>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
Sure, Hakan, but there are more forests in the world than Motie's, and generally there's a lot of crap talked about environmentalist obstructionism, as now well established. Crap and behind it, a deliberate disinformation campaign. http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/clear/on_wise/greens.html The War Against The Greens The "Wise Use" Movement, The New Right, and Anti-Environmental Violence http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/clear/players/players.html CLEAR Resources The Enemies of Democracy http://journeytoforever.org/fyi_previous3.html#070701 Massive Attack, In These Times 25/20 -- Logging giant Boise Cascade and its right-wing allies have launched a coordinated assault on Rainforest Action Network's funding and reputation after RAN initiated a high-profile campaign to pressure Boise Cascade to stop logging old-growth forests and to implement sustainable forest-management practices. http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/20/hoffman2520.html etc etc regards Keith >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. 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