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| Industrial liquidation clear cut on Vancouver Island. Photo: Garth Lenz |
Move over Brazil, Canada leads world in forest decline says a new report. The world’s virgin forests are being lost at an increasing rate and the largest portion of the degradation is in Canada, according to the report.
No longer is Brazil the main villain in the struggle to stop forest destruction. We are the global leaders when it comes to driving entire forest ecosystems to extinction, such as the Douglas fir ecozone. That primal forest, which once produced some of the largest trees on the planet, has been reduced to a fraction of 1% remaining.
And the cutting of ancient trees continues unabated.
“Canada is the number one in the world for the total area of the loss of intact forest landscapes since 2000,” Peter Lee, of Forest Watch Canada, said in an interview.
“There is no political will at federal or provincial levels for conserving primary forests,” he said. “Most logging done in Canada is still to this day done in virgin forests.”
“There is no political will at federal or provincial levels for conserving primary forests,” he said. “Most logging done in Canada is still to this day done in virgin forests.”
This is not news to those that have witnessed first hand the last grand old forests of Vancouver Island be liquidated for short term profit. But it is not just here that forests are being degraded and destroyed - it is everywhere in Canada where there are trees to be exploited by the greedy grabbers.
It is way past time to stop the destruction wreaked on our forests by callous and calculating pinheads in government and business that just don't know when to stop. The forest can not defend itself against the onslaught - that task is up to us.
“Business as usual will lead to the destruction of most remaining intact forests this century.”
“Business as usual will lead to the destruction of most remaining intact forests this century.”
- Dr. Nigel Sizer, World Resources Institute
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ReplyDeleteThe logging companies wont stop unless stopped, or a desert is present
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The following link shows this is not a good idea. In 2008, 2009 and 2013 these video clips were filmed and they show what happens when we trust companies and large corporations to police themselves. https://youtu.be/QDI656cZ66U
We need to create a system of governing that is not able to be bought. Leaving everything to politicians obviously does not work. There are good people and evil people in all walks of life but we cannot allow the evil people to have control of our Earth. Doing so makes us all victims of their greed for money and power. The way I see it is we need to take back and maintain control. I'm not saying I know all of the answers but if a country like Iceland can change how their country, their banking and their political system is maintained then surely it is possible to make changes happen elsewhere. Just sitting and saying this is not working and showing the devastation that is occurring is not enough. We need to collectively act. The greedy liars need to go and people need to obtain and maintain the control.