Reuters—Nonprofit environment watchdogs put their stamps of approval on countless wood products that get touted as responsibly produced. Yet research shows Canadian forests have seen some of the world’s largest declines in ecologically critical primary and old-growth woodlands over the last two decades, even as sustainability-certification programs grew to include nearly all of Canada’s logging.
“It’s easy to pull the wool over people’s eyes about what is good forestry.” ~Herb Hammond, veteran forest ecologist who conducted some of Canada’s first forest audits in the late 1990s