What are primary forests and why are they important to wildlife? Michelle Connolly, of Conservation North, based in British Columbia, Canada, shares the surprising truth about how little is left of primary forest and why it is special. The global biodiversity crisis is driven by the destruction of intact forests. Across the planet, populations of animals with backbones (including mammals and birds) have seen a 69% drop since 1970.

Michelle explores how industrial logging is interfering with nature. She reveals: the problems with tree plantations that are created after logging, how logging after insects or diseases damages forests, how 'better logging' is not going to save nature. She shares how industry buzzwords are BS used to justify damaging practices. Michelle presents a strong case for leaving forests to their own design.

This presentation was filmed in Prince George, BC, at The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), as part of the Power of Forests tour in fall 2024: www.boundaryforest.org

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Michelle Connolly has a background in disturbance ecology and experience crafting and communicating conservation policy. She is the director of Conservation North, a grassroots, science-based advocacy group based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.

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0:00 Highlights
1:36 Indigenous Welcome, Darlene McIntosh, Lheidli T’enneh Elder
6:32 Michelle Connolly, Conservation North’s work
7:30 Awareness of what industrial society is doing to earth, Biosphere 2
9:20 Lesson: How little we truly understand the earth’s systems
9:55 Planet’s life forms are in decline
11:40 Drivers of Habitat loss
12:30 What is a primary forest
15:05 Forest management destroys complexity – why tree plantations are bad for wildlife
17:00 primary forests have higher biodiversity than human modified forests
17:30 wildlife needs the dead & rotting trees that nature creates over centuries
20:55 fires and beetle outbreaks – survivor trees create forest resilience – logging doesn’t reduce beetles
23:40 ‘logging better’ is not the answer, roads are increased with partial cutting
25:30 buzzwords and BS
23:50 every old forest has had many natural disturbances – if we want biodiversity we have to protect forest processes
30:00 “Seeing Red” map of BC’s last primary forests
31:17 time to leave primary forests alone – 3 zones – allocate land to ecosystems
33:10 Final thoughts – naturalness, iimportance of primary forests, zone for primary forests
34:15 Question – how do we bring importance of soils to attention of public?
36:50 Question - government carbon credits – are they worth something?
39:30 Comment - lakes going dry thank to logging
40:28 Question – other countries banned logging primary forests. How will 30x30 initiative help the cause?
43:00 Question – can forestry continue to be a major industry in Prince George by changing management?
46:00 Question – what percentage of BC is public land vs private land and how to deal with awareness for private land?

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