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It’s been almost a year since Canada’s Online News Act was passed, and in response Meta blocked links to Canadian news on Facebook and Instagram. This has created a void of fact checked articles that meet journalistic standards and ethics on th
This week we return to our conversation with fire ecologist Jen Baron from the University of British Columbia. In our last episode, we explored the main causes of the severe wildfires we've been experiencing in recent years. Now we turn our foc
Last summer was a record-breaking wildfire season for Canada. As smoke blanketed major Canadian cities and even portions of the East Coast and Midwest of the United States, media coverage soared. This year, wildfire season has already started.
We return to our conversation with Rachel Plotkin from the David Suzuki Foundation and Dr. Julee Boan from Natural Resources Defense Council. This week we’re talking caribou and the economics of forestry.Boreal caribou habitat overlaps with for
Every year the federal government publishes a ‘State of the Forest’ report which, touts itself as “a trusted and authoritative source of comprehensive information on the social, economic and environmental state of Canada’s forests and forest se
We return this week with our own Senior Forest Conservation Manager, Dave Pearce, to cover the wider implications of Wildlands’ Logging Scars report.In our last episode we learned that Wildlands League’s study showed an average of 14% of the fo
What happens to the areas of Canada’s forests that have been impacted by full-tree harvesting? According to international rules the term ‘deforestation’ only occurs when a forest is converted into another land use, like a shopping mall, farm or
In part 2 of our conversation with Conservation North, Michelle Connolly gives us a lesson in forest ecology and forestry semantics. How does British Columbia and the forestry industry use seemingly ‘green’ language to justify more logging of t
If natural forests are ‘self-willed, self-managing, and self-replacing’ to respond and adapt to disturbances like fire and pest-outbreaks, should we be logging more as some suggest? Or should our approach be more precautionary? This week, Miche
This week, we return to our conversation with Richard Robertson and Tegan Hansen from STAND.Earth on forestry issues in British Columbia. Wood pellets, or biomass fuels, from B.C.’s forests are being touted as a large-scale, carbon neutral ener
We’re in beautiful British Columbia this week with STAND.Earth’s Richard Robertson and Tegan Hansen talking forestry on Canada’s west coast. In the first of two episodes, we talk to our guests about STAND’s forest campaigns in B.C. We cover the
We return to the second part of our conversation on caribou policy with Wildlands’ own, Anna Baggio. If the Ontario government won’t protect caribou ranges from the looming encroachment of industry, who will? What’s the role of the federal gove
Hot on the heels of our caribou science conversation with Justina Ray, we turn to the policy side of the equation with Wildlands’ own in-house policy expert on Caribou conservation, Anna Baggio. You’ll hear her unvarnished take on implementat
We return to our conversation with Justina Ray, President and Senior Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, to pick her brain on caribou. What do caribou conservation strategies look like in practice? Do they lead to self-sustaining
We sit down with Justina Ray, President and Senior Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, to talk all things caribou. Why are they important from a conservation and a forestry standpoint? How are they monitored? What are the cumulat
We dive back into our conversation with constitutional lawyer Amy Westland to dig deeper on the case filed against the Ontario government by Missanabie Cree First Nation, Brunswick House First Nation and Chapleau Cree First Nation. We cover the
We’re excited to be back with a new episode taking a closer look at a cumulative impacts (or combined effects of resource extraction over time) case happening in Ontario.Missanabie Cree First Nation, Brunswick House First Nation, and Chapleau C
Happy New Year from The Clear Cut! Dive back in with a sneak peak of all the exciting things we want to cover on the podcast this year. From cumulative impacts, to wildfires, to defining forest degradation, there’s so much more to explore in Ca
2023 was a wild and knowledge-packed year. We learned about the flaws in Canada’s forest carbon accounting system, and the problematic nature of forest management practices in British Columbia and Ontario. Our guest speakers took us on a journe
Our trilogy series with Canadian conservationist Harvey Locke closes out with a bang. And don’t worry, our brilliantly thought-out Taylor Swift puns don’t end in the last episode. “Are you ready for it?”Harvey answers some big questions. Can t
We are back with the next part of our conversation with Canadian conservationist Harvey Locke, currently senior advisor for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Nature Needs Half.Harvey elaborates on how we’re losing out by limi
Check out the first part of our conversation with Canadian conservationist Harvey Locke, currently senior advisor for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Nature Needs Half. In our sit-down with Harvey, we discuss the “next bi
We return to the third and final chapter of our conversation with David, Registered Professional Forester and General Manager for Wahkohtowin Development GP, to imagine a future for forestry that truly embodies the spirit of coexistence with In
In this action-packed sequel, Anastasia Lintner, non-practicing lawyer and co-founder of Backloop Institute, helps us understand the legal frameworks and how they have changed over time with regards to forestry and Indigenous Peoples. And of co
Indigenous People in Canada have been stewards of the forests since time immemorial. And because industrial-scale logging happens on Indigenous land, it’s imperative that we discuss how we collectively, as Treaty Partners, better our relationsh
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