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1 in 10 plant and animal species are at risk of extinction in British Columbia. Logging is recognised as one of the leading threats to these species. - State of the Environment Report. BC Ministry of the Environment. 1994
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Forestry directly provides less than 6 percent of jobs in BC and this number is shrinking. Between 1981 and 1991, 27,000 workers were laid off by the Forest Industry in BC, mainly due to mechanization. - Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, 1992 |
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77% of BC residents polled believe that logging in BC's old-growth forests should be stopped immediately or phased out. - ComQUEST Research, 1997 |
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All of BC's unprotected, low-elevation, coastal commercial rainforest will be logged out within 16 years. - 1994 Environment Canada report |
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Numerous forest-dwelling species have become extinct in part due to logging. (For example Campehilus principalis, Vermivora bachmanni, Conuropsis carolinensis and Ectopistes migratorius) - Dr. Chris Pielou, 1997 |
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$65 million has been spent between 1990-95 by the logging industry and the BC government combined to try to convince the public that all is well in woods. - Greenpeace, 1997 |
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75% of the major pristine valleys in Canada's Rainforest have already been logged. - Sierra Club of BC, 1997 |
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Patrick Moore's employer, the Forest Alliance of British Columbia, is funded primarily by the following timber companies: INTERFOR, Doman, MacMillan Bloedel, Weyerhaeuser, TimberWest Forest, Canfor Corporation, Weldwood, Crestbrook Forest Industries, Riverside Forest Products, Skeena Cellulose and West Fraser Timber. - Forest Alliance of British Columbia |
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The government of BC refuses to introduce an endangered species act, and Patrick Moore's employer, the BC Forest Alliance has been actively lobbying against a Federal endangered species act. - Greenpeace, 1997 |
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142 distinct runs of salmon in BC and the Yukon have gone extinct and another 624 that are at high risk of extinction. Logging is a major factor in their extinction. - American Fisheries Association, 1996 |
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