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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; British Columbia</title>
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		<title>British Columbia: Indigenous People reclaim their name</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/11/indigneous-people-reclaim-their-names/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/11/indigneous-people-reclaim-their-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethno-botanical conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous peoples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth and reconciliation]]></category>

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&#8220;This is bringing us back up to more modern times,&#8221; Kulesha said Friday. &#8220;This is what the islands are named; they&#8217;re Haida Gwaii. The confusion is the fact that some maps say one thing, and other maps say another. So now, it&#8217;s official, and that&#8217;s great.
&#8220;B.C.&#8217;s Queen Charlotte Islands have officially been renamed Haida Gwaii [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Queen of protest speaks on activism, prison life 	and second acts after raising kids.</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/07/british-columbia-queen-of-protest-speaks-on-activism-prison-life-and-second-acts-after-raising-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/07/british-columbia-queen-of-protest-speaks-on-activism-prison-life-and-second-acts-after-raising-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top forest defenders]]></category>

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		<title>British Columbia: Movie about saving the last ancient forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/british-columbia-movie-about-saving-the-last-ancient-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/british-columbia-movie-about-saving-the-last-ancient-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 02:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1: 
This is a powerful new documentary by Jeremy Williams about the campaign to protect the last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC&#39;s South Coast.
 
The fight for ancient forests exploded in 1993 on Vancouver Island in Clayoquot Sound, where thousands of people joined efforts to save the old-growth rainforests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: British Columbia Marmot specialist Andrew Bryant</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/interview-british-columbia-marmot-specialist-andrew-bryant/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/interview-british-columbia-marmot-specialist-andrew-bryant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indicator species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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Photos are of Marmots from all over the world thanks to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot
A while back I wrote a summary of what&#8217;s wrong with the Marmot recovery effort in British Columbia and I listed 8 specific issues. Recently Marmot Biologist Andrew Bryant contacted me and replied to each and every issue I raised (see below). In addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: How industry&#8217;s extreme wood waste policies makes 	for a 5% increase in emissions</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/british-columbia-how-industrys-extreme-wood-waste-policies-makes-for-a-5-increase-in-emissions/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/british-columbia-how-industrys-extreme-wood-waste-policies-makes-for-a-5-increase-in-emissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boom bust economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new study published]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shortchanged: Tallying the Legacy of Waste in BC’s Logging Industry, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA),  looks at usable wood and logs abandoned in each of BC’s 29 forest  districts over the five years ending in 2008. “If you look at all the  carbon stored in those abandoned trees and convert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: BC voters rally to defend ancient forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/british-columbia-bc-voters-rally-to-defend-ancient-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/british-columbia-bc-voters-rally-to-defend-ancient-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Help us get 100,000 BC eligible voters to &#8220;attend&#8221; this Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77036400265&#38;ref=nf by the time of the BC election on May 12, 2009. It will show all BC politicians
that there is a major block of BC voters who considers the fate of our
last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and the
Southwest Mainland to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Campaign to save the rainforest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/british-columbia-campaign-to-save-the-rainforest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/british-columbia-campaign-to-save-the-rainforest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The weather was appropriately miserable: exactly the kind of west coast sleet once absorbed by the rainforest that grew here before a city sprang up in its place. A forty foot banner was unfurled and spread at chest level in front of the entrance to Campbell’s office: Hands off the old growth. A damp petition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Mountain Caribou protection promises go unfulfilled</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/16/british-columbia-mountain-caribou-protection-promises-go-unfulfilled/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/16/british-columbia-mountain-caribou-protection-promises-go-unfulfilled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Mountain Caribou Project — a coalition of about 10 environmental
organizations — says the protections are insufficient. The coalition
has issue, in part, because due to a mapping error, the government is
only protecting about 25,000 hectares of priority habitat in the
Cariboo Chilcotin instead of the original recommended 48,000.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/williamslaketribune/news/41009444.html

B.C.’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Expanding tribal logging rights is for industry&#8217;s 	dream of one giant clearcut</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/british-columbia-expanding-tribal-logging-rights-is-for-industrys-dream-of-one-giant-clearcut/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/british-columbia-expanding-tribal-logging-rights-is-for-industrys-dream-of-one-giant-clearcut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Two years ago it was disclosed by Greenpeace that in the Congo sacks of sugar, grain and hand tools were all that it took for timber companies to purchase and destroy the forest lands owned by unique tribes. Too often this is the type of exploitation that our global civilization is built upon. And keeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central America: Costa Rica and Nicaragua are on fire!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/central-america-costa-rica-and-nicaragua-are-on-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/central-america-costa-rica-and-nicaragua-are-on-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropical forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildfire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nicaragua: A total of 3,246 hectares (8,015 acres) of forest and
pastureland, including 2,571 hectares (6,348 acres) of a nature
reserve, were destroyed by wildfires in Nicaragua that have now been
brought under control, emergency services officials said on Saturday.
Mayor Juan Pablo Montoya, taking his turn as head of emergency
services, told Efe that 1,559 hectares (3,849 acres) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Outrage of almost bankrupt loggers cutting costs by 	logging last big trees closest to town</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/british-columbia-outrage-of-almost-bankrupt-loggers-cutting-costs-by-logging-last-big-trees-closest-to-town/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/british-columbia-outrage-of-almost-bankrupt-loggers-cutting-costs-by-logging-last-big-trees-closest-to-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban interface]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cash-strapped forestry companies are aiming their chainsaws at patches of old-growth trees in easily accessible areas as they struggle to keep costs down while harvesting high-value timber. The decision is leading to increased clashes with communities as companies log in areas close to towns, which have often been left alone for generations and therefore used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Movie Green Chain is Science of forests &amp; logging, 	culture &amp; economy?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/06/british-columbia-movie-green-chain-is-science-of-forests-logging-culture-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/06/british-columbia-movie-green-chain-is-science-of-forests-logging-culture-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boom bust economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The minute the first politically charged word falls from someone&#8217;s lips, the polarizing process begins. People pick sides, defensive thoughts begin to form and any hope for rational discussion evaporates in the heat of apprehension and distrust. Perhaps that&#8217;s why Mark Leiren-Young&#8217;s debut feature The Green Chain is so impressive. It addresses every facet of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Citizens to take action on gov inaction for Great 	Bear Rainforest protection</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/british-columbia-citizens-to-take-action-on-gov-inaction-for-great-bear-rainforest-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/british-columbia-citizens-to-take-action-on-gov-inaction-for-great-bear-rainforest-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goverment does nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is one of the largest intact tracts of temperate rain forest left
in the world. It was given its evocative name by environmentalists in
the early 1990s because of the white-coloured subspecies of black bear
found there. When the government announced special plans for the area,
it unveiled a $120-million fund, which included $60-million in private
donations, that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Ancient forest river island logging ruins 	politician&#8217;s campaign launch</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/british-columbia-ancient-forest-river-island-logging-ruins-politicians-campaign-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/british-columbia-ancient-forest-river-island-logging-ruins-politicians-campaign-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This logging issue was previously reported on here: http://bit.ly/7j5FO 
&#8220;The community was ready to express themselves. It wasn&#8217;t just a bunch
of tree-huggers.&#8221; The timing of the rally outside of Cantelon&#8217;s office
was &#8220;very significant,&#8221; said Tanner. The grand opening of Minister of
Agriculture and Lands Ron Cantelon&#8217;s Qualicum Beach campaign office
was overshadowed by the presence of dozens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Remember all those enviro regulations &amp; local jobs?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/british-columbia-remember-all-those-envro-regulations-local-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/british-columbia-remember-all-those-envro-regulations-local-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrupt environmentalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My view was partially obstructed by piles of logs that had been felled
recently. I soon realized that they had been yarded out of several
patches that had been left behind from earlier logging. These bunches
of trees had been left as part of a selective logging practice known
as Variable Retention, which is referred to by many as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: When public representatives let big timber do whatever they want</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/british-columbia-when-public-representatives-let-big-timber-do-whatever-it-want/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/british-columbia-when-public-representatives-let-big-timber-do-whatever-it-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boom bust economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The late singer Frank Sinatra had a popular song in which he bragged
repeatedly “I did it my way.” Well, like Sinatra, the big forest
companies have done it “their way” for a long time now with the
provincial and federal governments “playing along” in the “orchestra.”
But, unlike the Sinatra song, the results have been disastrous.
Get full text; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Katzie First Nation challenges gov attempts to 	redraw park boundaries</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/22/british-columbia-katzie-first-nation-challenges-gov-attempts-to-redraw-park-boundaries/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/22/british-columbia-katzie-first-nation-challenges-gov-attempts-to-redraw-park-boundaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Katzie First Nation is suing the Ministry of Environment, claiming the
government failed to properly consult the band when it rejected a park
boundary amendment for a proposed run-of-river project in the Upper
Pitt. Run of River Power Inc. had applied for a park boundary
adjustment within Pinecone Burke Provincial Park so it could build a
powerline through the park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Loggers lay ruin to popular tourist destination 	which was &#8217;saved&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/21/british-columbia-loggers-lay-ruin-to-popular-tourist-destination-which-was-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/21/british-columbia-loggers-lay-ruin-to-popular-tourist-destination-which-was-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[They don't Support FSC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have attached a few pictures of recent logging (this past fall) of
old growth forests above Hot Springs Cove in Clayoquot Sound for you,
this was done by Coulson Logging out of Pt. Alberni. We took these
photos two days ago.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words: Steve Lawson -
councilfire@hotmail.com

This is directly across from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Something is wrong with claims of Great Bear 	Rainforest protection</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/19/british-columbia-something-is-wrong-with-claims-of-great-bear-rainforest-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/19/british-columbia-something-is-wrong-with-claims-of-great-bear-rainforest-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrupt environmentalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) is a way to log forests that is based upon the science of ecosystems and aims to maintain ecological integrity. But a mock form of EBM is now about to be approved for the Great Bear Rainforest which, despite a few improvements, remains more or less logging-as-usual while the province ships raw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Forest Defenders of Europe unite to act local and 	global</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/british-columbia-forest-defenders-of-europe-unite-to-act-local-and-global/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/british-columbia-forest-defenders-of-europe-unite-to-act-local-and-global/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global local responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[They don't Support FSC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We know that any commercial logging in primaeval forests will alter their ecological structure and species composition significantly. Even undersustainable certification schemes, like the FSC or Ecosystem Based Management (EBM), these forests will be intensively used and altered. We are AKU (&#8220;Council for Northern Primaeval Forests&#8221;, founded 1991), a European network of conservationists and ecologists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Forest Destruction endangers lives of documentary 	workers</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/british-columbia-forest-destruction-endangers-lives-of-documentary-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/18/british-columbia-forest-destruction-endangers-lives-of-documentary-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A desperate 9-1-1 call by a Parksville city councillor may have saved
the life of a freelance filmmaker trapped on a small island with a
helicopter plucking out huge trees around him. &#8220;I was running as
quickly as I could through the slash, but my access kept getting cut
off by dropped logs.
Get full text; support writer, producer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Birding for the Varied Thrush in Stanley Park&#8217;s forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/16/british-columbia-birding-for-the-varied-thrush-in-stanley-parks-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/16/british-columbia-birding-for-the-varied-thrush-in-stanley-parks-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just back in the UK after an excellent day&#8217;s birding with a friend
and colleague, Simon Tickle, in Vancouver&#8217;s Stanley Park, a 1000 acre
&#8216;urban oasis&#8217; made up of (primarily second and third growth)
Douglas-fir, Western Red cedar, Western Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce
trees. An 8.8 kilometre (5.5 mile) seawall path circles the park, and
the Lost Lagoon &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Marmots facing economic challenge?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/british-columbia-marmots-facing-economic-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/british-columbia-marmots-facing-economic-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More Marmot  info here: http://www.counterpunch.org/lee11152005.html
 

Photo by: Andrew Bryant
I so much  appreciate how many unknowingly antagonistic layers there are in this article below: 
1)  Preventing species extinction is only possible if it’s “affordable.” 
2) Deforestation / causation of habitat destruction is not explained. 
3) Humans  tracking technology is the only way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brtish Columbia: Beautiful Ancient forest Island on Englishman River is right now being destroyed</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/brtish-columbia-beautiful-ancient-forest-island-on-englishman-river-is-right-now-being-destroyed/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/13/brtish-columbia-beautiful-ancient-forest-island-on-englishman-river-is-right-now-being-destroyed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
This is my favorite writing by Richard  Boyce, in part, because I too camped among rare ancient towering firs on Dec.  31, 1999 &#8211; Jan 1st, 2000… And I too ultimately looked back on that time  and realized all those giant ancient firs that shared so much comfort and  company with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Timber West&#8217;s plan to turn 11% of Vancouver island 	into Real Estate</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/british-columbia-timber-wests-plan-to-turn-11-of-vancouver-island-into-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/british-columbia-timber-wests-plan-to-turn-11-of-vancouver-island-into-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enviro sell out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TimberWest and Rennie Marketing Systems have formed a partnership
called Couverdon, to diversify a company that is trying to expand
beyond the struggling forest industry. Rennie doesn&#8217;t pretend it will
be easy. At a news conference in Victoria, Rennie summed up
Couverdon&#8217;s approach as &#8220;standing here naked and saying we&#8217;re not
quite sure what to do. We&#8217;re going to listen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: New Coalition to defend Cathedral 	Grove</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/british-columbia-new-coalition-and-petition-to-defend-cathedral-grove/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/12/british-columbia-new-coalition-and-petition-to-defend-cathedral-grove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 20 citizen groups and assorted experts concerned about
logging in and around MacMillan Provincial Park (Cathedral Grove)
gathered Tuesday in Parksville to announce formation of the Arrowsmith
Parks and Land-Use Council.
 
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words: http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/parksville_qualicumbeachnews/news/39397354.html

During a signing ceremony, the assembled group representing a wide swath of area environmental and community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Giant community forest Clearcuts&#8230; but they&#8217;ll plant trees again? Oh yea we forgot about that&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/10/british-columbia-giant-community-forest-clearcuts-but-theyll-plant-trees-again-oh-yea-we-forgot-about-that/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/10/british-columbia-giant-community-forest-clearcuts-but-theyll-plant-trees-again-oh-yea-we-forgot-about-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The BC Forest Practices Board today released the results of an audit of  forest practices carried out by the Creston Valley Forest Corporation between  June 2007 and June 2008 in the West Kootenay,  near Creston. Auditors examined planning, harvesting, road construction and  road maintenance to verify whether the corporation followed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Ahousaht and Hesquiaht First Nations reassert 	control of territory</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/07/british-columbia-ahousaht-and-hesquiaht-first-nations-reassert-control-of-territory/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/07/british-columbia-ahousaht-and-hesquiaht-first-nations-reassert-control-of-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local control of resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a mass email sent to local businesses as well as provincial and
federal politicians, the Ahousaht and Hesquiaht First Nations said
companies wishing to conduct business in their traditional territories
will soon have to seek permission from their hereditary chiefs and
even pay royalties, licences or fees. Both bands said they will also
increase their presence in their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Last old giant firs among us deserve protection!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/british-columbia-last-old-giant-firs-among-us-deserve-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/british-columbia-last-old-giant-firs-among-us-deserve-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection needed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Within Royal Roads University federal land and in Metchosin are the
largest Coastal Douglas fir stands left on the south Island but they
need protection, said Ken Wu, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
campaign director. &#8220;Not a lot of people realize we actually have some
significant stands of old growth fir in the Capital Regional
District,&#8221; Wu said.
Click link for full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Timber west has big plans to pave and build their 	&#8220;sustainable&#8221; forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/british-columbia-timberwest-has-big-plans-to-pave-and-build-their-sustainable-forests-2/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/british-columbia-timberwest-has-big-plans-to-pave-and-build-their-sustainable-forests-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s called Couverdon, a play on Coevorden, Capt. George Vancouver&#8217;s
ancestral hometown in the Netherlands. The forestry giant will take
54,000 hectares &#8212; about 135 Stanley Parks &#8212; out of its forest lands
to create what it calls a &#8220;sustainable&#8221; real estate development. The
company&#8217;s aim is to use about 15,000 hectares of that land &#8212; about 37
Stanley Parks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Save all the biggest trees!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/british-columbia-save-all-the-biggest-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/31/british-columbia-save-all-the-biggest-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One great thing about great activists is that they always find new
ways to get their message across: Ken Wu and Randy Stoltmann are great
activists. &#8211;Editor, Forest Policy Research
B.C.&#8217;s biggest and oldest trees have pretty much seen it all over the
centuries &#8212; except the respect of formal protection. Conservationists
are hoping to change that by demanding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Old Growth Forests and Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/british-columbia-old-growth-forests-and-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infestation fanaticism]]></category>

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This article relates to this post:   http://bit.ly/DFjj
The old growth forests remaining are some of the healthiest left on the  planet, one of the last remaining deep dark green patches of the Earth. A place  where carbon is absorbed, stored and sequestered for future life, a place where  Ultraviolet Radiation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia: Illegal Tree Cutting in Central Saanich</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/british-columbia-illegal-tree-cutting-in-central-saanich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[goverment does nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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We need help from everyone before we lose  all the urban trees in Central Saanich.  Yesterday a swathe of lovely large cedars was clearcut near Keating and  Kirkpatrick in Central Saanich by a local  businessman who lost his bid to expand the industrial zone during the recent  OCP review. He [...]]]></description>
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