Will Horter, vice president of Global Forest Watch Canada
In Canada, our forests are at a crossroads. The government increasingly recognizes that forests should be managed not just for timber, but also for wildlife, recreation and traditional values.
But change is slow on the ground. For example, in British Columbia we have shown that average citizens have paid 1.2 million dollars more in fines to the Vancouver Library for late fees, than are charged to logging companies breaking the forestry laws.
We discovered that part of the problem is government enforcement budgets have been slashed across the board.
