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Lahey Report Critiques

Friends of Nature — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:30:25 +0000

Dear Friends: Our colleague Ray Plourde from the Ecology Action Centre has released a detailed critique of the Lahey Report on forestry practices. The Lahey report was released to Government in August of this year. As of today no comments have been received from Government. Here are links to Ray’s critique, a critique from Healthy Forests...

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Forestry: Chipping our forests on the cheap

Friends of Nature — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:47:49 +0000

Public land and wildlife continue to be destroyed, yet are absent from industry costs Pulp companies use softwoods like spruce to manufacture paper products. They obtain leases to cut wood on Crown land, in forests owned by the public. The leases allow them to cut hardwood trees on Crown land. When other energy prices, such...

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Presentation to the Independent Review of Forest Practices

Friends of Nature — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:30:30 +0000

Yesterday, December 7, 2017 a delegation from Friends of Nature made a presentation to the Independent Review of Forest Practices, led by Professor Bill Lahey. Our presentation was well received and resulted in a healthy discussion with Mr Lahey. A copy of our brief is follows . . . December 7, 2017 Presentation to Bill...

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