Is Forestry Pathological?
03/27/24 • 49 min
If natural forests are ‘self-willed, self-managing, and self-replacing’ to respond and adapt to disturbances like fire and pest-outbreaks, should we be logging more as some suggest? Or should our approach be more precautionary?
This week, Michelle Connolly from Conservation North takes us back into the forests of British Columbia. She breaks down for us the severity of B.C.'s industrial logging impacts that her organization has documented through spatial mapping. While logging is advertised as a necessary means to manage B.C.’s forests, including for pests and wildfires, we unpack why fire and pests are actually part of the natural forest cycle.
Learn more about Conservation North on their website and check out the Seeing Red map.
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If natural forests are ‘self-willed, self-managing, and self-replacing’ to respond and adapt to disturbances like fire and pest-outbreaks, should we be logging more as some suggest? Or should our approach be more precautionary?
This week, Michelle Connolly from Conservation North takes us back into the forests of British Columbia. She breaks down for us the severity of B.C.'s industrial logging impacts that her organization has documented through spatial mapping. While logging is advertised as a necessary means to manage B.C.’s forests, including for pests and wildfires, we unpack why fire and pests are actually part of the natural forest cycle.
Learn more about Conservation North on their website and check out the Seeing Red map.
Make sure to check out the show notes on the podcast webpage for more links and helpful resources.
You can help this community grow by sharing the podcast with your friends.
The Playbook to Raise & Reach Millions Faster Than Ever Before -- No gimmicks!
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Previous Episode
Forestry Math
This week, we return to our conversation with Richard Robertson and Tegan Hansen from STAND.Earth on forestry issues in British Columbia. Wood pellets, or biomass fuels, from B.C.’s forests are being touted as a large-scale, carbon neutral energy source. Does the carbon accounting behind those claims add up? What are some alternative solutions for the future of the forestry industry?
Richard and Tegan also share their experiences at last year’s climate COP in Dubai with us. Find out what it was like to be an observer at the biggest stage for international climate negotiations and how Canada’s forests can be affected.
Learn more about STAND.Earth on their website.
Make sure to check out the show notes on the podcast webpage for more links and helpful resources.
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Next Episode
Manufacturing Consent for Logging
In part 2 of our conversation with Conservation North, Michelle Connolly gives us a lesson in forest ecology and forestry semantics. How does British Columbia and the forestry industry use seemingly ‘green’ language to justify more logging of the province’s natural forests? Who is forestry sustainable for? The planet? The species? Or the companies?
We also get a sneak peek into Conservation North’s new report on U.K. biofuel producer Drax, and how they’re continuing to source materials from rare old growth forests.
Learn more about Conservation North on their website and read the report they co-authored, Logging What's Left.
Make sure to check out the show notes on the podcast webpage for more links and helpful resources.
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The Clear Cut - Is Forestry Pathological?
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Welcome to the Clear Cut .
Janet SumnerHi , I'm Janet Sumner , Executive Director at Wildlands League .
Kaya AdlemanAnd I'm Kaya Adelman , Carbon Manager at Wildlands League .
Janet SumnerWildlands League is a Canadian conservation organization working on protecting the natur
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