Foresting In Quebec, Canada

[RRangi]

Foresting in Quebec,Canada

Brief Introduction: We are Dawson College students, currently attending an ecoliteracy class; this article will discuss our interview with Dr.Greene, a professor of Concordia University. on Foresting practices in Quebec.

Currently in Quebec, there is no deforestation going on, but there is clear cutting going on. The question is do we have to worry about this clear cutting? Yes and No.

I’ll start with the “No” factor, currently in Quebec the trees which are cut are usually replanted, and there are plenty of trees to cut, which is regulated by the government, and logging companies never waste any of the cut down trees every part of the tree is used even some leftover is used to burn for heat. Also when it comes to conserving our tourism of our beautiful forests, clear cuts are often done in a way to hide it from most views, this way it does not ruin any views on valleys, etc…

Now for the “Yes” Factor, though the trees are usually replanted, a lot of the time it’s not the native species of that area and is a lot of the time a tree which is better for the logging company to cut, also even though the area is replanted it takes many years for it to regroup and the animals in the area do lose their homes, and also the trees in that area when they have reached a certain age will be cut down again and replanted. As far a government regulations go their pretty good except for sometimes human error does result in some forest loss, when re-growth rates are mistaken. Now for the not wasting any part of the tree’s this may at first sound good, but in a sense its also bad, because in nature a tree will fall and will rot and go back into the ground in the form of nutrients and that’s not going to happen when the whole tree is taken and used. For conserving the beauty of our forests well that’s done pretty well, but now since we are finding out that we have no idea what cutting does to the thousands of organisms in the area logging companies try to mimic the natural destruction of forest, such as what a fire would do or storm, but then again we as humans cannot truly copy such events and our logging practices probably do have an undocumented effect on the environment.

So in the end you can see the government is there to regulate the companies, and that where not running out of forest anytime soon, but theirs that little unknown factor which can be worrying what effect does logging have on the smallest of creatures, well the answer is we don’t know. As for stopping logging in certain areas, activists and cottage owners have done a lot by litigation to slow down cutting so much to the point where all the cutting has stopped in certain areas. In closing our interview most of most logical fears for our forests where put the rest, but in new ones came to light as well.

Ranjit Rangi

Dawson College Student

Edited May 14, 2008 by Simon
I merged two topics made by RRangi and Megan27 into a single topic as they seem to be linked. :)

[mountainhiker]

Foresting in Quebec,Canada

Brief Introduction: We are Dawson College students, currently attending an ecoliteracy class; this article will discuss our interview with Dr.Greene, a professor of Concordia University. on Foresting practices in Quebec.

Currently in Quebec, there is no deforestation going on, but there is clear cutting going on. The question is do we have to worry about this clear cutting? Yes and No.

Clear cutting is always bad! They never replace the undergrowth that is so important for the wildlife.

[Megan27]

Dawson College Students currently learning about deforestation through-out Quebec.

As a current Dawson College student, 2 of my fellow classmates and I have decided to focus on deforestation practices currently taking place through-out Quebec. As we sat down with Dr. Greene from Concordia University, a professor who specializes in the industry and is familiar with the issue that is currently taking place through out Quebec and around the world. It was rather clear from the moment we began the interview with Professor Greene, that there are in fact no deforestation practices taking place in Quebec. Rather, there are clear cutting practices going on. They are not being cut down without replacement. They are in reality planting new trees in the original place of the old ones. With time this may result in a lack of certain minerals in the ground enabling the trees to reproduce at the same rate as before.

Taking into consideration of the fact that everything we learn takes time to establish certain constraints. For now we should not be focused on the clear cutting practices taking place through-out Quebec. They are being replanted and maintained. With time and practice we will come across the limitations at which we can cut trees down in order to maintain a perfect equilibrium between clear cutting and the rate at which trees take to regrow.

Megan Schiopu

Edited May 14, 2008 by Simon
I merged two topics made by RRangi and Megan27 into a single topic as they seem to be linked. :)