Did UBC prof give forestry firms too much credit?Good stewardship is exception, not rule Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The following comments were distributed to the members of a forestry discussion group and forwarded to Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. as Letters to the Editor. They form a response to an article based on comments made by University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. professor Dr. John Innes John Innes can refer to:
UBC University of British Columbia UBC Union of the Baltic Cities UBC United Brotherhood of Carpenters UBC Universal Battery Charger UBC Union of Baltic Cities UBC Universal Bibliographic Control UBC Used Beverage Cans prof") that ran in our May issue. To the Editor, Northern Ontario Business: Responsible forestry is not the function of public forest harvesting licensees any more than long-run vehicle maintenance is the responsibility of someone renting a new car at the airport for a week's business visit to Vancouver. Responsible forestry criteria measure the owner's, not the industry's, appalling stewardship performance. In Canada, public forest owners transfer huge subsidies to loggers by setting abysmal expectations and ignoring the consequences of their resourcist land management. Only for public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most consumption do we pretend our timber is traded to licensees for long-run forest-centred stewardship. All public forest performance audits demonstrate that commensurate forest stewardship is the rare exception rather than the defining public policy objective. Governments dedicated to maximizing the appearance of forest economic activity are entirely undeterred undeterred Adjective not put off or dissuaded Adj. 1. undeterred - not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell undiscouraged from transferring diminished forests and environmental and economic consequences to future generations. It has been my long-term experience that UBC and its corrupt ilk primarily exist to staff the ranks of apologists, paid to window dress this plunder TO PLUNDER. The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder. See Booty; Prize. of our natural capital. Responsible forest stewardship cannot result from an underlying policy to maximize and/or balance the industrial interest in resource exploitation. On the other hand, short-term stewardship of the industrial interest can be very effectively achieved by ignoring the environmental and industrial consequences of our forest practices and policy objectives. Which do you think is taking place? Michael Major Victoria, B.C. 'Value' of biodiversity quantifiable in BC Editor's Note: This note was sent as both a response to Michael Major's letter and a Letter to the Editor. To the Editor: I personally don't think that the bigger forest companies need to be honoured for what they are achieving regarding forest stewardship. In most cases, they just play by the legislated rules. Unless a company gets FSC-certified, they usually do not go many extra Stewardship miles since that usually diminishes their profit margin. And, of course, they are first of all about profit. How much else can you realistically expect from them? There are many forestry professionals who do their best within the regulatory framework and within company comfort levels and there are those who are pushing the limits while risking their jobs. They should be thanked for that. It is therefore mainly the responsibility of legislatures (and of professional associations) to ensure that forest stewardship is being practiced. In BC, the question of how much timber supply to sacrifice for biodiversity has been answered. Under FRPA FRPA Fixed Radiation Pattern Antenna FRPA Fixed Reception Pattern Antenna FRPA Florida Recreation and Parks Association FRPA Fullerton Railway Plaza Association (Fullerton, CA) FRPA Forest Range and Practices Act and related policies, you can be a steward until the impact on timber supply reaches six per cent. Then it's over. And unless limits for the (negative) impact on timber supply are given up by the BC government it's largely just stewardship talk and public relations. It's a clear choice of timber and associated industries and current jobs over biodiversity, future generations' options and other values. Regards, Peter Jungwirth, FIT, M.Sc.Forestry (Vienna), Certified Arborist The Certified Arborist credential identifies professional arborists who have a minimum of three years' full-time experience working in the professional tree care industry and who have passed an extensive examination covering all facets of arboriculture. Courtenay, B.C. |
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