Article/Opinion: Indiscriminate Tree Felling–Forest Depletion, Unsustainable DevelopmentBy Andrew A. Erakhrumen. This centrality of trees and forests in carbon sequestration has scientific backing. Phases of advancements in human development have been standing on the shoulders of previous ones; no knowledge is actually useless! Trees should not only be seen through the prism created and controlled by those deploying saws to forests! *Prof. Erakhrumen currently teaches at the Department of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.