Private comments by one of BC's most experienced foresters (who'd rather remain nameless:) "Vaughn Palmer and RBC capital markets are missing the main reason for the exodus of BC's oligopoly of forest corporations to the southern United Sates...." #OldGrowth #FairyCreek #bcpoli
...Thread cont'd: "The forest companies are leaving because over 40% of the forest cover within B.C'.s timber harvesting land base is under 20 years old and the availability of large grade 1 and 2 logs is rapidly declining...." #OldGrowth #bcpoli
... Forester: "These big logs from primary/#OldGrowth forests together with large subsidies to the forest sector provide the economic competitive advantage to the 80% of provincial forest products exported to the U.S., Japan and China..."
.."Unsustainable logging not only accounts in part for the imminent collapse of timber supply (failed plantations being the other chief cause) but logging plus wildfire make the forest sector the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions of all BC economic sectors.."#bcpoli
PS. To learn more about the fact that "40% of the forest cover within BC.s timber harvesting land base is under 20 years old" (& thus unprofitable), the forester suggests reading David Broadland's excellent article "Forestry isn't sustainable, folks" focusonvictoria.ca/forests/26/
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