What they are doing is something that I can subscribe to and if you seen what Motie said, he will too. But the problem discussed from the start was that the environmentalists hindered this in Motie's forest. In Motie's forest they did not do clear cutting, they want to do selective harvesting and cleaning, but was not able to do so. This because it is a National park and they were refused to finance a responsible forest management by the courts. By being hindered to do so, they have an unbalanced forest with large risks of fires. This in a National Park, that should be the best of the best, otherwise it is no real meaning with National Park.
I understand fully Motie's predicament and would go crazy if I was in his situation. If he would have been in private forest as the link describes, it would have been possible. It is not lack of knowledge in what is best, it is lack of knowledge by those who sabotage proper forest management in Motie's forest. Hakan At 10:33 PM 12/18/2002 +0900, you wrote: >http://www.yesmagazine.org/23livingeconomy/flaccavento.htm > >from the earth, up > >by Anthony Flaccavento >Before any course of action, we should first ask: > >Photo by Ann Hawthorne >What is already here? >What does nature allow us to do here? >What does nature help us to do here? > Wendell Berry > >On November 1, 1996, the day-shift crew arrived at the Louisiana >Pacific Waferboard factory in Dungannon, Virginia. Greeted by a small >group of security guards and a management representative, they were >told to go home. The plant was closed. Permanently. No notice had >been given. Ten years after opening its doors in this richly forested >Scott County community, the plant laid off nearly 100 workers, also >idling loggers who had been supplying the plant with logs. The >profits from this plant, management said, were not high enough to >keep it operating. > >The Appalachian regions of Tennessee and Virginia are not in crisis. >Rather, the area is suffering from long-term economic stagnation and >marginalization, and steady ecological deterioration. It is an all >too common story of cultural and economic subordination, of >individuals and communities gradually relinquishing the skills, >knowledge, and bonds that made this part of the world different from >countless others. > >But there is another Appalachian tale unfolding. It is the evolving >story of community-based initiatives regenerating the region's >economy and culture from within. > >At Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD), we focus our efforts on >a 10-county area of southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee. This >part of Appalachia has sustained jobless rates two to three times >higher than US rates, approaching 20 percent in some counties; >poverty rates exceed 30 percent in some counties. > >Our plan was clear yet ambitious: to help the community build a more >sustainable economy from networks of small, local endeavors. ASD set >itself the task of transforming two central legs of Appalachia's >economy: agriculture and timber. > >In the seven years since ASD was formed, the most important lesson we >learned was this: Building an alternative regional economy-one that >is more just, more ecologically sound and more self reliant-requires >networks of relationships that are synergistic, and a means of >capturing and accumulating knowledge and assets. We have come to call >this an infrastructure for community sustainability. > >The foundation of this infrastructure is the ecosystem. Therefore, >the strategy focuses on restoring ecological health, creating >livelihoods and economic systems that are ecologically sustainable, >and building the financial and physical capital needed to add value >to the region's natural resources and bridge the gap between >producers and the marketplace. > ><snip> > > From forests to floors >ASD's sustainable forestry and wood products program follows a path >similar to our agriculture efforts. ASD forester Emily Duncan works >with interested landowners to assess the health of their forests and >inventory the timber. Together, they create a plan to protect streams >and waterways, conserve wildlife habitat, and regenerate >biodiversity. If appropriate, Emily then marks some timber for >harvesting. The cut includes a high proportion of lower-quality trees >in order to help regenerate both species diversity and better quality >timber for future generations. Trees harvested under our standards >are purchased by ASD, sawed into boards, dried in our dry kiln, and >then manufactured into flooring, cabinets, and other products by >local companies. > >This restorative forestry requires at least three things: patient >landowners willing to forego some money in the short term in favor of >long-term wealth, both economic and ecological; skilled loggers, >whether mechanical or animal-powered in their operations; and markets >that pay closer to the true cost for wood products. > >The beauty of the process is its affordability. Because of the >proximity of trees to their market, and because of the value >adding-steps in the process, it is possible to pay a substantial >premium to loggers and landowners, while charging only slightly more >to the end user. Sawing the logs, drying the boards, and >manufacturing cabinets or flooring makes every foot of log far more >valuable. > >The Louisiana Pacific waferboard factory that laid off nearly 100 >people in 1996 relied on extensive clear- cutting for its cheap >supply of timber, and it established no roots in the community. ASD >and its many partners are working towards a different type of >economic development-one that is inextricably local, that builds upon >and adds value to the ecological wealth of our communities. Like a >good farmer, the more we pursue this path, the more we see what is >already here and what nature enables us to do now and into the future. > >To contact Anthony Flaccavento and ASD, call 276/623-1121 or visit >www.appsusdev.org. > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
