De laatste woudreuzen van Canada dreigen gekapt te worden

Je snapt werkelijk niet wat bestuurders
bezielt als je leest dat men nog steeds bossen kapt ten tijde van de
huidige snelle klimaatverandering, terwijl tegelijkertijd wereldwijd enorme gebieden met bos zijn verbrand dan wel in brand staan, er zijn zelfs dwazen die in
Nederland volledig houten huizen willen bouwen, alsof we gvd een
overschot aan bossen hebben……

In Canada waar nog slechts 1% van de
grote oude woudreuzen staan die het land eerder rijk was, stopt men
zelfs niet met de houtkap in de gebieden waar deze laatste zeer oude en hoge
bomen staan…… Bovendien gaat het hier om oude bossen (oerbossen) die zoals je
begrijpt verreweg de meeste CO2 uit de lucht halen, juist deze bossen
moeten behouden blijven vanwege de al genoemde snelle klimaatverandering….

Nogmaals; je snapt niet hoe bestuurders
dergelijke zaken toestaan of zelfs stimuleren……..

Stand.earth, een onderdeel van
Greenpeace vraagt ook niet-Canadezen de petitie te tekenen, een petitie die men voor het behoud van deze
oude bossen is gestart. Niet meer dan terecht, deze kleine planeet is van ons allemaal en niet van een stel op macht en geld
beluste politici en ‘captains of industry’, zoals dat laatste
geteisem zich een tijdlang het liefst zag (als kapitein, niet alleen van een bedrijf maar van de wereld)! Bovendien om nog eens een cliché aan te halen: de klimaatverandering houdt
niet op bij landgrenzen maar raakt de hele wereld…………….

Lees en teken de petitie ajb en geeft
het door!! (binnenkort zijn er verkiezingen in Brits-Columbia, het is zaak om voor die tijd zoveel mogelijk handtekeningen te verzamelen zodat de kandidaten zien dat ze in de gaten worden gehouden en later niet kunnen zeggen: “Wir haben es nicht gewusst….”):

The
last standing giants

Protect old
growth forests from logging

Canada’s westernmost province is home to some of the rarest and
most carbon-rich old-growth forests on the planet. But while
the British Columbia government says that “old forests” still
fill out the province’s landscape, less than 1% of its forests
still have big, old-growth trees. The majority of these
old-growth forests are still open to logging, and don’t recover
once they’re chopped down.

The good news is, right now there’s a critical
opportunity to put this issue at the top of the agenda for
decision-makers. Because in just a few weeks, B.C.
is holding an election.

If concerned people around the world add their names to
the petition asking the B.C. government to immediately ban
logging in the most at-risk old growth forests, it will force
them to pay attention during a moment where they’re looking
for every possible way to win more votes.

Will
you sign the petition to show politicians that the world is watching,
and pressure them to protect these irreplaceable old-growth forests
from logging?

The fires that continue to rage across the Pacific Northwest,
covering our communities in smoke, are a clear reminder that climate
change is here now. And these irreplaceable forests
are key to addressing this crisis. As we scramble to reach
the targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, these trees can not be
lost. Yet even as I type this message to you, roads are being
built into old-growth rainforests and trees that are hundreds or even
thousands of years old are being logged.

There is a solution: the B.C. government
could take immediate action and declare an emergency moratorium on
the logging of the most endangered old-growth forests. In
fact, B.C.’s own independent old-growth panel recently recommended
just that. The election is a chance to win this necessary
change. During the campaign period, politicians are more
attentive to the issues raised by community members as they fight to
win votes. With your help, this could be a turning point for the
protection of some of the world’s last big trees.

Next week we’ll be delivering this petition to politicians. To
prove just how important this issue is, it’s critical we have
thousands of signatures from people all over the world.

Add
your voice to the petition calling for an immediate moratorium on
old-growth logging.

Working towards large-scale protection of majestic forested areas is just the work Stand.earth was created to take on. We were founded more than 20 years ago as ForestEthics out of a collective passion to safeguard irreplaceable old-growth forests. Since then, the Stand.earth community has protected millions of acres from logging in the Great Bear Rainforest, Northern Boreal forest and Chile. Together, I know we can do it again.

Our team is fewer than 50 people, but this community is more than 430,000 people strong and growing. With this much people power, I’m confident that we can protect these trees which are the lifeblood of our global climate.

Thank you for taking a stand for these ancient forests,

Tegan Hansen
Forest Campaigner
Stand.earth

The last giants are falling in British Columbia.
Old growth forests, home to tall, ancient trees, are still being
commercially logged. Now, less than 1% of forests in BC are home to
stands of large, old trees.

This issue affects communities across Canada. Healthy,
old growth forests clean the air, shield us from fire and flooding,
and store massive amounts of carbon. Once logged, it takes hundreds
of years to recover the majority of that stored carbon. Protecting
old growth forests is one of the most effective things we can do to
mitigate the impacts of climate change.

BC recently released an independent report confirming the urgent
need to ban logging for the most at-risk old growth forests. But
instead of taking action, the government has left the
majority of these forests on the chopping block.

These ancient forests need our protection.