Tag: Forestry

Reclaiming mines is touted as an essential part of a just transition. But in Teck’s B.C. coal mines, two tree planters were left asking: were they part of reclamation, or greenwashing?

The fight to protect old-growth forests – one of the last few places where it’s possible to witness land before capitalism.

Logging has nearly quadrupled in the last 10 years, and northern residents are raising red flags about the pace of clear-cutting

What’s at stake in Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum’s fight against the clearcutting of her land?

The forestry model conventionally pursued by the Canadian forestry industry has long been battering community economies, trampling Indigenous rights, and damaging forestry ecosystems, all the while empowered by colonial and capitalist legislative frameworks. Sustainable forest management is gaining traction as allied forestry workers, grassroots environmentalists, and First Nations create new models of forestry.