An agreement on logging in the Great Bear Rainforest now points the way forward for so many other groups in B.C. who are mired in conflict over land use. Just 15 per cent of the land that is part of the deal is to be open to commercial logging, with strict forestry standards applying. The accord, 20 years in the making, is historic, demonstrating that it is possible, even in the face of diametrically opposed and entrenched positions, for British Columbians to find balance and pursue beneficial outcomes. …Thus, similar outcomes are entirely possible for those entrenched at the present time in battles over shipping coal in B.C., building pipelines, or developing mines on aboriginal lands. The Great Bear Rainforest agreement proves it.
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