tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post494297698517583167..comments2024-03-27T18:14:06.625-03:00Comments on Vancouver Island Big Trees: Save The Great Bear RainforestGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post-5734279149753306272012-06-29T05:54:49.669-03:002012-06-29T05:54:49.669-03:00Athabasca oil sands, mass polution, now the destru...Athabasca oil sands, mass polution, now the destruction of the most lucrative resilient forests in the world. <br /><br />Is Canada a 3rd world country? Why is all of this withheld from our people? Does no one care? Do a quick search on google images, "Great Bear Rainforest Clear Cut". You will see their 'forestry practices. Logging trees that have withstood time and have been around since before columbus, and modern english, is not sustainable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post-38045798822265755172012-06-29T05:49:58.378-03:002012-06-29T05:49:58.378-03:00Sick Sick Sick. You can protect 50% of the land, 2...Sick Sick Sick. You can protect 50% of the land, 20% - 30% of it will be old growth, and 25% will not be harvestable. So what are you protecting? We have a figure of 25%. <br /><br />I Live on Vancouver Island, our forestry management is negligable. We don't have one. And if we do, it's substandard and 3rd world. We deforest faster than Brazil, with more modern machinery. Somehow they leave it out of the publics eye. Leaving all the mountains viewable by the town untouched. Fly a helicopter or plane, and you will believe me. Even GoogleEarth. <br /><br />To top it off, all of this money is stored in offshore banks. Very littl benefits the economy.<br /><br />We have the only reamaining intact forest in the world, we will not see a forest like this for another 500 years. Well, in my humble opinion, lets cut it down. I'll be around when it grows back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post-80590732448710591262012-03-26T17:25:40.390-03:002012-03-26T17:25:40.390-03:00Hi Gregg: Carbon credits are an interesting idea....Hi Gregg: Carbon credits are an interesting idea. And if I may say so, are one of the investments we offer: http://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/low-carbon/carbon-credits/. Still, not the perfect solution in this case, but at least an idea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829375621188204129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post-22689817633874324802012-03-23T04:22:06.891-03:002012-03-23T04:22:06.891-03:00It is a fight because industry will take as much a...It is a fight because industry will take as much as the government will give them. They would take 100% if they could. <br /><br />I think that some native bands in BC are exploring getting carbon credits for their forested traditional lands. This would mean keeping them in their original state.<br /><br />It is sad that our government does not recognize the importance of intact ecosystems and diversity they hold. How, indeed, can it even be an issue? Good question.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893669372992372964.post-41724610713850936582012-03-21T13:59:10.561-03:002012-03-21T13:59:10.561-03:00Good god, how should this even be an issue to get ...Good god, how should this even be an issue to get to 100pc? Let's face it, Canada is already on the path to being a major greenhouse gas emitter due to its oil sands projects. So, why not at least offset that by protecting the entire old growth rain forest? These tropical forests suck up huge amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, so maybe that is an argument to use?agarwood investmentshttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/bamboo-forestry-timber/tropical-agarwood/noreply@blogger.com