This is an excellent statement from Dr. Suzanne Simard* re: Judge’s ruling opens window to save Fairy Creek as well as remaining old growth forests in British Columbia.
Simard discusses the economic and ecological reasons, to which we might add eco-humanist values such as ethics and morality; that for many reasons, it is just plain wrong for one person, the Premier of British Columbia, to knowingly commit ecocide on an ancient ecosystem found nowhere else on the planet.
Other jurisdictions have taken steps to protect their unique landscape features, using the Rights of Nature and Necessity. It’s about time British Columbia embraces the truths coming from the scientific community, that we imperil the future by destroying that which sustains life on the planet.
Read on, and do what you can to address the issues raised by Dr. Simard: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/
*Suzanne Simard is a forest mycologist and professor of forest ecology at UBC; extensive research on micro mycocosm of complex chemical signalling between soil fungi and many plants in coastal rainforests, including old growth forests, contributing to the health, productivity, carbon sequestration, and oxygen production of intact natural forests. We ignore the wisdom of nature at our peril. See her book Finding the Mother Tree.