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In #BritishColumbia, a Key to Preserving #OldGrowthForests: Salmon https://atmos.earth/in-british-columbia-a-key-to-preserving-old-growth-forests-salmon
"There are #salmon in the succulent fruit of #salmonberries, the bodies of #bears, the deep green of #trees... In the salmon forests of the #PacificNorthwest and the Canadian coast, the well-being of #fish, trees, and humans are delicately intertwined."
@skua I hate to say it, but after caving to corporate interests when it comes to saving #OldGrowthForests, #Biden is showing his true colors. Unfortunately. No amnesty for #StevenDonziger or #LeonardPeltier (and I don't think #Mumia was ever on his radar screen). Disappointing... I hope I'm wrong...
@animalculum. Biodiversity is much more likely in old growth forest. #oldgrowthforests, #sixthextinction.
Four new #mushroom species discovered in Sweden https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mushroom-species-sweden.html
The genus Phellodon (Basidiomycota #Fungi) in Europe: Four #NewSpecies, one new combination, four new typifications and a first European record https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi/fuse/pre-prints/content-f1_fuse_vol15_art1
"They live in #symbiosis with different host #trees on different types of #soil, some in calcareous beech #forests, others in acidic pine #bogs. However, one environmental requirement unites all the new species—their association with #OldGrowthForests."
Not just any forest in #Canada, but #OldGrowthForests! Very bad! @jamesgbradbury @hausfath
Does it make a lick of sense to cut down #OldGrowthForests during the #Climate era, given the whole world is racing to PLANT TREES and the important role they play in CO2 sequestration and the mitigation of floods and droughts?
Of course it doesn't.
#NaturalCapital #Kananaskis #Clearcut #Logging #Forests #biodiversity #Climate #watersheds #KCountry #YYC
https://www.tiktok.com/@bentleytoks/video/7414161188218490118
DNR is going to auction off some of the forest surrounding the popular Mclane Creek Nature Preserve unless we stop them. Here's the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/save-mclane-stop-the-sale-of-the-complex-forest-above-the-mclane-creek-nature-trail
#OldGrowthForests #oldgrowth #oldgrowthlogging
"We've all become aware of #ClimateChange since 2001, making the concept of logging #OldGrowthForests that do some of nature's best work at sequestering co2 as well as storing water to mitigate against both floods AND droughts feel really wrong-headed, & a dangerous anachronism."
Can ending native forest logging help the climate?
Ending native forest logging would help Australia’s climate goals much more than planting trees
"Logging bans are important – but no substitute for ending oil and gas.
Net zero: deep, rapid, sustained cuts needed.
Carbon accounting needs more clarity."
"Deforestation and degradation by humans is likely to send global warming past 1.5°C, even if we achieve net-zero fossil fuel emissions. Protecting native forests is a critical way to prevent emissions, which must be achieved in parallel with a rapid transition to clean energy."
"Australia is still logging native forests. Extensive land clearing continues for agriculture and urban development, as well as native forest harvesting on private land. In New South Wales, the government is looking into proposals for a Great Koala National Park, which would bring together state forests from the Clarence Valley to south of Coffs Harbour. But with no decision yet made, logging continues along both the north and south coasts, which were also hard hit by the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20."
"If we compare forests protected for conservation with those harvested for commodity production in the Victorian Central Highlands, research shows conservation delivers the greatest climate benefits through continued forest growth and accumulating carbon stocks."
Carbon accounting >>
https://theconversation.com/ending-native-forest-logging-would-help-australias-climate-goals-much-more-than-planting-trees-229487
#deforestation #FossilFuels #DeforestationHotspot #NSW #extractivism #degradation #extinction #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #loggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #OldGrowthForests #biodiversity #koalas #conservation #ClimateEmergency #bushfires #ExtremeHeat
"When I think about logging companies looking to chop down #OldGrowthForests in 2024 as the whole world works out ways to get MORE forests into the ground so we can stop roasting ourselves to death I find myself thinking (not for the first time) where are the adults in all this?"
Devastating Community Health Study on #Drax #WoodPellet Plant
Written by Naya Black, August 7th, 2024
"#GlosterMississippi is a small, rural, mostly Black community in Amite County, Mississippi. It spans 1.8 square miles with around 900 residents. Residents are facing the harsh reality of a median income below $15,000 in 2021.
Introduction of the #AmiteBioEnergy Pellet Plant
"In 2015, Amite BioEnergy, a part of the UK’s #DraxGroup, started making #WoodPellets pellets in Gloster. Industry markets wood pellets as #ecofriendly . They get big subsidies from the #EU to supposedly fight climate change. Drax has a permit to emit up to 25 tons of harmful #AirPollutants and 249 tons of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) per year. But since 2016, Drax has consistently gone over these limits. Drax even paid a $2.5 million fine for it.
What Types of Pollutants Do Wood Pellet Plants Produce?
"#WoodPelletPlants emit many #AirPollutants , including:
nitrogen oxides (#NOx)
#GreenhouseGas like carbon dioxide, methane, and sulfur dioxide
volatile organic compounds (#VOCs)
particulate matter (#PM) 2.5
"Sleep is critical to health, so 24/7 #NoisePollution is also a concern.
What Are the Short-term Effects of This Air Pollution?
"These air pollutants are harmful to residents breathing them in. They can cause:
coughing
trouble breathing
skin rashes
severe allergic reactions
What Are the Long-term Effects of This Air Pollution?
"The long-term effects of air pollution are #chronic. They’re also much worse than the short-term effects. Some are even life-threatening. Added to the short-term effects, the long-term effects can be:
shortness of breath
nausea
headaches
cardiovascular disease
lung disease
heart attack
stroke"
Read more:
https://dogwoodalliance.org/2024/08/devastating-community-health-study-on-drax-wood-pellet-plant/
#EnvironmentalRacism #AirPollution #ProfitOverPeople
#CorporateColonialism
#SaveCanadianForests #SaveUKForests #SaveCaliforniaForests #SaveTheForest
#OldGrowthForests #Greenwashing #EnvironmentalActivism
#BigForest #DraxPowerStation
We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:
#StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.
Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.
Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.
#PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->
"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.
Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.
Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.
#TemperanceBlyck organizes to defend #oldgrowthforests by locking down to construction equipment. Temperance Blyck got radicalized as a kid in an alternative school. Temperance Blyck sometimes does #communityorganizing with their friend's three-year-old. Temperance Blyck is really, really cool. And today on THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES, I got to chat with them about #youthliberation! 
If you care about #environmentalism, #solarpunk, #forestdefense, kids and teens, #trans #liberation, or...you know...#anarchy, this is the #podcast for you 
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Old Growth forests should be protected from most lumber harvesting. In British Columbia the ministry responsible is busy playing a shell game to permit the cutting destruction of unique and increasingly rare forest ecosystems. #oldgrowthforests
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/07/Secret-Map-Shows-BC-Playing-Shell-Game-Old-Growth/
This is a superb article that is heartbreaking, gut wrenching and sickening as it reveals the extent of the attack on biodiversity and species at risk in Canada. It is long but worth the read if you’re in favour of protecting our natural world. #OldGrowthForests #biodiversity #speciesatrisk #bcndp #cdnpoli https://www.evergreenalliance.ca/analysis/33/
Drax used wood from rare Canadian forests, investigation suggests
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/drax-used-wood-from-rare-canadian-forests-investigation-suggests-4537098
#Drax
#Canada
#CanadianForests
#BBC
#Panorama
#NorthYorkshireBiomassPowerStation
#OldGrowth
#OldGrowthForests
#GreenEnergySubsidies
#GreenEnergy