I am very upset reading the article on the logging on Quadra Island, but not surprised. There seems to be complete disregard for old growth trees, they are a valuable commodity for logging companies who are getting very good deals to access our, bc's invaluable assets. When the trees are gone and our biodiversity irreversibly damaged it will be too late to do anything about. it. "...Ministry of Forests’ notoriously inaccurate Vegetation Resource Inventory. It is notorious because it fails miserably at identifying old-growth forest"
Working with information that you know to be inaccurate should be a crime, and Okisollo Resources, who ever they are should be charged, and if convicted should serve time, not just pay a fine.
Land-use planning on Quadra Island has been undone by the Ministry of Forests
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I am very upset reading the article on the logging on Quadra Island, but not surprised. There seems to be complete disregard for old growth trees, they are a valuable commodity for logging companies who are getting very good deals to access our, bc's invaluable assets. When the trees are gone and our biodiversity irreversibly damaged it will be too late to do anything about. it. "...Ministry of Forests’ notoriously inaccurate Vegetation Resource Inventory. It is notorious because it fails miserably at identifying old-growth forest"
Working with information that you know to be inaccurate should be a crime, and Okisollo Resources, who ever they are should be charged, and if convicted should serve time, not just pay a fine.