Episode 12: Let's Talk - Old Growth Forests and Logging in Fairy Creek

Welcome back to another episode of EcoThink! This week, Yuko and Maia discuss Old Growth Forests, regenerative and sustainable forestry, and the new strategic review "A New Future for Old Forests" published last year in 2020.

In Fairy Creek we are seeing public protest against logging of old growth forest, as people are gathering to blockade logging action from Teal Jones. This forest is one of the last remaining coastal old growth in the province and needs to be protected. We discuss why forests are so crucial to our environment, mental health, and our social identity as British Columbians.

Sources:

Strategic Review 2020: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry/stewardship/old-growth-forests/strategic-review-20200430.pdf

Seeing Rep Map: https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-old-growth-impacts-map/

Ancient Forest Alliance FAQ: https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/learn-more/common-qas-about-bcs-old-growth-forests/

Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact is Key: https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-keeping-mature-forests-intact-is-key-to-the-climate-fight

Old Growth Forests can accumulate carbon in soil: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5804/1417.abstract

Old Growth Forests as Carbon Sinks: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07276?te=1&nl=climate-fwd:&emc=edit_clim_20200813

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-hidden-life-of-trees/9781771642484-item.html?s_campaign=goo-DSA_Books&gclid=Cj0KCQjwktKFBhCkARIsAJeDT0h_UfIyzwKR8wkJpuRzX__3-XoOwa4PUDqJeAlPzTbA3Ss2NV4bm98aAj00EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds