The truth of the matter is we simply can't keep cutting down forests.  There are precious few left in the lower states of USA and, frankly, around the world.  With a growing human population, we need to adapt by living in smaller homes made with reused and alternative materials.  Hemp is an excellent crop to grow for so many needed alternatives.  Triple cropping hemp with the building material, Hempcrete,  hemp oil to make alternatives to plastic, high protein edible seeds, and the fiber is also used for many products such as paper. 
We are in the midst of the sixth mass species extinction and global warming.   Today's RG article titled: "World remains far off on emissions pledges" by Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich -Erik Solheim, head of the U.N. Environmental Program is quoted saying; "One year after the Paris Agreement entered into force, we still find ourselves in a situation where we are not doing nearly enough to save hundreds of millions of people from a miserable future."