With logging expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades, researchers warn that policymakers have woefully underestimated the carbon footprint of logging – and that large-scale tree felling will undermine efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions. Global demand for wood is expected to grow by 54 % between 2010 and 2050 as more trees are used for fuel and to make buildings, furniture and paper products, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. (TONY BRISCOE, LA Times)