Such alternatives are unfeasible. Cheap alternatives to wood are equally dangerous for the environment and costly for poor people to procure and use. Moreover, there is evidence that people can coexist with forests. Though they may fell them for fuel, in Africa especially, people aid in putting out bushfires, enrich the soil and preserve the trees for timber, food and shelter. By prohibiting logging and creating protected eco-spaces, conservationists might actually be harming the delicate interplay between people and the environment. Genetically modified organisms are untested and there is a huge debate in the EU and America as to whether they should introduced at all. Genetically engineered trees could have untold effect on forest ecosystems. The science is too new to trust in such a case. Further, if trees are genetically engineered, it might actually create a bigger incentive to log, as there is now an endless supply of new forest.