wood. While selective cutting allows for certain trees to be cut down and so the area is still able to grow and produce more trees.

Clear-cutting logging would be more likely to necessitate reforestation afterwards than selective cutting. Clear-cutting removes all trees in an area and results in more significant environmental damage, making it more difficult for the trees to regrow naturally. With selective cutting only some of the trees are harvested, so the overall ecosystem is preserved which makes it more likely that trees will be able to regrow naturally.