HIMR Much of the harvest wood is destined to be shipped to places like India, Korea, and China, were demand for lumber continues to rise as manufacturing there increases -- which has been cited as a leading factor contributing to deforestation throughout Asia and Oceania. By tapping into the preserved, relatively lifeless forests under the word's unnatural lakes, living forests in some of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet may stand a better chance of avoiding the blade.