There are cross-sectorial…

There are cross-sectorial issues with many interdisciplinary linkages to conserve old growth forests. Conservation and protection of old-growth forests should be of wide general interest to the forest sector.

Protecting this small but hugely significant ecological gem is no threat to the mining industry, but the province’s failure to live up to its commitments definitely poses a threat to the government’s claims to having reached any kind of balance between mining and so many other values this forest holds - the most important reason of which is its own value to just be there and continue evolving with minimal interference from us humans who continue to meddle across the vast majority of the landscape.