thank you for this!

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Some important information here, especially in regards to biodiversity loss, displacement of natural ecosystems, and the vast amounts of domesticated food animals we keep compared to the diminishing amount of wildlife. Though its kind of weird to bring up Mars, when the idea isn't to build an ecosystem there, (at least not for generations). The International Space Station is a better starting point of the discussion, with people having lived on it for years. Humanity has been experimenting with growing food up on the ISS for years, Oxygen is supplied by MOXIE, and its pretty random to bring it up with the youtube description when the video is just talking about biodiversity loss. I'll add that a ton of the science that has enabled us to understand climate change has come directly from space exploration and exploitation. for example, studies on the atmospheres of Venus and Mars directly lead to our knowledge of why climate change is a crisis here on earth (as well as the dangers of nuclear winters). Its not a zero sum game, and investing in space will absolutely come back to benefit the earth. Just imagine when we start asteroid mining, the entire mining industry on earth will phased out, tailing ponds are not nearly as damaging on asteroids / Mars as on earth.

Ever since I arrived in BC, I have wondered why forestry is done in such destructive ways. This new Paradigm makes sense to me. Scandinavian countries have been managing their forests based on the Ecological Paradigm for at least a hundred years. And results can be seen. No clear cuts, no biodiversity destruction and so on. Perhaps it is time for change here in Canada too?

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We drive through the rural south often to visit family. It seems like you're in wilderness until you look closer and see that all of the trees are the same size and in rows. Once I realized that, it's literally almost all plantations, so sad.

Is Elon Musk crazy? How is it possible that humans can live on Mars?

Everything has a limit. Humans have tried to pervert the balance but Earth has its own way of cleansing itself. Soon.

Pollution plus deforestation=equal destruction

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What do you think is the biggest misconception about forests and logging? Share your thoughts below.

32:40 Industrial to local milling is less efficient use of energy. Any action needs to account for a limited supply of energy kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYukanukpZiUjJY

Our leaders still haven’t learned the lesson kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp2yomuanc1_mK8

I planted trees in NW Alberya and NE BC in late 90s. Herbicide use destroyed everything and planting was mostly impossible. I quit after that year because I am not part of that idiocy...

The US empire needs that lumber!!! How dare you suggest canadian taxpayers not fund the export of cheap lumber to the US. What are you some kind of hippie, communist, socialist, savage, barbarian, terrorist?

The sad part is these forestry resources are sold to foreign nations and the corporation and whichever political insiders pocket the money. They make out like bandits and the people of the region are destroyed decades later. Not to mention the loss of topsoil causing landslides will no doubt affect the already fragile rivers within BC, that have been massively dammed for energy export. Canadians lose every time they turn around these days. All thanks to corporate greed.

The Logging industrial complex has replaced Canadas 'Forests' with monocrop pine plantations, which get killed by pine beetle, and then the standing dead trees go up in flames the next summer. Logging megacorporations drain the wetlands, destroy the soil humus that stores humidity well into the dry season, and erodes our topsoil that takes millennia to properly replace. This abuse of our forests increases both flooding AND forest fire events, we have allowed billionaires to steal our 'forests' and turn them into cash crops. Pine Plantations that don't have the soil humus, wetlands that a old growth forest would. water absorbing (and ergo cooling) properties that a tall, healthy, biodiverse, well shaded old growth forest has. the destruction of biodiverse natural spaces is accelerated by widespread use of pesticides to kill all the broad leaf trees since they grow slower (and ergo make less money for these billionaires). The monocrop pine plantations we incorrectly still call 'forests' catch pine beetle en-mass, and then go up in flames in the heat of the summer since most of them are now dead and dry. Write your politicians about the unsustainable actions of logging megacorporations who are pillaging rare ecosystems as fast as possible and shipping the unprocessed logs overseas. This is NOT a sustainable supply chain of industries, this is billionaires pillaging public resources as fast as possible. Sustainable logging is great, but these are not a family wood lot thats burning. the eco-crimes that Canada encourages is destroying a long term asset for a quick buck. Ecotourism alone would be worth more than the 1 time logging of a 500 year old tree. BC Timber Sales is what you get when you cross Rhino Poachers with billion dollar, taxpayer-subsidized, for-profit, Corporate Industrial Complexes with titanic negative externalities.

Now what?

A plan in between the old paradigm and the “new” paradigm would be the best. The”New” paradigm is short sighted and ideologically driven with little thought given to transition. It sounds good on paper but needs a deep economic impact review. Apply for national park status on selected sections.

the monocrop pine plantations that we still call 'forests' are so sick and unhealthy because we have destroyed their natural environment, catch pine beetle en mass, then the standing silvers dry out and catch fire easy the next summer. The forest fires that are destroying towns over the last decade? The smoke that now covers our cities for weeks on end? The megaforestry corporations that drain the wetlands, plant monocrops, destroy the soil hummus, drag logs through streambeds, and other unethical, ignorant actions, are responsible for many floods and forest fires and I'm amazed there hasn't been more class action lawsuits against many megacorporations in the forestry industry for their insane and criminal business practices.

Good luck. We had nearly 200k acres burn this fall in the Bighorn forest in WY. Forest Circus is too busy having their "slack jawed protection officers" (ie. DEI WOKE Moron hires) writing campers overstay tickets. Seems they have their priorities bass ackwards. Talk about a useless governmental agency....

It's not that we did not plan for the timber supply decrease. We have seen it coming for years, as been documented in many of the Timber Supply Review reports over the last 2 decades. The thing is, those timber supply forecasts did not adequately model for non-timber resources, and were not proactive regarding species loss - resulting in the falldown in timber supply happening twice as fast and perhaps twice as much as was forecast.

I think that the forestry losses are wholly due to the excess positions in the government departments. And the inability to manage the forest properly is also entirely due to the forest service. They have kissed the hinny of major corporations for fifty years and bent everyone else over a stump.

I'm not sure I agree regarding OGMA. It's not wise to focus only on existing old growth( it won't live forever). Perhaps it's not a bad idea to plan for super long term?

How does the softwood timber agreement fit into this whole scheme. most of the wood go to the USA.

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I tried to stop old growth logging 40 years ago when all the second growth was as coming on in stead they closed all saw mills and chipped it all way and carried on logging all the old growth trust me I made i contact with all that live there

There needs to be a total ban on this practice, full stop.

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Forestry ter ror ists

How do you think BC’s communities and forests would benefit from a shift to community-centered forest management? Want to know more about the science and people making change? Here's the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLEUzx-jtHMx2T3PGlzbij4xBbLQwHj8Ag

cut and run, capitalism in action.

I flew from Prince George to Dease lake recently, 360 kilometers roaded, logged North of PG. Time to "close the mill, lose the timber. No whole log pellet mills!

Not worth mentioning fires when talking about volume left to log?

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How do you think we can best support forests in regrowing and thriving naturally after logging? The Power of Forests project is fully funded by supporters like you. Every donation helps us fight destructive forestry and protect nature and communities. Support our work today: boundaryforest.org/donate/

The Power of Forests project is fully funded by supporters like you. Every donation helps us fight destructive forestry and protect nature and communities. Support our work today: boundaryforest.org/donate/

The Power of Forests project is fully funded by supporters like you. Every donation helps us fight destructive forestry and protect nature and communities. Support our work today: boundaryforest.org/donate/

How do you think we can best support forests in regrowing and thriving naturally after logging? The Power of Forests project is fully funded by supporters like you. Every donation helps us fight destructive forestry and protect nature and communities. Support our work today: boundaryforest.org/donate/

This guy’s scolding is difficult to listen to. In addition to his sprinkling of French. Very pedantic.

My experience with activists and government (the two are one in the same these days) is that they live hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from those they rule over. As a result, they are indifferent to the suffering, devastation they cause to those who live there. I say this as someone who experienced all the institutional arrogance, governmental ineptitude, and state tyranny before, during, and after the White Rock Lake fire of 2021. My lived experience does not align with the majority of "facts" presented by academics, activists, and "officials".

Every generation of government forest management in British Columbia has been totally negligent or corrupt concerning this provinces great forests. . Every one of them.

Happy to see them go .

Thank you for sharing this. My suggestion to bring this consciousness, of living in harmony with nature to this moment, is to bring to light the subsidies given to the corporations and exemplify how this subsidy will be used to insure no jobs lost, just changed to stewardship based. If more money is needed I am sure there is some available for climate change Initiatives. It is taxpayers money after all. Isn't it? Thank you again for your persistence to speak truth.

Herb , everything you say is so much common sense. Not that that seems to matter to any😢 politician. I am wondering, most of the weather and climate effects that we feel in Southern British Columbia must be from local environmental degradation rather than some global climate change effect. Of course all the local effects add up to the global climate change, but the point is that with a local affecting local weather because of local Land Management practices it the whole idea of doing something about climate change seems possible because we can affect our local weather at least at this point in the game . However as you point out it will take years to let the land have as much carbon capture and Rain management as a old growth forest

What do you think is the most urgent step we need to take to protect forests and the communities that depend on them?

How many people in BC are aware of this? What is the best way to protect against wildfires?

Forestry companies are packing up and leaving BC- Is this a wake-up call for change or just the natural course of the industry? Watch Dr. Holt's insights and tell us: what do YOU think is behind the mill closures? What is the approach that BC should be taking?

Did you know forestry emissions are flying under the radar in BC’s official stats? 🤔 Dr. Holt breaks it down in this clip. What do YOU think-should these emissions be included, and how would that change the conversation about forestry?

What do YOU think about the state of BC’s forests? Should we be doing more to protect them, or is the current approach working? Let us know your thoughts below-Dr. Holt’s insights have sparked some tough questions, and we want to hear YOUR perspective!