On September 29, 2021 the conservation group Wildsight is hosting a free webinar with Dr. Peter Wood, following the release of the provincial government香蕉视频直播檚 Strategic Climate Risk Assessment. Wildsight says the assessment lacks any mention of the impact of the logging industry on the projected climate change risks listed in the document.

The Strategic Climate Risk Assessment is a 427-page document that identifies 15 climate risks to communities around the province.

Environmental group Sierra Club BC hired Dr. Wood to analyze existing research in order to determine the logging industry香蕉视频直播檚 impact on climate change and the risks it poses to B.C. communities.

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The 香蕉视频直播淪ave Forests; safe communities香蕉视频直播� webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. MST will be a presentation of Wood香蕉视频直播檚 findings, and Wildsight encourages anyone interested in forestry practices and the health of the province香蕉视频直播檚 communities to join.

Wood has drawn his discoveries from around 120 scientific sources and has produced a report entitled: Intact Forests, Safe Communities.

According to Wildsight, he found that of the 15 climate risks highlighted in the Strategic Climate Risk Assessment, nine will be impacted by forest management practises.

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Wildsight adds logging can pose threats to community water supplies as well, due to companies turning more to forests that feed into these supplies as easily-accessible timber supplies dwindle.

In his report, Wood references Peachland, B.C., which recently had to spend $24 million on a water filtration plant after clearcutting practises damaged the natural filtration system that kept their water clean.

Wood香蕉视频直播檚 research surmises that in order to protect B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 remaining intact forests and in doing so mitigate increased climate risk, a 香蕉视频直播渇undamental paradigm shift香蕉视频直播� is needed that places values like biodiversity and combating climate change ahead of profits.

You can register for the webinar here:

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