Wood is Present for all Humanity with Its Unique Existence

Abstract

Wood, which is the single most renewable natural material known to humans in due course of the sustainable forestry efforts, and that provides numerous benefits for all people since the beginning of recorded history with its anatomical structure, chemical composition, physical properties and mechanical properties, has the characteristics and features, all of which are construed as marvelous or miraculous in some way, in terms of meeting the needs and requirements arising in everyday life. Wood also stands out as an entity that has a positive effect on people’s emotions, thoughts, attitudes and behaviors throughout history. Because wood is also known for providing communication, which is an exchange of information between two or more people belonging to different cultures, and/or among generations in the same culture, that is at the heart of human interaction, almost everyone agrees that wood is important and valuable as a material and an entity in the context of the development of civilization and humanity. In this article, therefore, depictions are made about the internality of wood, which is present for all humanity with its unique existence. This textual depictions are prepared with a woodlover point of view to exemplify the versatility and functionality of wood, which has been in use worldwide for thousands of years with a broad range of products or applications either alone or in combination with other materials in terms of the various purposes to live a perfectly happy and comfortable life.