"“Globally, we’ve crossed critical ecological limits in terms of biodiversity loss, greenhouse gas emissions and conversion of forest lands — critical limits that we are exceeding here in B.C. and part of our current forest practices.” B.C. should defer logging old-growth until it has addressed recommendations in the independent Old Growth Strategic Review, commissioned by the province, he said. The report recommended deferring development in old forests, where diverse ecosystems are at risk, until a new forest management strategy is developed." [...] "Just 2.7 per cent of original high productivity old-growth forests remain and of that, 75 per cent is at risk, Geselbracht said." Link So why is the B.C. Provincial government under NDP leader John Horgan so keen on harvesting Old Growth Forests? It doesn't help that the NDP is backed by the United Steelworkers Union, which is based in the US. Talk about foreign intervention in another country's politics.
Read more...And the former Green leader Andrew Weaver endorsed them for re-election?
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"The government got caught red-handed trying to low ball a new moose
cull in an effort to somehow starve out wolves and (theoretically) save
endangered caribou herds."
[...]
"Moose used to be a prolific species, but not any longer. And the
difference here is that the government wants to apply a moose cull in
the name of “caribou recovery.”
Unfortunately wolves are ruthlessly efficient pack hunters and will
easily move onto another food sources (like caribou) if moose are not
available."
"But some people question the science of the cull, pointing to the loss of habitat as the cause for declining numbers.
A 2020 paper published in the international journal Biodiversity and
Conservation, found that addressing potential threats from wolves did
not slow the loss of mountain caribou in B.C. and Alberta, and that the
government-sponsored cull has had “no detectable effect” on reversing
the decline of endangered caribou populations."
"If we continue our trajectory in the accelerating climate crisis,
biodiversity will continue to deteriorate, driven by "currently
unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, population growth
and technological developments," the report said."
[...]
"the rate of biodiversity loss is unprecedented in human history and
pressures are intensifying," said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, executive
secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, in a press
release.
"Earth's living systems as a whole are being compromised. And the more
humanity exploits nature in unsustainable ways and undermines its
contributions to people, the more we undermine our own wellbeing,
security and prosperity."
[...]
"Pollution is still rampant, with plastic in our oceans and
pesticides in ecosystems. Our coral reefs are dying. Our demand on
natural resources is increasing. "
[...]
"We have also plunged headfirst into the sixth mass extinction;
wildlife populations dropped by more than two thirds since 1970, and
have continued to decline in the past decade, the report said. "
(Not exactly a surprise...)
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