https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-rainforest-protected-area-conservancy/
"A globally endangered rainforest with cedar trees more than 1,000 years old
will be permanently protected in a new conservancy in southeast B.C.
The 58,000-hectare conservancy in the Incomappleux Valley was announced
Wednesday by Premier David Eby, who called the valley’s rare inland temperate
rainforest “one of B.C.’s greatest treasures.”
“It’s home to old-growth cedars and hemlock trees that are four metres in
diameter,” Eby said at a press conference. “Over 250 species of lichen can be
found in these forests, including some that are completely new to science. This
is just a snapshot of the rich biodiversity of this area.”
Less than five per cent of Canada’s inland temperate rainforest remains,
following decades of industrial logging and hydro-electric projects that
flooded valley bottoms. Scientists have warned the rainforest will suffer
ecological collapse in as few as eight years if industrial logging continues.
The rainforest, one of the most imperilled temperate rainforests on the planet,
is found in moist interior B.C. valleys that stretch from the Cariboo Mountains
east of Prince George to the Rocky Mountains close to the Alberta border. Only
in two other places in the world — Russia’s far east and southern Siberia —
does a temperate rainforest grow so far from the coast."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
