Media coverage of SCBC’s ‘Intact Forests, Safe Communities’ report
February 2021
Released on February 1, 2021, ‘Intact Forests, Safe Communities‘ is a new independent report commissioned by Sierra Club BC that looks at the relationship between forest management and severe climate impacts expected across B.C.
Written by Dr. Peter Wood, the report found that industrial logging has a significant impact on the severity and frequency of climate risks for B.C. communities. Of the 15 climate risks identified in B.C.’s 2019 Strategic Climate Risk Assessment, the majority are influenced by logging.
The report’s message is resonating across the province with over 100 mainstream media stories published since its release. Here are some of the highlights.
Media coverage:
Global News
31-Jan-2021 Study released into climate change and B.C. logging practices
Yahoo! News Canada
01-Feb-2021 Climate change disasters in B.C. likely to increase if industrial logging continues unchecked: report
BC Business Magazine
01-Feb-2021 To reduce B.C.’s climate disaster risk, shake up the logging industry: report
ICI Radio-Canada
01-Feb-2021 De meilleures pratiques forestières pour atténuer les catastrophes liées au climat
Victoria News
01-Feb-2021 Logging practices increase risk of climate change disasters in B.C.: report
Campbell River Mirror
01-Feb-2021 Logging practices increase risk of climate change disasters in B.C.: report
100 Mile Free Press
01-Feb-2021 Logging practices increase risk of climate change disasters in B.C.: report
Nanaimo News Bulletin
01-Feb-2021 Logging practices increase risk of climate change disasters in B.C.: report
Vancouver Sun
01-Feb-2021 Clearcutting makes climate-change risks worse, argues report from conservationists
The Province
01-Feb-2021 Clearcutting makes climate-change risks worse, argues report from conservationists
The Weather Network
02-Feb-2021 Unchecked industrial logging in B.C. could increase climate change disasters
The Narwhal
03-Feb-2021 B.C. allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas
Campbell River Mirror
04-Feb-2021 B.C. will consider recommendations of report linking climate change to logging practices
Global News
05-Feb-2021 Sierra Club report sparks debate over old-growth forests and climate change
Photo by Mya Van Woudenberg/Sierra Club BC