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BC FORESTRY FAILING



BC FORESTRY FAILING:  A Forestry Report Card was recently
released by the British Columbian activists and the World Wildlife
Fund giving a "F" grade to government and timber industry's forest
practices.  The report documents the disturbing reality of inadequate
protection for BC's forests.  Out of Twelve criteria for determining
sustainable management such as rate of logging, protection of
endangered species, biodiversity, and water quality, the BC government
received a "D" in four categories and "Fs" in the remaining eight.
"This grade demonstrates that British Columbia's claims of 'world class
forest practices' are not true," said Will Horter of Sierra Legal Defense
Fund.  "The timber industry is failing the elementary courses, when
they should be preparing for advanced levels."

"The significant problems we face
 cannot be solved at the same level
of thinking we were at when we
created them." (Albert Einstein)


Bret Diamond



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