Environmentalists, forest industry struggle to complete Great Bear Rainforest conservation plan
The forest industry is not moving quickly enough to achieve ecological and economic goals in the world’s largest temperate rainforest, environmental coalition says
At issue, said Valerie Langer, spokeswoman for the three environmental groups working with industry to protect the globally-significant rainforest, is an inability to reach the scientifically agreed-upon target of preserving 70 per cent of the rainforest’s old-growth while maintaining the second agreed-upon target: a timber harvest of 2.7 million cubic metres of logs a year.
At issue, said Valerie Langer, spokeswoman for the three environmental groups working with industry to protect the globally-significant rainforest, is an inability to reach the scientifically agreed-upon target of preserving 70 per cent of the rainforest’s old-growth while maintaining the second agreed-upon target: a timber harvest of 2.7 million cubic metres of logs a year.
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The goal is to go from the maintenance of 50% to 70% old growth trees while reaching a targeted lumber harvest that is both sustainable for the timber industry as well as the forest. Meanwhile, the industry continues to operate under the less sustainable paradigm. It will be interesting to see how this effort evolves
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