'A public relations strategy': Critics slam B.C.'s recent effort to boost transparency on logging

The B.C. government has announced changes to improve transparency around logging operations, but critics have more questions than answers.

“Opening the planning process to the public through the use of new digital tools will engender greater public trust and ensure forest resiliency,” said Minister of Forests Bruce Ralston in a press release. The only publishing requirement is that forestry companies must announce the map is available for public view and input once in a newspaper and on a public website. They must outline the hours people can view the document and the address of the location where it is kept.

The step is incremental, doing little to meet the government’s commitment to transform its approach to old-growth logging and meet much greater public transparency concerns or the recommendations of the 2020 independent old-growth strategic review. “We are still in the dark about which of the most at-risk old-growth forests have logging deferrals in place, and there's still no conservation financing to make it easier for First Nations to implement conservation solutions.” Little progress has been made on forestry’s public transparency, a core tenet of many of the recommendations from the strategic review.

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'A public relations strategy': Critics slam B.C.'s recent effort to boost transparency on loggingForestry companies will be required to create a map of proposed logging operations available for public review. However, environmental groups say many questions remain.
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