1/5 Most forest in BC isn’t old-growth.
Of the part that is, about half won’t ever be logged, as it’s either bog or high elevation forest with small, expensive-to-access trees that the industry doesn’t want.
#bcpoli #oldgrowth
Of the part that is, about half won’t ever be logged, as it’s either bog or high elevation forest with small, expensive-to-access trees that the industry doesn’t want.
#bcpoli #oldgrowth
2/5 Along with smaller trees, these forests contain less of the other values we associate with old-growth: biodensity and carbon storage, cultural resources, recreation and tourism potential.
They aren’t unimportant, but they are not what we collectively value as old-growth.
They aren’t unimportant, but they are not what we collectively value as old-growth.
3/5 of the other half of remaining old-growth, about two thirds is protected, and again, this includes a lot of that bog/high elevation forest that has its own importance, but has less of the values that iconic old-growth contains.
4/5 The remainder, around three million hectares, is threatened. Three million hectares —that’s what all the fuss is about.
Three million out of tens of millions of hectares, and the self-declared ‘sustainable’ logging industry says it can’t do without it.
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Three million out of tens of millions of hectares, and the self-declared ‘sustainable’ logging industry says it can’t do without it.
#bcpoli
5/5 We broke down the @bcndp government’s misrepresentation of these numbers and other misleading talking points they use in a new blog, which you can check out here:
wildernesscommittee.org/news/cutting-t…
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wildernesscommittee.org/news/cutting-t…
#bcpoli #oldgrowth
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