B.C. wants to know how much it’s going to cost fracking, mining industries to adapt to climate change
The province wants to better understand the economic impact events such as droughts will have...
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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The province wants to better understand the economic impact events such as droughts will have...
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The province has failed to produce the habitat plan for spotted owls it promised 14...
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