It s not as if the forests of the South have only recently been harvested, they have been logged extensively for over 200 years. In fact there is a great deal more forest in the South now than there was at the turn of the last century. Huge areas that were deforested for cattle and cotton and other crops have been put back to trees during the last century. Despite all this the South is still very high in biodiversity. This puts the lie to all the talk about extinction as a result of forestry.
Forestry preserves most of the biodiversity.
It is deforestation for food production and cities that causes severe impacts to biodiversity. The same is true for Canadian forests. There needs to be better accountability for groups who use misinformation to turn the public against forest products. I am very supportive of efforts to improve forest practices, to conserve biodiversity, and to engage in intellectually honest discourse. I think the CRC should be accountable for the statements it is making in support of what amounts to a boycott of Canada s most renewable and most important industry.