Nearly 2,000 species are at-risk in B.C. Only 42 are being considered for new protections
Internal government records show officials are working to update list of at-risk species under forestry...
Canada’s reputation as a nation of “hewers of wood and drawers of water” is at least half correct, historically. Forestry has always been one of the biggest industries in the country, economically, by reputation and by environmental impact. About 94 per cent of forests in Canada are publicly owned and about 70 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous population lives in forested areas.
Over half of the world’s boreal region is in Canada, which boasts a staggering 270 million hectares of boreal forest.
Increasing privatization of forest lands, however, combined with the threats of climate change, industrial activity, pine beetle infestations and wildfires, has put Canada’s forests at risk.
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Internal government records show officials are working to update list of at-risk species under forestry...
A few mentions of unauthorized logging in a provincial database caught B.C. biodiversity reporter Ainslie...
Public records show companies allegedly logged or removed timber without authorization 173 times since 2021
The provincial government can’t say how much was improperly harvested and refuses to release details...
Despite the ecological risks, it’s cheaper and easier than ever to clear cut the last...
The Columbia North caribou population has grown in recent years but logging in the herd’s...
Forestry companies get a slew of profitable perks to harvest areas burned by B.C. wildfires....
The Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations will now manage 760 square kilometres of old-growth conservancies...
Ninety per cent of the hemlock trees in Nova Scotia could disappear. A Mi’kmaw-led effort...
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