> What? "...entire boreal forests of the world being subject to
> clearfelling". A slight overstatement John?
> CP
No you chopped off part of the sentences which said 'essentially' which means in essence, the forests of the boreal region are being clearcut. There may be as much as 5 % left in Europe that have not been clearcut. Parks are not forms of permenant protection either, since in Ontario there are parks which allow tree harvesting.
In Wood Buffalo National Park there was logging going on for most of the last fifty years. So based on the history of parks and protected areas, the destiny of the boreal forests appears to be summed up as 'sawlogs'. I am sure there will always be some sacred places but they will be insignificant. I was in Jasper Park skiing there and was amazed to see the stumps left after fifty years of logging. I thought there was no logging in the National Parks but I was wrong.
In the Provincial Parks here to there has been logging going on as well. It is done under the banner of 'forest health' which means that if a stand of trees is infected by beetles which may fly into a forest that is not protected, then that stand will have to be harvested. We have had not permanent success in stopping logging in Canadian Parks. It seems to be a 'moral issue' with the logging companies rather than an issue reflecting good forest management. The reason being is that the most severe insect outbreaks have not been controlled at all. In fact that is the queer thing about all forest products companies: they hate parks. They say that they are full of 'overmature' or 'decadent' timber.
They clearcut logged many a park here in BC, and in other provinces...so what were you saying about my statement?
John
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