As mountain pine beetles continue to munch their way through B.C.'s forests, logging companies are ramping up operations in order to harvest the millions of hectares of dead trees left in their wake.
July 6, 2005 (Press Release) --
What a Black Beetle Can Teach Us
Mountain pine beetle–infested timber is helping B.C. boom. Will we learn the bug plague's lessons before the bust?
By Jared Ferrie
Published: July 4, 2005
As mountain pine beetles continue to munch their way through B.C.'s forests, logging companies are ramping up operations in order to harvest the millions of hectares of dead trees left in their wake.
The epidemic has been a boon for the logging industry in B.C., which outperformed every other region in the world last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. But many are wondering what will happen to communities in infested areas when the industry's honeymoon with the pine beetle is over.
"The bust is likely to be quite profound," said Ben Parfitt, a resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Past resource failures in the province have meant "communities have to go through a lot of pain and slow rebuilding."
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http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2005/07/04/BlackBeetle/
Mountain pine beetle–infested timber is helping B.C. boom. Will we learn the bug plague's lessons before the bust?
By Jared Ferrie
Published: July 4, 2005
As mountain pine beetles continue to munch their way through B.C.'s forests, logging companies are ramping up operations in order to harvest the millions of hectares of dead trees left in their wake.
The epidemic has been a boon for the logging industry in B.C., which outperformed every other region in the world last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. But many are wondering what will happen to communities in infested areas when the industry's honeymoon with the pine beetle is over.
"The bust is likely to be quite profound," said Ben Parfitt, a resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Past resource failures in the province have meant "communities have to go through a lot of pain and slow rebuilding."
more details ...
http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2005/07/04/BlackBeetle/
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