https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-forestry-plan-old-growth/
"A “war in the woods” has simmered for decades in B.C., sometimes erupting into
high-profile protests and arrests over plans to log ancient trees in places
like Clayoquot Sound and Fairy Creek.
This week, the provincial government unveiled a suite of new measures that aim
to accelerate old-growth protection and broker a truce. Measures include new
initiatives to finance old-growth forest protection, more Indigenous
participation in land-use decisions and an end to prioritizing timber
extraction over all other values, including biodiversity and carbon storage.
“Our government has a new vision for B.C. and our forestry industry, one where
we take better care of our rarest and oldest ecosystems, our oldest forests and
our climate,” Premier David Eby said at a Feb. 15 news conference. The vision
includes Indigenous Peoples as full partners in sustainable forest management,
while workers and communities will benefit from “secure, innovative forestry
jobs,” Eby said.
“After decades of short-term and transactional thinking, we’re making
significant changes in our approach to forestry in this province. The first
step is putting Indigenous Peoples at the center of land management decisions
in their territories. The days of making decisions without Indigenous Peoples
are over.”
Conservation groups and the First Nations Forestry Council were quick to praise
the new measures, although some groups are calling for faster action to
safeguard what little is left of B.C.’s old-growth forests. Less than three per
cent of high productivity old-growth forests — the forests with the biggest
trees and the richest biodiversity — remains following decades of industrial
logging."
Via
Future Crunch:
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