Joe Karthein’s efforts are focused in on transforming the provincial government’s agency, BC Timber Sales (BCTS). Joe presents the case for why BCTS needs to be targeted for radical reform. He shares local and province-wide examples of BCTS’ unsustainable logging practices and show how BCTS has failed to respond to a hotter, drier climate, or take into account modern forestry science. Joe doesn’t consider himself to be a radical.
He is the owner of a small excavation business and his favourite tool is his old, trusty Stihl 440 chainsaw. He believes in a truly sustainable forestry industry: saving what is left of our undisturbed forests AND more forestry jobs.
Presented in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Sponsored by The Power of Forests project.
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