BC forests in crisis : BC forests : our future, a community dialogue

In response, the BCGEU decided to reach out to local leaders in forest-dependent communities to hear first-hand how their communities have been affected by the crisis in the forest sector, and how the province can move forward to remedy it. [...] In all four dialogues, the In addition to the community dialogues, the BCGEU commissioned participants said a series of public opinion polls on forests issues in each of the four there is a pressing communities between December 2010 and March 2011. [...] Participants repeatedly participant pointed to a lack of adequate monitoring and enforcement in local forests, and said staff and funding cuts in the Ministry of Forests “We’ve noticed the have eroded the capacity for proper enforcement. [...] A groundswell of alarm is emerging about the health of B. C.’s forests, and the lack of public over- sight in the woods.