A report by the UN Environment Programme comments on the cumulative effects of human development on the entire Arctic region. According to the report, if industrial development continues at the same rate as occurred from 1940 to 1990, the results will be devastating.
साल काढल्यावर आतल्या लाकडापासून उत्तम प्रकारचे फर्निचर व टोपल्या बनवल्या जातात; या लाकडाला कीड लागत नाही.